Follow along here for updates from reporters across the state. Find live election results for all Montana races once the polls close at 8 p.m. Tune in on your radio or online when the polls close for election news & analysis with MTPR's Sally Mauk and Lee Banville from the UM Journalism School.
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Vice President Vance rallies Montanans for Aaron Flint. Flint and Sam Forstag both appeal to Montana voters' populist streak – while targeting different villains. And all the candidates make their final pitches as election day approaches.
Picture of the Week
October 29, 2026 - Thank you to Brendan Moles for this week's picture of the week. Praying Mantis in the squirrel feeder, Missoula's Northside.
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October 29, 2026. Thank you to Brendan Moles for this week's Picture of the Week. Praying Mantis in the squirrel feeder, Missoula's Northside
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October 15, 2026 - Thank you to Fred & Sallie Brewer for this week's picture of the week. Elk cows, yearlings and calves near abandoned beaver pond. Highlands south of Butte.
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Picture of the Week. October 08, 2026 - Thank you to Anne Hosler for this week's picture of the week. Sunset over the Blue Mountain area in Missoula.
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Thank you to Shannon Harmon for this week's picture of the week. Moon rising above the mountains at Holland Lake 9/22/2026.
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September 24, 2026 - Thank you to Noel Osterman for this week's picture of the week. Sunset on Tiger Butte Road in Cascade County near Belt on August 28, 2026 at 8:23 p.m.
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September 17, 2026 – Thank you to Juliann Burnham for today's picture of the week. The footbridge to the University of Montana.
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September 10, 2026 - Thank you to Rose Miller for this week's picture of the week. "Canyon Ferry Lake Winter Sunset"
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September 03, 2026 - Taking a break while kayaking Gates of the Mountains, looking back at Upper Holter Lake.
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August 27, 2026 - The iconic Fire Tower overlooking Last Chance Gulch in Helena, MT.
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This week on ‘The Write Question,’ host Lauren Korn speaks with Nathaniel “Nat” Philbrick about ‘The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World’ (Viking Books).
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Election Day is here, and voters are heading to the polls in an election that may change control of Congress. And, a judge is considering whether to dismiss Lindsay Clancy's murder case.
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Millions of Americans are turning to AI for election information, but chatbots are getting voting facts wrong and recommending candidates, raising concerns they could influence voters' decisions.
