With temperatures and wind chills plummeting during the cold snap that is affecting a large portion of the United States this week, one question stands above the rest.
This week the Missoula City Council and the Missoula County Commissioners adopted a resolution to utilize renewable energy for electricity by the year 2030.
Montana's Greg Gianforte will take the oath of office in the U.S. House chambers at 11:30 Mountain Time from Speaker Paul Ryan, to become Montana's lone U.S. House Representative.
In 2016, Montana languished in 40th place among the states in renewable energy job growth, specifically solar, but the first half of 2017 has been gangbusters, vaulting the state all the way up to number 22 in the country.
There has been a mighty effort to save Colstrip Units 1 and 2 and stave off the elimination of hundreds of jobs, and millions in tax revenue, however one energy economist says the effort is futile because coal is in a death spiral.