U.S. UFO Files: The Pentagon released a fifth batch of declassified UAP records—41 documents, images and videos dating back to 1950—after Trump ordered broader declassification, keeping the topic front and center. Montana Water Rights: A Yellowstone County judge granted Longbranch Bar, LLC a permanent right to use a neighboring well, ending a dispute over an implied easement tied to the bar’s long-running water use. Health Care Workforce: A new national look at nursing interest via Google searches put Montana at the bottom for nursing-related searches per capita, a metric that doesn’t necessarily reflect the state’s nursing pipeline but signals where attention is (or isn’t) landing. Cybersecurity & Finance: Credit unions and other breached customers are still fighting the fallout from a Snowflake-linked data breach, with a case against Snowflake and Ticketmaster moving into discovery. Energy Markets: BHE Montana signed on to California’s new Extended Day-Ahead Market, aiming for lower-cost access and better grid reliability. Higher Ed Costs: A report warns deferred maintenance is a “ticking time bomb” for colleges and universities, with some states turning to major fixes—or even teardown—to clear backlogs. Agriculture Innovation: Montana farmers are testing a biological crop nutrition approach to cut fertilizer costs and reduce exposure to global price swings. Housing Stability: In the Flathead Valley, two manufactured-home parks became the fifth resident-owned community, preserving naturally occurring affordable housing through land purchase financing.