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We serve voters by ensuring their qualifications are valid, their information is accurate, and that they have equitable, unobstructed access to voting. We protect the integrity of the election by ensuring that every valid ballot that is timely received and legally cast is counted, and that the results are accounted for and validated through the canvass process. We are on guard against fraud, undue influence, and corruption from external forces that seek to politicize the electoral process in order to control the outcome. We follow the laws,...
HELENA, MT- The Governor’s Office of Community Service, Reach Higher Montana, and Montana Campus Compact are pleased to announce applications are now being accepted for the 2021 Youth Serve Montana Scholarship. The Youth Serve Montana Scholarship was created to promote volunteerism among high school students. Funds are available through support from Montana Campus Compact, a network of Montana campuses committed to community service; Reach Higher Montana, a nonprofit dedicated to helping students pursue and fund post-secondary education; and t...
Lewistown, Mont. – With Labor Day weekend on the horizon, North Central Montana continues to see a warming and drying trend. Blaine and Golden Valley Counties will begin Stage 1 fire restrictions on Friday, September 4, 2020 starting at 12:01 a.m. These restrictions apply to all state, private, Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation lands within these counties. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service managed lands within Blaine County has implement fire restrictions on Black Coulee Refuge. Additionally, representatives from Fort B...
The Montana Community Foundation, Inc. (MCF) announces the opening of a grant cycle to benefit communities and residents of Blaine County. Grants will be made from the Blaine County Community Foundation Fund, established at MCF by Warren Ross in 1997. Financial support for this grant program also comes from the Ross 87 Ranch Endowment Fund, established by Warren Ross as well. Applicants must be either a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or an exempt governmental unit. Grants will range in size from $500 to $2,000. While grants must be used for projects...
HELENA, Mont. – The Montana Department of Commerce today detailed some of the increased 2020 Census outreach efforts made possible by statewide partners through funding allocated by Governor Steve Bullock from the Coronavirus Relief Fund. With 41 days remaining in the count, the state and partners are making final push to get a complete count of Montanans before September 30. “An accurate count in the 2020 Census will help Montana get its fair share of federal funding, put our state in the best possible position to gain back a second seat in...
In response to dry, warm weather that could increase the danger of human-caused wildfires, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks fishing access sites (FASs) and wildlife management areas (WMAs) will be under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions in Hill and Roosevelt counties beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Friday morning, Aug. 14, 2020. The restrictions will be in effect until further notice. FWP followed the lead of Hill and Roosevelt county officials who announced this week that they are entering Stage 1 Fire Restrictions. These restrictions ban campfires except...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, the U.S. Census Bureau cut the response period deadline early by an entire month disproportionately affecting the counting of Black, Brown, Indigenous and immigrant communities. The census determines the allocation of nearly $1.5 trillion in federal funds yearly for essential programs and is used to determine representation in the House of Representatives based on population. The move comes after the Trump administration released a memo in late July calling for the exclusion of unauthorized immigrants from the c...
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced an initial list of additional commodities that have been added to the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), and that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made other adjustments to the program based on comments received from agricultural producers and organizations and review of market data. Producers will be able to submit applications that include these commodities on Monday, July 13, 2020. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is accepting through Aug. 28, 2020, applications for C...
To slow the spread of COVID-19, and prevent future outbreaks, Fort Belknap Indian Community is partnering with the State of Montana on a free community snapshot testing event Thursday-Friday, July 16 and 17 at Fort Belknap Agency and Hays. If you’re a front-line worker, Blaine County resident or Tribal Member and don’t have any symptoms of illness, you’re encouraged to get a free Coronavirus test. “The virus is here with us and as we learn to live in a new normal with wearing a mask, social distancing and vigilant hygiene, enhanced testing...
The Blaine County Library is pleased to welcome a traveling exhibit on Montana's Carnegie libraries from July 1-17. The exhibit is part of a year-long celebration of the libraries in connection with the release of the book The Best Gift: Montana's Carnegie Libraries. Residents are invited to come learn more about the history of Montana's 17 Carnegie libraries, which were built across the state at the turn of the 20th century with the help of funding provided by Andrew Carnegie. In Chinook,...
Kourtney Hanson of Chinook will be competing for the title of Miss Montana 2020 July 23-25 in Glendive at the DCHS auditorium at 7PM nightly. This is rescheduled from June and approved with Covid-19 safe distancing and group gathering safety requirements. Each of the 13 candidates receives at least $950 in scholarships, in addition to leadership skills and lifelong friendships. Kourtney will be singing for the talent portion of the competition which accounts for 35% of the five judges scores....
Independence Bank would like to congratulate our employee, Lucas Reed, for recently completing the required training and testing to receive his Appraiser Trainee License! This is the first step towards becoming a Licensed Appraiser. He will spend the next two to three years training under Dave Anderson, of Anderson Appraising in Havre....
BILLINGS, Mont., June 30, 2020 — USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) reminds producers in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming that for the 2021 crop year a Fall Seeded Practice has been added for: 1) Irrigated Alfalfa Forage Seeding in all Montana and Wyoming Counties; and 2) for Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Alfalfa Forage Seeding in all North Dakota and South Dakota Counties. The Forage Seeding crop insurance policy insures newly established forage stands during the initial crop year of establishment. The final date to pur...
