BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Proposed repairs to bolster Montana's Fort Peck Dam following epic flooding along the Missouri River last year would cost more than $225 million, according to cost estimates ...

Two days of activities and events are planned this weekend for the 75th anniversary of the completion of Fort Peck Dam. Saturday 10 a.m. — Dedication ceremony for monuments honoring the 59 workers who ...

When the famous photographer Margaret Bourke-White made her iconic 1936 Life magazine cover shot of the still-under-construction spillway at Fort Peck Dam – the very first cover of the magazine – the ...

The lake that fills up a vast, meandering shoreline above the Fort Peck Dam has traditionally been a hub for motorized recreation, but more and more people, both locals and tourists, have been ...

BOZEMAN — The construction of the colossal dam at Fort Peck, which manifested the promise of America when it was built 75 years ago and still stands as one of the greatest achievements in the history ...

FORT PECK — Chinook salmon have arrived near the face of Fort Peck Dam, and it looks like the 2003 run is going to be a good one. As of last weekend, the biggest salmon caught was a 24-pounder taken ...

HELENA - Federal officials in charge of Fort Peck Dam started ramping up their water releases Thursday, as officials warned dozens of residents downstream their homes could flood when the peak is ...

OMAHA, Neb. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says sandbars along part of the Missouri River are again closed to protect the nests of endangered bird species. The Corps says endangered interior least ...

BILLINGS — In the wake of river fishing closures that seem to be spreading across Montana at far too rapid a rate, there’s some good news coming from Fort Peck Reservoir. Chinook salmon have begun to ...

FORT PECK, Mont. — There was a certain rhythm to Joe Bouroncle’s cadence. Fishing for lake trout on the Lower Big Dry Arm of the Fort Peck Reservoir on the east fork is a blast, especially for some ...