By Edward O'Brien on Nov 08, 2019 06:18 pm
Montana U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte and U.S. Agriculture Department Undersecretary Jim Hubbard spearheaded a roundtable this week in Missoula focused on forest and wildland fire policy. Gianforte called for greater collaboration among stakeholders. Some stakeholders, however, were noticeably absent from the event.
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By Olivia Reingold on Nov 08, 2019 04:30 pm
Critic Says Public Missing Persons Database Comes Up Short For MMIP The U.S. Attorney’s Office is hosting training sessions in Montana this week for indigenous communities about how to enter missing persons cases into a public database. Some people involved in the MMIP movement say that entries aren’t the problem. The database is.
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By Rachel Cramer on Nov 08, 2019 04:29 pm
Bozeman Moves Closer To Affordable Housing Plan As Need Grows Montana’s fastest growing city is moving one step closer on a plan intended to tackle affordable housing.
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By Corin Cates-Carney on Nov 08, 2019 04:28 pm
Montana lawmakers are meeting for a week in January to study whether the State Legislature should meet every year. Montana’s House and Senate currently meet for 90 days every other year. In 2019, the Legislature passed a bill to study meeting every year for 45 days.
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By Associated Press on Nov 07, 2019 06:56 pm
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Public Service Commission has approved a $6.5 million rate increase for NorthWestern Energy customers, less than 20 percent of the increase the utility initially sought.
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By Corin Cates-Carney on Nov 07, 2019 06:34 pm
Officials say it could take more than a year to add new "community engagement" requirements to the state’s Medicaid expansion . Montana is awaiting federal approval for its plan to require some low-income adults to work for health coverage.
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By Edward O'Brien on Nov 07, 2019 05:15 pm
Of the no less than eight cases of poaching Montana wildlife officials are currently investigating, some of the game animals were killed and left to rot where they fell. Others were found decapitated, but otherwise untouched. One Montana educator has spent years researching poachers and has found they’re motivated by many different factors.
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By MTPR News on Nov 07, 2019 05:05 pm
A former chairman of the Blackfeet Nation has pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge Wednesday. The former tribal leader faces up to 20 years in prison.
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By Corin Cates-Carney on Nov 07, 2019 04:46 pm
Two more cases of lung injuries associated with vaping products were confirmed in Montana Thursday. That brings the state’s total to 7 cases, including one death. The state health department says both new cases involve people from Cascade County with a history of vaping. One of the individuals is in their teens and the other is in their 20s. An investigation continues into what specific products were used.
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By Kayla Desroches on Nov 06, 2019 06:46 pm
Report: Plastic Pollution "Widespread" In Montana Waterways A Montana based environmental research group released a report last week that shows evidence of plastic in more than half of Montana's waterways.
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By Jess Sheldahl on Nov 06, 2019 06:46 pm
Four Deer Poached In Big Horn County Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is offering a reward for information about four trophy mule deer bucks poached north of Hardin. This is the the most recent in a string of poaching cases in southern Montana.
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By Rachel Cramer on Nov 06, 2019 06:46 pm
Farmers, Scientists Finding Fixes For Acidic Soils Across Montana, many farmers are noticing parts of their fields where nothing will grow, not even weeds. Researchers at Montana State University are wrapping up a multi-year project to figure out what farmers can do.
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By Kayla Desroches on Nov 06, 2019 06:46 pm
. A southeastern Montana school district Wednesday announced a settlement of $9 million with victims of an athletic trainer who molested students over a period of three decades. The $9 million settles a civil lawsuit filed by 32 victims of former Miles City high school athletic trainer James “Doc” Jensen. The money will come from the school district’s insurers rather than from tax dollars.
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By Associated Press on Nov 06, 2019 06:28 pm
Two nonprofits have raised $2 million for a Yellowstone National Park construction project, and managed to do so in a very short time. Yellowstone Forever , the official nonprofit partner of Yellowstone National Park , announced Wednesday it raised $1 million in private funds over three days at the end of September.
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By Corin Cates-Carney on Nov 06, 2019 06:26 pm
Starting in 2020, Lewis and Clark County will no longer have partisan elections for leadership offices, an idea that voters from a different southwest Montana county are opposed to.
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By Aaron Bolton on Nov 06, 2019 05:57 pm
The state and the U.S. Forest Service plan to ramp up a program on Montana’s national forests that uses timber sales with restoration components to fund non-commercial conservation work. The amount of timber currently being cut under the program could grow four times over the next year. The timber industry sees that as a much-needed boon.
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By Olivia Reingold on Nov 05, 2019 06:50 pm
Fort Peck Tribal Member Breaks Record For Youngest Elected In an earlier report we mistakenly identified the age of a recently elected Fort Peck tribal executive board member. Alexander Smith is actually younger than 24, making his recent election to the tribal executive board a record-breaking win.
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By Anonymous on Nov 05, 2019 06:50 pm
Montana wildlife officials say a mule deer buck harvested during archery season northeast of Joliet tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease.
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By Nicky Ouellet on Nov 05, 2019 06:50 pm
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is offering rewards for information in four new poaching cases in Big Timber, Hamilton and north of Billings.
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By Edward O'Brien on Nov 05, 2019 06:49 pm
Montana’s communal, agrarian Hutterite colonies are unfamiliar to many outsiders, but a first-of-its kind study shows the religious sect’s statewide economic impact can’t be ignored. Hutterite communities pack an economic wallop, even in non-Hutterite sectors of Montana’s economy. That’s according to a study released Tuesday by researchers at the University of Montana and Montana State University.
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