Angling reopens on Big Hole River between Maiden Rock and Tony Schoonen fishing access sites. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
A downstream dilemma: Canadian coal mines are seeping selenium into Montana waters
Canadian open-pit coal mines are polluting water that flows into Montana, but the Canadian government seems reluctant to rein in the mining or engage in an international solution. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
Tribes receive $3.5M in funding for law enforcement, victim services
Tribal law enforcement agencies in Montana will receive more than $3.5 million in annual Department of Justice funding. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
The LGBTQ-owned bookstore that rallied a community
When a Drag Story Hour at a beloved Helena bookstore faced threats, supporters stood strong. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
Montana health officials aim to boost oversight of nonprofit hospitals’ giving
The IRS requires nonprofit hospitals to tally what they spend to “promote health” to benefit “the community as a whole.” Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
Deer Lodge voters to weigh options for marijuana businesses
Voters in Deer Lodge will have an opportunity Nov. 8 to weigh in about what types of marijuana businesses they will allow in the city limits. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
Governor praises fire mitigation efforts, $238K announced for Helena forest treatment
“Everyone benefits when we have healthier forests,” Gov. Greg Gianforte said. “When we manage our forests our communities are safer, we have more recreation…” Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
Glacier National Park ends air tours with decades late plan
If you want to tour Glacier National Park by air, you’ll need to set plans in the next couple years. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
University of Montana fall enrollment down 1.5% but welcomes large freshman class
The University of Montana saw a slight dip in overall enrollment this fall despite welcoming its largest freshman class in six years. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
FWP warns of high bear activity in southwest Montana
In recent weeks, FWP game wardens and bear specialists have responded to numerous conflicts with black bears in residential areas of Bozeman, Belgrade, Big Sky, Helena and Butte. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
Into the future: COVID relief upgrades internet for Blackfeet
If you had a wide-open checkbook and a long-standing telecommunications problem, what would your solution look like? Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
Forest damage tied to flooding pegged at $38.5M
A final, more detailed analysis of damage to the Custer-Gallatin National Forest caused by this year’s flooding is pegged at $38.5 million, the agency announced Friday. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
State sets traps for Bitterroot grizzlies
Wildlife managers are trying to capture and relocate two grizzly bears in the northern Bitterroot Valley before the bears get into conflict with humans. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
Grizzly bear captured, euthanized for Gardiner Basin offenses
An adult female grizzly bear captured in the Gardiner Basin after raiding a chicken coop inside an electric fence, along with other incidents, was euthanized due to its repeated conflicts with humans. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
‘Awakening a memory’: Fort Peck curators host first Live Museum Event
The Fort Peck Cultural Resource Department on Friday brought museum items out for the public to view up close and touch in its first Live Museum Event. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
Green Beret’s ‘healing experience’ in Vietnam captured in new documentary
‘Return,’ a documentary by Billings filmmakers about Jim Markel Sr.’s first trip back to Vietnam after he served there during the war, premiers at the Babcock on Saturday night. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
VA report says Montana has ‘significantly higher’ rate of veteran suicide
Montana’s suicide rate was “significantly higher” than the national average not only for veterans, but for the general population as well, a new report says. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
Caldera chronicles: A volcano safari to Africa
Did you know that Africa is home to more than 100 active volcanoes, including one with a lava lake that produces some of the most fluid lava flows on Earth? There’s also a beautifully preserved caldera with the highest density… Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
Aggression, abuse, threats: Missoula hospitals act to protect staff
“I don’t know if there’s words to say how stressful that is. Can you imagine someone standing in front of you, yelling at the top of their lungs?” Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
From untouched to safely handled: Montana trainer transforms wild mustangs in 100 days
Hannah Catalino, of Whitehall, was given 100 days to train her two mustangs from wild, to being able to be handled. Here’s her journey. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
Salmon-Challis National Forest gets new rangers for districts bordering Montana
A University of Montana graduate is overseeing the district of an Idaho national forest that shares an extensive border with Montana and the Bitterroot National Forest. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
Longtime Butte Democrat Art Noonan dies; was running for Montana House seat
Art Noonan, a longtime Butte Democrat and a former executive director of the Montana Democratic Party, has died at the age of 70. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service
