In case anybody is wondering, today is officially the first day of winter. It actually kicks in at about 5 a.m. Mountain Standard Time, but that's probably a nitpicky point.

Montana's unemployment rate saw a slight increase last month, climbing to 4.9%. That's up from 4.8% in October, but still well below the national average of 6.7%. Sanders County has the highest unemployment ...

A weekend storm that dropped record amounts of snow apparently hit hardest in Billings, Red Lodge and other areas of south-central Montana.