- Log In Using Your Account
  Log In
  
  Don't have an account? Sign Up Today

2°
- Butte, MT (59701)
  
  Today
  
  Cloudy skies. High 9F. Winds light and variable..
  
  Tonight
  
  Some clouds early will give way to generally clear conditions overnight. Low -13F. Winds light and variable.
  
  Updated: February 18, 2019 @ 12:44 am
- Full Forecast

Opinion

Is it immoral to watch football?

Opinion

spotlight

Is it immoral to watch football?

Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

National News

spotlight

Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids

National News

spotlight

Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids

What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?

National News

spotlight

What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?

Sending help where it's needed most after disasters

National News

spotlight

Sending help where it's needed most after disasters

Opinion

Happy midterms! Here's a rundown of the best political zingers in history

National News

spotlight

Happy midterms! Here's a rundown of the best political zingers in history

Three reasons the US is not ready for the next pandemic

National News

spotlight

Three reasons the US is not ready for the next pandemic

Can Trump's White House legally ban reporters?

National News

spotlight

Can Trump's White House legally ban reporters?

American farmers want trade partners not handouts – an agricultural economist explains

U.S. Government and Politics

spotlight

American farmers want trade partners not handouts – an agricultural economist explains

Who chooses abortion? More women than you might think

National News

spotlight

Who chooses abortion? More women than you might think

Analysis: New data shows US hate crimes continued to rise in 2017

National News

spotlight

Analysis: New data shows US hate crimes continued to rise in 2017

Suicide nation: What's behind the need to numb and to seek a final escape?

National News

spotlight

Suicide nation: What's behind the need to numb and to seek a final escape?

Is it immoral to watch football?

Opinion

Is it immoral to watch football?

Sep 30, 2018

Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

National News

Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

Sep 27, 2018

Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids

National News

Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids

Sep 26, 2018

What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?

National News

What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?

Sep 19, 2018

Sending help where it's needed most after disasters

National News

Sending help where it's needed most after disasters

Sep 18, 2018

Happy midterms! Here's a rundown of the best political zingers in history

National News

Happy midterms! Here's a rundown of the best political zingers in history

Sep 4, 2018

Three reasons the US is not ready for the next pandemic

National News

Three reasons the US is not ready for the next pandemic

Aug 24, 2018

Can Trump's White House legally ban reporters?

National News

Can Trump's White House legally ban reporters?

Aug 9, 2018

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Would you support a smoke-free park in Butte?

Latest in section

Is it immoral to watch football?

Is it immoral to watch football?

Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids

Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids

What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?

What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?

Sending help where it's needed most after disasters

Sending help where it's needed most after disasters

Extreme stress during childhood can hurt social learning for years to come

National News

spotlight

Extreme stress during childhood can hurt social learning for years to come

Debunking the 6 biggest myths about 'technology addiction'

National News

spotlight

Debunking the 6 biggest myths about 'technology addiction'

US fertility is dropping. Here's why some experts saw it coming

National News

spotlight

US fertility is dropping. Here's why some experts saw it coming

A hangover pill? Tests on drunk mice show promise

National News

spotlight

A hangover pill? Tests on drunk mice show promise

Messy women may actually liberate us all

Opinion

AP

Messy women may actually liberate us all

Would America vote for Oprah for president?

Opinion

spotlight

Would America vote for Oprah for president?

Keeping the people in the people's court

Opinion

Keeping the people in the people's court

Putrid pundit projections

Columns

Putrid pundit projections

National columns and analysis

Commentary: New York dodged an Amazon bullet. Wisconsin still faces a bazooka

By Tim Culpan, Bloomberg News

George F. Will: What passes today for socialism

Guest view: AWARE finds ways to cope with debilitating cuts

MATT BUGNI

Commentary: Trump gets sued over his asylum policy. Again. Next up: His fake national emergency

By Scott Martelle, Los Angeles Times

Guest view: The Smith River's real treasure

LAURA CHURCHMAN

Guest view: Time to build is now

BOB BROWN

Commentary: Are Democrats overstepping? Ask Barr

By Kim Wehle, Los Angeles Times

Commentary: What would Lincoln do? America's 16th president navigated times even more polarized than today's

By David Blankenhorn, Los Angeles Times

Women don’t slow down for fools like Bill O’Reilly

Columns

Women don’t slow down for fools like Bill O’Reilly

Supreme Court jumps into a playground fight over a phony war on religion

Columns

Supreme Court jumps into a playground fight over a phony war on religion

A case for preventing children's scraped knees

Opinion

A case for preventing children's scraped knees

It’s decision time, America — which way do we go?

Columns

It’s decision time, America — which way do we go?

Taxes — the great uniter?

Columns

Taxes — the great uniter?

