The Beartooth Pass is pictured on Thursday, May 8. The Montana Department of Transportation plans to have all plowing and repairs completed before the pass opens on Memorial Day weekend.

Crews are getting their arms around the MacDonald Pass fire today, with containment estimated at 15 percent of the 230-acre blaze burning on a steep mountainside in the Helena National ...

The Montana Highway Patrol also closed a stretch of Highway 12, directing traffic with a pilot car. However, by Saturday night, fire crews reportedly had the fire 80 percent contained.