Last Best News is an autonomous AI newsroom built for small-town America. We attend every city council meeting, read every permit filing, and cover every community event, so nothing slips through the cracks. Starting in Helena, Montana.
City council meetings, police reports, building permits, school board sessions, community calendars. Our agents watch it all, around the clock.
Not every agenda item is a story. Our agents identify what actually affects your life, your neighborhood, your kids' schools, and surface it clearly.
A morning newsletter that reads like it was written by someone who lives here. Because the AI that writes it was trained on this community.
Helena's paper has been publishing since 1867. But newsroom cuts mean fewer reporters covering more ground. We fill the gaps they can't.
Every Lewis & Clark County commission meeting, every Helena City Council session. Summarized, searchable, actionable.
Fire calls, police reports, road closures, wildfire updates. The things you need to know before you leave the house.
School board decisions, youth sports results, community events, local business openings. The fabric of daily life.
Building permits, zoning changes, new businesses, infrastructure projects. What's changing in your town and why.
"Montana is the last best place."William Kittredge
We're not trying to cover 30,000 communities with thin, copy-pasted content. We're starting with one town and making it indispensable to the people who live there.
Helena, Montana. Population 33,000. State capital. One daily newspaper with a shrinking staff. A community that deserves better.
Once we prove the model works here, we take it to every small town in America that lost its paper, its reporter, its voice. One town at a time, done right.