Cost of Living: 96.9 vs 100 (National Average) Located between the Crazy and Beartooth Mountains is Big Timber, one of the many under-the-radar small towns in Montana, home to around 1,700 people.

But Missoula, Montana, is way more than a launching pad. Better to call it a basecamp, as one young college student working in a coffee shop put it, with plenty to do and see before you set out on ...

Just 45 miles south of the Canadian border along Montana's Hi-Line, U.S. Highway 2, Havre is one of the small towns that stretches across more than 550 miles at the northern edge of the state.

A new report ranks the best college towns in the U.S. for 2025—and the No. 1 spot might surprise you. From affordability to mountain views, here’s what makes this year’s winner stand out.

Montana is one of several western states dealing with rising costs and housing shortages, driven partly by the rise in remote work, which has contributed to an influx of people moving from big ...

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If Missoula, Montana was only a basecamp for world-class wilderness, it’d be enough to call it one of America’s best towns – but it offers so much more. CNN’s Victor Blackwell checks out ...