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Online Bowhunter Education Field Days available to adults in Great Falls Fish, Wildlife and Parks has scheduled two field days in Great Falls for adults who have completed the state’s

House Joint Resolution sparks property rights debate

 

 

House District 29 Representative Dan Bartel has received a lot of publicity recently. Last week, the House passed a resolution he sponsored requesting the U.S. Bureau of Land Management deny a bison grazing permit proposal, sparking headlines around the state.

“A house joint resolution is not a law, but it can send a strong message,” Bartel said, “and that’s what we’re trying to do.”

Air Force to the rescue

 

 

Monday was not going well for Central Montana Foundation Director Carrie Mantooth. Not only had she learned a highly anticipated vacation must be cancelled due to illness, but she was diagnosed with influenza. The Denton resident, having driven to Lewistown to see the doctor, picked up a prescription and was headed home, feeling “exhausted and feverish.” 

That’s when her day got a lot worse.

“I turned off the highway onto our regular route and quickly realized it hadn’t been plowed,” she said.

Lawmakers debate bison grazing, vaccines and Country of Origin Labeling

 

 

 

The 66th Montana Legislature is at its halfway mark, and that means that any general bills that did not pass in the chamber they started in, either the House or the Senate, before the transmittal deadline are effectively killed.

About 60 bills have passed both houses and have reached the governor’s desk. Gov. Steve Bullock said one of the most impactful laws he’s signed is House Bill 159, which will add about $77 million in funding for K-12 education. 

“I’m glad that the education committee got that to me early on,” Bullock said. 

Head Start Menu

Central Montana Head Start menu is as follows: B=breakfast, L=lunch, S=snack. All meals are served with 1 percent milk. Monday – B/Oatmeal, raisins, milk L/Macaroni and cheese with ham, beets,

Money available for emergency and low income help

NorthWestern Energy reported that more than $815,000 is being provided for special home weatherization measures for low income Montanans and to Energy Share of Montana, which provides assistance for Montanans

U of M helps create the National Center for Rural School Mental Health

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded nearly $10 million to establish a National Center for Rural School Mental Health. Dr. Ryan Tolleson Knee, a University of Montana social work

New technology developed at MSU tracks early development of weather events

When a hail storm unleashes on Montana’s plains, a precise warning an hour or more in advance could allow ranchers to lead livestock to shelter, gardeners to bring in potted

Breaking the ice

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Bill introduced to help address Chronic Wasting Disease

A new bill introduced March 6 by Senator Jon Testerwill help address Chronic Wasting Disease – a debilitating and always-fatal neurological disease in deer, elk and moose that threatens big

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