Archive for year: 2020

Grant Opportunity for Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced in a Press Release of the availability of $900,000 for local governments to host a Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction pilot project for fiscal year 2020. The cooperative agreements will support projects that develop and test strategies for planning and implementing municipal compost plan...

Grant Opportunity for Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced in a Press Release of the availability of $900,000 for local governments to host a Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction pilot project for fiscal year 2020. The cooperative agreements will support projects that develop and test strategies for planning and implementing municipal compost plan...

Unemployment Rates Due to COVID-19

Over 55,000 Unemployment Insurance payments totaling approximately $60 million were issued over the week of May 4th through the 8th providing benefits to Montanans impacted by COVID-19. That includes the additional $600 weekly Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation benefits.

Montana Numbers Continue to Decline

The rate at which Montanans are diagnosed with COVID-19 continues to decline as the state begins its third week in which retailers have been able to reopen and the second week that bars and restaurants could offer dine-in options with limited capacity. Montana has 459 people who tested positive for COVID-19 four people remain hospitalized and ...

The Great Potato Giveaway

Potato farmer Matthew Foth, who has been in the industry for over 20 years, gave away 30,000 pounds of spuds Saturday during The Great Potato Giveaway during the upper parking lot a MetraPark in Billings. Montana construction company Riverside Contracting provided the potato transportation from Toston to the Magic City.

The Great Potato Giveaway

Potato farmer Matthew Foth, who has been in the industry for over 20 years, gave away 30,000 pounds of spuds Saturday during The Great Potato Giveaway during the upper parking lot a MetraPark in Billings. Montana construction company Riverside Contracting provided the potato transportation from Toston to the Magic City.