The Montana Department of Transportation is looking to hire for hundreds of snowplow driver positions across the state by recruiting early and looking for part-time temporary drivers. As an incentive they can hire people with no experience and train them to operate the snowplows and then get their commercial drivers’ license. Currently there a...
District Judge Blocks New State Abortion Laws
Yellowstone County District Judge Michael Moses issued an 11th-hour halt to enforcement of three state laws restricting abortion Thursday afternoon, just before 4 o’clock just hours after he was assigned to preside over a Planned Parenthood legal challenge. He granted a temporary restraining order sought by Planned Parenthood one day bef...
Doctor Shares Message To Patients Wary Of Vaccination
Despite Montana hospitals being well over capacity due to the latest surge of COVID-19 cases there are many residents still hesitant to get vaccinated. As a strategy to dispel his hesitancy against the initial series of COVID-19 vaccines Dr. Seth Cohen from the University of Washington Medical Center shares his approach with his patients. http...
President Biden Approves Disaster Declaration For Richard Spring Fire
A major disaster declaration for the state of Montana requested by Governor Greg Gianforte as a result of the Richard Spring Fire has been approved by President Joe Biden. It charred more than 170,000 acres on public and private property in Rosebud County and on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. The federal aid that accompanies the maj...
Missoulian Tracy Stone-Manning Confirmed As BLM Director
The U.S. Senate confirmed Montana’s Tracy-Stone Manning as the next Director of the Bureau of Land Management after a sustained push by Senator Jon Tester on behalf of her nomination who said this on the floor of the Senate before the vote. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10-01_537.mp3