Eric Whitney
Eric Whitney is NPR's Mountain West/Great Plains Bureau Chief, and was the former news director for Montana Public Radio.
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Groups promoting the economic value of public lands in Montana held their third annual Last Best Outdoors Fest event to get their message out in Missoula… -
UPDATE 4:10 pm, via Associated Press: A wind-driven grass fire forced the evacuation of 20 residences and destroyed several buildings northwest of Great… -
Montana senator and wheat farmer Jon Tester is firing back after President Trump mocked the role of wheat in trade with Japan. Tuesday at a campaign rally… -
The U.S. Interior Department approved a plan to purchase 7,300 acres of former private timber lands northeast of Missoula. The former Plum Creek Timber… -
Montana’s Republican U.S. senator maintained his opposition to gun control legislation during his appearance Monday at a Missoula luncheon.Some in the… -
Updated 3:50 p.m., August 6, 2019The Snow Creek Fire is about 20 miles northeast of Condon in the Bob Marshall Wilderness area with spotting across the… -
Mike Dennison has had a front row seat to Montana politics for three decades as a reporter for the Great Falls Tribune, Lee Newspapers, and now MTN… -
Updated 4:50 p.m.A little after 4 p.m. the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s office Facebook page announced a new evacuation due to a new wildfire for the… -
Updated 4:45 p.m., July 29, 2019Lewis and Clark County Emergency Management says it will live-stream tonight's 6:00 p.m. public meeting on the North Hills… -
Updated 10:03 p.m., July 28, 2019For the North Hills fire, the Red Cross has opened a shelter at Helena First Assembly of God church 2210 Dodge Ave.Duane…
