News across Lewis and Clark County
High diesel prices squeeze Montana farmers
Near-record diesel prices are putting pressure on Montana farmers who depend on fuel to run combines, tractors and other equipment, and also increasing the cost of transporting goods once they leave the farm.
Reconnecting Greater Yellowstone, one fenceline at a time
More than 16,000 miles of barbed-wire fence fragment Greater Yellowstone. That fencing keeps elk from jumping over and pronghorn from scooting under, disrupting what can be millennia-old migrations.
Grand Teton National Ballpark? Visitors call it a field of nightmares.
Park visitors greet news of a potential MLB game in front of the Tetons with disbelief.
Billionaires in the wilderness
Joe Ricketts founded TD Ameritrade and his family owns the Chicago Cubs baseball team. The billionaire also owns the 1,300-acre Jackson Fork Ranch south of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Ricketts wants to save Greater Yellowstone. But for whom?
Do we love wildlife too much?
PLUS: PSC commissioner to stay suspended