A new position of “Business Attractions Manager” in the Montana Department of Commerce will have a $500,000 budget to recruit businesses to the state. The state is looking for candidates with executive-level experience in the West Coast Midwest or Southeast regions of the U.S. These are areas that have shown trends in site selectio...
Electric Car Tax Halted By Governor Gianforte
Governor Greg Gianforte vetoed House Bill 188 Thursday that would have imposed fees on top of annual registration costs on all types of electric vehicles including cars trucks and motorhomes. The goal of the bill according to supporters was to tap electric vehicles for funding state highways as other vehicles do via gas taxes. The governor ind...
MSU-Northern To Build Equine Center For Programs
Thursday the Tow Rope Tour visited Havre as personalities from Northern Broadcasting’s news and ag departments look for good being done across the state this week in three separate communities. MSU-Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/5-21_832.mp3
Department of Natural Resources Looking To Expand Forestry Program
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation wants to more than double the number of acres it touches under its forestry program this year. The goal calls for treatment which is a forestry term referring to logging thinning and prescribed burning on 25,000 acres this year compared to the 11,000 acres completed last year. About ...
Senator Tester Announces New Funding For Law Enforcement
NorthWestern Energy filed details with the Montana Public Service Commission this week about new power resources including consumer costs of a proposed gas-fired power plant in Laurel. NorthWestern says the facility would add nearly $80 a year to the average residential power bill. The 7.6% increase equals about $6.64 per month for a residenti...
Senator Daines Brings Attention To Lumber Prices
The Montana Board of Regents asked the state Supreme Court to block a new law Thursday that would allow people to carry guns on public university campuses while the justices decide who has the constitutional authority to set such policies. Wednesday the regents voted to challenge the parts of House Bill 102 that would allow students and staff ...
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Bill French Bill served on the Conservation District for 64 years! Not paid a single dime, however for mileage maybe … he jokes. He has a love for farming and ranching since he was younger and says that he “hopes (I’ve) earned the kind words that people have shared about me”. At 87 he still works on his ranch. Bo...
Montana Gas Prices Currently Lower Than The National Average
Gasoline prices are around $3 gallon or higher across the region. AAA reports the national average is at $3.04 per gallon with Montana’s coming in about 13¢ lower. MTN News reports that estimate is lower than the average right now but more than a dollar higher than one year ago. College affordability weighs on the minds of parents and st...
Moisture Coming To Montana This Week
A moist Pacific weather system is poised to make its way into Montana over the next few days bringing as much as two inches of badly needed moisture to large portions of the state that desperately need it. Farmers and ranchers all across Montana are anxiously looking to the skies hoping what has thus far been an unusually dry year will make a ...
Montana State Prison Minimizes Dairy Program
Darigold canceled its 30-year contract with the Montana State Prison last year forcing the prison work program to sell off about 270 cows in mid-December. Montana Correctional Enterprises had to scale down its dairy program to about 70 enough to produce milk to self-sustain the Department of Correction’s facilities around the state. A re...