Montana
FWP publishes 2026 hunting regulations
The 2026 “deer, elk, antelope” and “moose, sheep, goat, bison” hunting regulations are available from Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. As with every year, there are changes hunters should know.
Highlights include some boundary changes to several hunting districts, adjustments to tags offered, an application process for unlimited bighorn sheep licenses, and changes to the limit on the number of licenses non-resident deer hunters can purchase.
FWP reminds hunters to brush up on those regulations and make sure you know what steps you need to take ahead of licenses and applications opening.
“Familiarize yourself,” said FWP communication and education program manager Vivaca Crowser. “You may see no changes in your hunting district that you had to, or you may see some, so it’s a good time to remember that those changes happen. They happen more in depth every other year; this is one of those years.”
More information about the changes and how to find the new regulations can be found here.
Montana
Jury convicts Honduran woman of transporting undocumented immigrant in Montana
MISSOULA, Mont. — A federal jury has found a Honduran woman guilty of illegally reentering the United States and transporting a Mexican national who was in the country unlawfully, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
After a three-day trial, jurors convicted 41-year-old Yolanda Ernestina Soto-Antunez on charges of being in the United States illegally and transporting an undocumented immigrant.
Soto-Antunez faces up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris is scheduled to sentence her on July 9. She remains in custody pending sentencing.
According to prosecutors, a Phillips County sheriff’s deputy stopped Soto-Antunez for speeding on U.S. Highway 2 near Malta on March 6. After requesting assistance from U.S. Border Patrol agents to help translate, authorities determined Soto-Antunez was a Honduran citizen in the country illegally and that her passenger, a Mexican national, was also in the United States unlawfully.
Investigators said they discovered $18,000 in a duffel bag belonging to the passenger. The man told agents he was traveling to Washington to borrow an additional $12,000 from a relative, bringing the total to $30,000. According to court testimony, the money was intended to pay for his sister to be smuggled into the United States, and Soto-Antunez was expected to deliver the funds to a group in Tijuana, Mexico.
Federal authorities also determined Soto-Antunez had previously been deported in June 2012 and illegally reentered the United States in August 2016.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office. The U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecuted the case.
Montana
6K+ Flathead Electric customers without power due to damaged transmission structure
More than 6,000 Flathead Electric customers are without power Thursday evening, and officials say it’s due to a damaged transmission structure.
Reports indicate a transmission structure near the White Oak Gas Station that serves the Bigfork and Somers substations sustained damage.
Crews have been dispatched to assess the damage and determine the safest path to make repairs.
An estimated restoration time has not been released.
View the outage map here.
Montana
Body of kayaker found in Yellowstone Lake
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — On June 8, people aboard a vessel discovered a body floating near Rock Point on Yellowstone Lake’s northwest shore near Bridge Bay.
The man was identified as Brandon Rhea, 41, of Denver, Colorado. National Park Service rangers responded and recovered Rhea’s body, along with a capsized kayak and personal belongings.
The incident remains under investigation. No additional details were released.
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