Yellowstone Park plans events to mark 150th anniversary

In celebration of Yellowstone National Park’s 150th anniversary, a variety of activities are scheduled. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Jill Abramson, the magic of Yellowstone’s wildness and the park as a great equalizer – even at 150

By the third day, Jill Abramson was fully entranced by the magic of Yellowstone National Park. Then she saw the other side of the “real world.” Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

‘It’s our legacy’: B’nai Israel Cultural Center nods at the past while looking to the future

Big plans loom for Congregation B’nai Israel this summer, including tours, lectures and other events. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Rain on snow prompts avalanche warning

The center’s danger scale was “High” for upper and middle elevations, and “considerable” for lower elevations in all three regions. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

‘We are still alive’: Montanans have family, emotional ties to Ukraine

In the moment that this story is posted the people of Ukraine are fighting and dying to protect their sovereignty. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Land acquisition proposed for new lower Yellowstone state park

Property for sale at the junction of the Powder and Yellowstone rivers would provide an ideal site for the creation of a Lower Yellowstone River State Park, ranging in size from 45 to 700 acres. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Black History Month: Lee Driver left his mark in this world

By the early 1900s, it was estimated that Anaconda’s diverse population was closing in on 10,000 and included at least 100 to 125 African-American men, women and children. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Bitterroot rancher speaks out on challenges facing cattle industry

As ranchers across the state work through blizzards, drought and everything in between, ranchers like Bitterroot Valley’s Tony Hudson keep a close eye on what’s happening with the cattle market. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Dreams become a reality for horse reining world champion from Lincoln

Chris Holm and her horse, Cool Hand Luke, won the Morgan World Championship in reining in 2021 at a show in Oklahoma City. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Two former Montana officials say nonpartisan primaries could help weed out extremists

Two former state officials said they are considering pushing for nonpartisan primary elections in Montana. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Other states keep watchful eye on snags in Washington’s pioneering public-option plan

A public-option plan, though backed by Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, also has gone nowhere because of political opposition in Congress. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Yellowstone invests $155M in road projects

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. — Visitors to Yellowstone National Park will need to pack their patience as three road projects will cause “major delays” this summer. That’s in addition to the delays naturally caused by bear, elk and bison jams. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

COVID aid to protect Montana prisons and jails sits unused

Not a single project has begun despite the omicron surge that led to a new outbreak of covid cases among Montana State Prison inmates in January. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Bison trapping operations begin in Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park announced Tuesday that bison trapping has begun near the park’s northern border, meaning efforts to cull the population through shipment to slaughter are underway. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Montana National Guard’s readiness status unchanged as it monitors Ukraine

A Montana National Guard spokesman on Thursday said officials are monitoring the ongoing situation in Ukraine, however, at this time there are no changes to its readiness status or Force Protection Condition and no impacts to its operations. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Region 3 wolf season ends with 85 wolves killed, 3 over quota

Three more wolves were killed in southwestern Montana’s Region 3 hunting district after Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks closed the season there on Feb. 17, when the 82 wolf quota was reached. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Grand Teton OKs second round of aerial gunning to kill mountain goats

In an attempt to conserve a native and vulnerable population of bighorn sheep in the Teton Range the National Park Service has begun aerial gunning to remove nonnative mountain goats in Grand Teton National Park, the agency announced in a… Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Laurel student who brought loaded gun to school charged as an adult

A Laurel High School student pleaded not guilty Wednesday to allegedly bringing a firearm to school and threatening a student. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

UN: Wildfires getting worse globally, governments unprepared

The Western U.S., northern Siberia, central India, and eastern Australia already are seeing more blazes. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

ExerDance building in Uptown Butte slowly coming alive again

After years as a poster child for vacant buildings in Uptown Butte, the ExerDance building is showing signs of new life. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

MacKenzie Scott donates $50M to support USDA youth programs

MacKenzie Scott’s $50 million gift to the National 4-H Council, which the youth-focused nonprofit called “transformational,” is part of a new batch of the philanthropist’s donations now coming to light. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

Jury awards $36.5 million verdict against insurance company in bellwether Libby asbestos case

In a case against Maryland Casualty – industrial insurer for W.R. Grace – a jury awarded $36.5 million to former mine worker Ralph Hutt, who currently suffers grievously from asbestosis. Top Featured Tags: – Montana News Press Release Distribution Service

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