Montana's largest wildfire this year came within reach of Coolidge, a forgotten mining town tucked so far into the mountains that firefighters couldn't safely defend it.
Evacuation orders expanded to GO status around Elkhorn Hot Springs and Maverick Mountain as the Sand Creek Fire pushed past 11,600 acres over the weekend.
Crews climbing two steep ridge lines every single day just to reach the fire's edge — that's what it's taking to fight the Elder 1 Fire south of Missoula right now.
Montana's foster kids are about to keep money that's been going to the state for over twenty years — and it took a governor's signature to finally change that.