The Montana Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality alert today for a large swath of western and south central Montana as smoke from local and regional fires continues to blanket the state. The alert is in effect until further notice for Big Horn, Carbon, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Rosebud, Sanders, and Yellowstone cou...
Masks Required For All Visitors At Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park announced that visitors to the park are required to wear a mask indoors and on all public and commercial transportation. The announcement was made Friday while noting all five counties within Yellowstone currently have substantial or high COVID-19 transmission rates. Masks will also be required on all public and comme...
Delta Variant Reaches Park County
Park County Health Officer Laurel Desnick with a COVID-19 update. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8-02_737.mp3
Research Highlights Effects Of Climate Change On Rocky Mountain Forests
New research by the University of Montana and University of Wyoming reveal high elevation forests burned more in the year 2020 than the last 2000 years. The Daily Montanan reports this research highlights the effects of climate change on burn patterns over time, due to their periods of little to no burning. UM professor Philip Higuera said the...
Wildfire Blows Over To Flathead Lake
Evacuations have been ordered along Finley Point after heavy winds pushed a wildfire to the shore of Flathead Lake. The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation reported the Boulder 2700 was human-caused and has burned about 1,100 acres as of Sunday. Thanks to the evacuation, no one has been injured, but 15 homes and five outbu...
Senator Tester On Compromising For Infrastructure Package
President Joe Biden on Sunday announced he will sign the current infrastructure proposal even without the spending plan he originally said must be included which featured many Democratic priorities. Jon Tester, one of the ten senator’s behind the initial proposal, was on CBS’s Face the Nation Sunday where he discussed what may still need to be...
Local Beekeepers Highlighted During Pollinator Month
We’re nearing the end of pollinator month in Montana, but that doesn’t mean the bee’s work will come to an end. Beekeeper Chuck Bushy with Bushy Bees shares how those interested in beekeeping can get started. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-29_1137.mp3
Second Vaccination Clinic With Cash Incentive To be Held In Billings
Yellowstone County residents who have not yet received their first COVID-19 vaccination will have another chance to get $50 this Thursday for doing so. Matching the $20,000 donated last week, a second anonymous donor wanted to keep the vaccination momentum going due to that clinic’s success. The clinic will again be at the Shrine Auditor...
Weekend Helena Burn Postponed
Thursday, Gallatin County Sheriff’s evacuated residents of a mobile home park, where law enforcement negotiated with a man armed with a pistol and taser, who had taken a woman hostage. Gallatin County said on Twitter shortly before 3 p.m. the hostage had been released. Sheriff Dan Springer stated in a press conference, the situation began abou...
Senator Daines Responds To Biden Address
A Hamilton woman who shot and killed her husband following an alleged abusive relationship was sentenced to a suspended 20-year commitment to the Montana Department of Corrections. Joanne Evelyn Campbell, 61, wiped away tears as she appeared via video link during her sentencing hearing Thursday before Ravalli County District Court. Campbell wa...