The battle intensified when a recently approved bill gave the chief of Butte’s paid fire department clear command over that department and the nine volunteer departments. Decades of animosity ...

A bill that has heightened decades of animosity between paid and volunteer firefighters in Butte-Silver Bow County has passed the state Senate, but it won’t become law without clearing a few ...

A lengthy hearing Friday evening in Helena centered on a controversial bill ... in Butte-Silver Bow, Missoula Rural Fire District Chief Paul Finlay, two city-county commissioners, the Montana ...

Commissioners say they were kept in the dark about contentious firefighter bill that affects Butte-Silver Bow. Skip to main content You have permission to edit this article. Edit Close ...