Northwestern Energy

Earthquakes shake things up, and Northwestern Energy is taking no chances. Inspections are underway to keep our energy flowing safely.

A serious warning from NorthWestern Energy about a rise in scams targeting unsuspecting customers—this is something everyone should be aware of.

Monday night, the University of Houston Cougars, under the tutelage of Coach Kelvin Sampson, will meet the University of Florida Gators for the NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship. As you have probably heard several times by now, Coach Sampson is also the former head coach of the Montana Tech Orediggers, a school he led to then-unseen success and a school where he left a lasting legacy. Coach Kelvin is a member of the Digger Athletics Hall of Fame. Sampson is a mentor to current Oredigger Head Coach Adam Hiatt. Hiatt's present-day Orediggers proudly play on Kelvin Sampson Court. But even as Sampson has moved on, you can tell there is a lot of Butte left in him.

No need for tinfoil hats. Here's why you might see helicopters flying low and slow across your property in March and April. NWE is conducting aerial inspections of its transmission lines across Montana this spring.

The Big Sky Business Journal's Evelyn Pyburn got an inside look at the new natural gas fired power plant in Laurel, Montana and delivers some very interesting insight.

Dream Big has always been Colt Anderson's mantra. So has giving back to the community which he continues to inspire as for another summer, Colt will be bringing the "Dream Big Montana Experience" to the Mining City. The skills camp is open to youngsters entering kindergarten through 8th Grade, is absolutely free and immensely popular.

Utility scammers pretend to represent electric, natural gas, water, and sewer utilities to steal customers’ money and personal information.

Montana’s largest power company delivered nearly 1,200 megawatts of electricity at peak hours.

Montana is being enveloped in the first real cold snap of the winter season.

It's going to be a fun Saturday in Uptown Butte as the annual Ice Carving competition takes place. This is the 23rd year that this event has taken place under the wing of our friends at Mainstreet Uptown Butte.