The development effectively ends the criminal case and means Orozco-Ramirez will not serve prison time or probation for the charge.
But according to immigration lawyers, the dismissal does not guarantee that Orozco-Ramirez will return home to Froid or be able to stay in the U.S.
The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the nomination of Steve Pearce, a former New Mexico congressman who worked in the oil and gas industry prior to his political career, to lead the Bureau of Land Management.
Next month is the 50th anniversary of the little fish tale that sparked an angling frenzy. There’s even an opera slated in celebration. So what was ‘A River Runs Through It’ about?
The latest Yellowstone Resources and Issues Handbook lacks climate change section for the first time in nearly two decades.
This photo was taken by astronaut Michael Collins in 1969. With the entire Earth in view, along with the lander carrying Armstrong and Aldrin, Collins was the only human being not in the frame.
We are going to get a new view of Earth from lunar orbit soon.
The movie every trout hates - How much more does A River Runs Through It have to give?
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Forest Service shifting to state director offices, HQ to Salt Lake City
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Across the state, protesters waved signs, gave speeches and chanted slogans against the administration’s approach to immigration enforcement and the war in Iran.
Demonstrators in Helena, Billings and Missoula protested what they said is creeping authoritarianism in the United States at Saturday's No Kings rallies in Montana. By @jordyhansen.bsky.social @keilaszpaller.bsky.social @darrellehrlick.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2026/03/28/p... #mtnews #mtpol
But will the flocks find anything to eat up north?
A bill to curb strategic lawsuits against public participation died this session, but these so-called SLAPPs are a likely legislative interim topic. Wyoming's lack of an anti-SLAPP law makes it hard to know how many people have faced lawsuits meant to silence free speech. wyofile.com/wyoming-rema...
Let the sun shine
Fifty-seven Democratic state lawmakers — just shy of the state’s 60-member Democratic caucus — signed on to a letter Tuesday urging the governor to reconsider new guidelines banning permits for weekend rallies on the Capitol grounds.
Policy change or deregulation quota?
Stayed here NYE and it was great - just before it closed. Someone oughta make it run again.
Posting losses in Kalispell's 2025 municipal elections wasn't just humiliating for Flathead County Republicans — it was dumbfounding. This month they did something about it.
The roof of Lincoln Elementary School in Great Falls blew off during a windstorm with gusts topping 70 miles per hour in Cascade County.
In Froid, fundraiser organizers say one decision made all the difference: no politics.
By making clear that proceeds would support Roberto Orozco-Ramirez's wife and four sons — not a legal defense — they say more neighbors felt comfortable showing up and giving.
At least 22 Republican incumbents for state Legislature and three Democrats are facing challengers. Here is a look at some of the most potentially contentious, intriguing state races.
An MTFP-Eagleton Poll found that 59% of survey respondents supported mandatory work and community engagement hours for Medicaid recipients.
A strong majority of Montana voters said they believe the federal government and fossil fuel companies bear at least some responsibility for responding to climate change, according to a Montana Free Press-Eagleton poll.
With several Western states running Dem-aligned Independents, where does that leave the Dems?
First Zinke, then Daines bails. Montana politics went open field
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AI brain-farts?
Montana Free Press reached out to law enforcement and elected officials across the state to learn about their policies. We found that each jurisdiction handles immigration enforcement a bit differently, but all agreed that the roles played by local law enforcement are limited.
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