- A Billings radio host's suggestion that Native American basketball teams should have their own post-season tournaments has prompted a show of solidarity at the Northern Class C Divisional Tournament
- Montana's secretary of state and the chairman of the state Republican party oppose a mail-in ballot for an expected special election to replace U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, saying it would give Democrats an advantage
- The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver has ruled that the City of Riverton and surrounding lands are not part of the Wind River Indian Reservation in central Wyoming
- Wildlife advocates are urging a federal judge to keep in place an injunction blocking a $57 million irrigation dam and fish passage proposed for the Yellowstone River
- Prosecutors say they have found no criminal wrongdoing in the case of a horse that survived for eight weeks in the Wyoming wilderness after being left behind by a backcountry guide outfit when it became too sick to move
- A budget analysis shows the work that the Montana Legislature has done so far this session would leave the state in the black financially but with about half the cash reserves that Gov. Steve Bullock wants
- Advocates for abill that would allow Native American students in Montana to wear Indian regalia at graduation ceremonies are attempting to force the bill onto the Senate floor
- Gov. Steve Bullock has vetoed two gun bills
- The University of Wyoming's student government is considering adding a flag commonly associated with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride on the university campus
- Gov. Steve Bullock has named the former head of the Butte Local Development Corp. as the new director of the state Department of Commerce
- Abortion foes have won a round in the Montana state Legislature, winning preliminary passage for a bill that would transform abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy into a medical procedure to save a potentially viable fetus
- The Wyoming Senate has defeated a bill that would have allowed students and other people who aren't police to carry guns on college campuses, including athletic events
Evening Newscast: Thursday, Feb 23