HAVRE – Bear Paw Development Corporation was recently awarded $600,000 in federal funds by the U.S. Economic Development Administration to capitalize a new revolving loan fund that will be available for businesses and prospective entrepreneurs in the organization’s five-county region of northern Montana. The funds were matched by $150,000 in local funds to create a $750,000 revolving loan fund to assist existing business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs with their start-up or expansion needs. “This investment by the EDA, through a compe...
BOZEMAN — Montana State University has announced its undergraduate honor rolls for spring semester 2020. There are two MSU honor roll lists, the President's List and the Dean's List. To be eligible for the lists, students must have earned at least 12 college-level credits. This honor roll list was current as of June 11 and includes all registration corrections or grade changes processed to that date. The 2,439 students with a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester were named to the President's List. An asterisk follows their names b...
Triangle Telephone Cooperative Association, Inc., doing business as Triangle Communications (Triangle), is planning to hold its 67th Annual Meeting of Members in a new way, with one northern meeting and one southern meeting. The meetings will be streamed live on our website. The northern meeting will be held Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 in Havre, MT on the campus of Montana State University-Northern. The southern meeting will be held October 17th, 2020 at the American Legion Hall in Big Timber. A quorum must be met at both locations, which...
For Immediate Release Nearly 5 million U.S. teens use tobacco and few widely available and accessible resources designed for teens exist to help them stop. As a tobacco quit-line provider helping thousands of people quit tobacco every year, the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program, in partnership with National Jewish Health, has launched an enhanced tobacco and vaping cessation program for teens age 18 and younger who want to stop using tobacco products, especially electronic cigarettes like JUUL. The My Life, My Quit program combines best...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 6 game wardens are seeking any information regarding two bull elk that were found shot and left to waste approximately two and a half miles southwest of Cleveland in Blaine Co., just off Peoples Creek Rd. Warden Haden Hussey received a call on May 22 about an elk laying on a hillside near Peoples Creek road. Upon further investigation, warden Hussey found a second elk about 100 yards away from the first. Wardens determined that the elk were shot, likely...
Fort Belknap Agency, Montana – On February 13, 2020, Aaniiih Nakoda College (ANC) received approval from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), the regional accrediting agency, to begin offering the ANC's first bachelor's degree program. Starting fall semester 2020, ANC will offer a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Aaniiih Nakoda Ecology. In the NWCCU letter of approval, the review panel commended ANC for developing a program plan that "meets the needs not only of t...
BILLINGS, Montana – At approximately 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, a concrete drop structure failed on the Bureau of Reclamation's Milk River Project St. Mary Canal, northwest of the town of Cut Bank in northern Montana, located on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. When the damage was reported, the canal was flowing approximately 200 cubic-feet-per-second (CFS) which is about 1/3 of the canal's total capacity of approximately 600 CFS. No injuries were reported, and canal flows have been shut o...
Sweet Medical Center has launched a new telehealth solution that allows patients to use their smartphone or tablet to receive in-depth medical examinations with a licensed health care provider in the comfort of their home. “Our use of a telehealth platform is keeping our patients and staff safe and healthy,” said Dr. David Mark, CEO of Sweet Medical Center. “With the emergence of Covid-19, we’ve dedicated licensed healthcare providers to delivering virtual care.” Telehealth appointments for primary care and behavioral health are currently...
MSGA Shows Support for COOL Resolution HELENA, Mont. (May 13, 2020) - Today, Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines signed onto a resolution to reinstate Country-of-Origin (COOL) labeling for pork and beef. Similarly, Congressman Greg Gianforte sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to find a meaningful solution to allow accurate labeling of U.S. beef. MSGA has long been an advocate of COOL and, as an association, we support efforts to continue to evaluate avenues forward for a program that meets the needs of producers, consumers...
BOZEMAN, Mont., May 13, 2020 – The next deadline for Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) applications to be considered for funding this year is June 12, 2020. Through CSP, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) helps farmers, ranchers and forest landowners earn payments for expanding conservation activities while maintaining agricultural production on their land. CSP also encourages adoption of new technologies and management techniques. “CSP continues to be a very effective tool for private landowners working to achieve their...
MISSOULA, MT - Today, four Montana organizations launched an online portal to encourage voter registration. The Forward Montana Foundation, Montana Women Vote, MontPIRG, and Western Native Voice have a long history of registering eligible Montanans to vote at events, in local businesses, and on college campuses. Following the COVID-19 outbreak, the groups collaborated to adapt and bring their voter registration efforts online. Together, they aim to protect Montanans’ public health and access to democracy. Currently, Montana is one of the o...
This week, the Montana Glacier Family of Banks (First Security Bank Missoula, Glacier Bank, Western Security Bank, Valley Bank Helena, First Security Bank Bozeman and First Bank of Montana) announced a $35,000 gift to the Montana Food Bank Network (MFBN). This gift will support food distribution to food banks and food pantries across Montana during the Covid-19 crisis. MFBN recognizes the significant impact of this crisis which will be felt for months to come. This gift lays the foundation to provide food for food insecure Montanans during the...
