Lewis and Clark County is reminding residents to be prepared for spring flooding and know the resources that are available and remember safety should always be a top priority during a flooding event. If COVID-19 is still a community concern people should practice social distancing protocols should they need to pick up water or sand. Health car...
Increase in Energy Assistance Program
Since the coronavirus outbreak Montana organizations are seeing more demand for access to a program aimed at helping people pay their winter energy bills. The Low Income Energy Assistance Program covers partial cost on energy bills and helps if heating systems need emergency repairs. Business and school closures and other changes linked to CO...
Childcare Closures
This week Governor Steve Bullock classified Montana child care providers as essential workers. However that hasn’t prevented centers from closing. Child Care Connections is a network of child care centers that covers a six county region in Montana. At the beginning of March combined they had 186 licensed child care providers. Since the...
Top Petroleum Corporation Files for Chapter 11
As the nation’s oil industry struggles to deal with record low oil prices and the coronavirus, one of the top producers in the Bakken filed for bankruptcy protection this week. Whiting Petroleum Corporation based in Denver decided Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection is the best path forward for the company. Whiting Petroleum has been involved in ...
Top Petroleum Corporation Files for Chapter 11
As the nation’s oil industry struggles to deal with record low oil prices and the coronavirus, one of the top producers in the Bakken filed for bankruptcy protection this week. Whiting Petroleum Corporation based in Denver decided Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection is the best path forward for the company. Whiting Petroleum has been involved in ...
East Helena – Truss Manufacturing Plant a Total Loss
An East Helena truss manufacturing plant owned by Casey Truss Company went up in flames during a fire that started late Thursday evening. The roughly 40 by 100 foot building was a total loss but no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Hamilton – Free Meals Program to Restart
Family Shelter of the Bitterroot will restart its successful free meals program Monday. They will be made and packaged to go by the Triple Creek Guest Ranch. Meal service starts at 5:30 in the afternoon and drive-through delivery will be available Monday through Friday at the Cornerstone Church in Hamilton.
Hamilton – Free Meals Program to Restart
Family Shelter of the Bitterroot will restart its successful free meals program Monday. They will be made and packaged to go by the Triple Creek Guest Ranch. Meal service starts at 5:30 in the afternoon and drive-through delivery will be available Monday through Friday at the Cornerstone Church in Hamilton.
Great Falls – Money and Feed Pouring in to Help Starving Cattle
Donations of money and feed are pouring into Cascade County after the discovery of a starving herd of cattle west of Cascade. 230 cattle with 65 dead were found Wednesday after a passerby noticed dead cows in a pasture off of Mission Road between Cascade and Simms about 40 miles southwest of Great Falls. George Savoy has been charged with aggr...
Changes to the Ecomomic Outlook
The University of Montana’s Patrick Barkey saw no reason for a 2020 downturn last month when the economist crisscrossed Montana offering economic forecasts for the year. Now Main Street has shut down to minimize the spread of the coronavirus. According to Barkey what happens from this point basically depends on what we do next.