The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that $500,000 in supplemental funding will be going to the Snowy Mountain Development Corporation to clean up and redevelop contaminated brownfield properties in central Montana. The investment is meant to address environmental justice issues in underserved communities It is one of 27 aw...
Robertson Draw Fire Continues To Grow At Rapid Rate
According to Custer Gallatin National Forest officials, the Robertson Draw fire burning south of Red Lodge grew to 21,000 acres overnight but as of this morning there are no plans to evacuate Red Lodge. Billy Chapman is a spokesman for the Custer Gallatin National Forest. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-16_1137.mp...
Bozeman Schools Lift Mask Mandate
The Bozeman School District lifted its mask mandate this week after more than a year since it enacted a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision to lift the mandate before a July 8th meeting was made to allow the adults who have had access to the vaccine and are working in the district during the summer to do so without a ...
Wildfire Ongoing On Crow Reservation
Crews are fighting a wildfire burning in a heavily timbered canyon on the Crow Indian Reservation in the Bighorn Mountains southwest of Fort Smith. The Buffalo Pasture is fire estimated to be 100 acres in size Tuesday morning is burning in an area known as Little Bull Elk Canyon between Little Bull Elk Ridge and the tribal bison pasture. https...
Water Well Coalition Pushing Congress To Include Private Wells In Infrastructure Plans
The Montana Well Drillers Association joined other groups urging congress to consider water wells in any future infrastructure spending. Montana has over 155,000 residential water wells. Association spokesperson Ben Frech says while they’re not opposed to the current spending proposals, there is room to provide grants to private well owners. h...
Tester’s Meat Packing Investigator Act Gains Support From Ag Secretary
Tuesday, Senator Jon Tester secured support from the Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for his bipartisan Meat Packing Special Investigator Act which will create an Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters in the Department of Agriculture to investigate anti-competitive actions by meat packers and secure America’s food sec...