Don't fight Trump with conspiracy theories; what's there is damning enough

Columns

Don't fight Trump with conspiracy theories; what's there is damning enough

Awful questions, no answers

Columns

Awful questions, no answers

Don't fight Trump with conspiracy theories; what's there is damning enough

Columns

Don't fight Trump with conspiracy theories; what's there is damning enough

Apr 14, 2017

Columns

Experience America at the time of the Great War

Apr 12, 2017

Awful questions, no answers

Columns

Awful questions, no answers

Apr 11, 2017

Did the last three years not actually happen?

Columns

Did the last three years not actually happen?

Apr 10, 2017

Senators mourn traditions they are blowing up

Columns

Senators mourn traditions they are blowing up

Apr 7, 2017

Baseball numbers aren't difficult. But this quiz might be.

Columns

Baseball numbers aren't difficult. But this quiz might be.

Apr 5, 2017

Trump plays us for a fool

Columns

Trump plays us for a fool

Apr 4, 2017

Bill O’Reilly’s a bonehead, but that’s not nice

Columns

Bill O’Reilly’s a bonehead, but that’s not nice

Apr 3, 2017

Subscribe to Montana Standard Email Alerts!

Breaking News

Receive news and emergency updates as soon as the stories unfold.

Daily Headlines

Have the latest local news waiting for you bright and early.

Daily Obituaries

Get the latest obituary notices.

Weekly Best of / Hot & Trending

Best of the week from MTStandard.com, and hot & trending stories, local and nationwide.

TGIF Entertainment (Weekly)

Entertainment news delivered to your inbox every week.

Contests and Promotions (Occasional)

Don't miss your chance to win cool prizes.

Advertising Opportunities

Looking to advertise in the Montana Standard or MTStandard.com? Keep up to date on all of the excited opportunities!

Obituaries

Most Popular

Submit a Letter to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor: Consistency is key to great coach; family not welcome in town?

Nov 24, 2016
1

The choice of a benevolent God? Read more

Letters to the editor: How long before the earth is destroyed?

Nov 7, 2016
2

Letters to the editor: For Gianforte; for Steketee; and Connie Ternes-Daniels

Oct 24, 2016
0

McCulloch, Lee Newspapers are the new deplorables

Oct 15, 2016
1

Choose your governor wisely

Sep 23, 2016
0

Puppy mills law would provide leverage

Sep 6, 2016
0

Story of Camp Husky dog rescue brings back memories

Aug 24, 2016
0

Daines' vote against Librarian of Congress unconscionable

Jul 17, 2016
2

When Trump is president, White House becomes Trump House

Jun 30, 2016
0

Basketball great showed great sportsmanship

Jun 16, 2016
0

New vacant buildings ordinance opposed

May 31, 2016
0

This is what you get, Mr. Speaker

Columns

This is what you get, Mr. Speaker

Mar 31, 2017

Crashing down to earth

Columns

Crashing down to earth

Mar 28, 2017

An oasis of liberty in the Arizona sun

Columns

An oasis of liberty in the Arizona sun

Mar 27, 2017

Trump’s chickens finally come home to roost

Columns

Trump’s chickens finally come home to roost

Mar 27, 2017

Standard view: Petty refusal to act hurts those we owe the most

Opinion

Standard view: Petty refusal to act hurts those we owe the most

Mar 26, 2017

Democrats wallowing in muck over Gorsuch decision

Opinion

Democrats wallowing in muck over Gorsuch decision

Mar 26, 2017

Lincoln was a Republican, and other discoveries by President Obvious

Columns

Lincoln was a Republican, and other discoveries by President Obvious

Mar 23, 2017

Questions for Judge Gorsuch

Columns

Questions for Judge Gorsuch

Mar 22, 2017

'Hood Robin' robs from poor, gives to rich

Columns

'Hood Robin' robs from poor, gives to rich

Mar 21, 2017

Trumpcare: A bullhorn touting scorn for the poor

Columns

Trumpcare: A bullhorn touting scorn for the poor

Mar 20, 2017

Clinton's unexpected new ally in the email investigation: Trump

Columns

Clinton's unexpected new ally in the email investigation: Trump

Mar 17, 2017

A place to learn and celebrate America's foundational principles

Columns

A place to learn and celebrate America's foundational principles

Mar 14, 2017

Ryan's health care plan simply a scam

Columns

Ryan's health care plan simply a scam

Mar 13, 2017

What else, Elsie?

Opinion

What else, Elsie?

Feb 6, 2017

Americans don't want destructive president

Opinion

Americans don't want destructive president

Jan 31, 2017

Opinion Letters

Now is the time to serve our country

Jan 26, 2017

Opinion Letters

Would march have been pep rally for Hillary?

Jan 26, 2017

Opinion Letters

Canadians behaving badly in parks face consequences

Jan 26, 2017

Opinion Letters

Path to vulgarity culminated on the Capitol steps Jan. 20

Jan 26, 2017

Opinion Letters

Children's play is sexist against fathers

Jan 26, 2017