Feature photo of Jason and Jill Baker, courtesy of the Bakers. Jason Baker, Firefighter Health and Safety Bill Warrior, Loses Life to Cancer Prairie Populist mourns the loss of Great Falls City Firefighter Jason Baker, who lost his fight with Stage IV lung cancer Wednesday morning. Jason,...

State Agencies, Private Businesses and Local Government work to increase hemp processing in Montana No longer is hemp a taboo topic, something whispered about behind closed doors over cups of coffee or shots of whiskey. Last summer, during the second...

But the pressure is on. Summer means exploring our state, and at Prairie Populist we’re joining the thousands of Montanans visiting the amazing lands, lakes, and historical sites that make up Montana’s state parks. We hope you’ll check back all summer and join...

Just outside of Great Falls is Montana's most visited State Park Summer means exploring our state, and at Prairie Populist we’re joining the thousands of Montanans visiting the amazing lands, lakes, and historical sites that make up Montana’s state parks. We...

Spring Fever Hits Great Falls, People Hit the Trails It's spring in Montana, the season of "hurry up and wait." Whether we're prepping to plant, hunting for sheds, or cleaning up around the house, most of us are taking advantage...

 Rosendale guns for state Senate In some ways, Montana voters have it good. Whether we’re Democrats, Republicans or something else, we’re generally not too far from our citizen legislators, regular folks we see at the store and at the kids’...

Who Will Fix Your Potholes in 2018? While Washington dithers and Helena readies for a possible special legislative session to address Montana’s budget shortfall, our local governments are plowing streets (so we’re told), issuing construction permits, approving budgets for police...

Cascade County ranked in nation’s top ten mid-sized counties Normally, we Montanans don’t pay much attention to what people out East have to say about us. But our ears perked up when we heard that a Pittsburgh economic consulting firm...

The Lodgepole Complex Fire is the state’s largest fire to date. As of Monday, July 31, it had spread to 270,723 acres. Fortunately, the fires are now over 93 percent contained. Unfortunately, the fight to recover is far from over....

Well, yet another legislative session will end without a plan to fix and upgrade the state’s aging water and sewer systems, school buildings and university facilities -- all projects that would create jobs and benefit the people of Montana. And...