U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen has lifted an injunction blocking a timber sale project south of Bozeman. He found that the U.S. Forest Service had done enough work to ensure its Bozeman Municipal Watershed Project Wouldn’t cause major harm to Canada Lynx. The 4,700 acre thinning and burning project in the Hyalite and Bozeman creek draina...
The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust has announced a multimillion dollar effort to help save the lives of COVID-19 patients and protect frontline healthcare workers caring for them. A total of $4.7 million in funding will be distributed across five upper-midwestern states including Montana’s SCL Health Hospitals.
Over the week of April 13th through the 17th the Montana Department of Labor and Industry made 74,000 unemployment insurance payments totaling over $62 million. Public Information Officer Lauren Lewis. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Untitled-5-2.mp3
With public health data indicating success in containing and controlling the spread of COVID-19 in Montana the state’s hospitals have together identified a path to resuming elective procedures. They have decided to begin to resume needed healthcare services and safely bring healthcare professionals back to work.
Bozeman construction company Barnard Construction has received a $569 million addition to an existing contract awarded in May 2019 to build a total of about 37 miles of border wall between the United States and Mexico. The $569 million addition brings its total to over one billion dollars.
The Great Falls City Commission has OK’d the final details of a $3.2 million bond sale needed to repay developer West Bank LLC its upfront costs for public improvements tied to the West Bank Land development. D.A. Davidson and Company will handle the bond sale for the city’s project on the west bank of the Missouri River.
Governor Steve Bullock said Wednesday Montana will enter phase one of a staggered reopening of the state starting Sunday. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Untitled-18-1-1.mp3
Western Montana firefighters are doing mop up work on a 40-acre wildfire on the Henry Creek drainage about 5 miles east of Plains on the Lolo National Forest. The cause has not been determined for the fire which was located about 2 miles behind a U.S. Forest Service gate. An investigation is ongoing.
The Montana Historical Society unveiled an updated design for its more than $32 million addition and renovation this week during a digital open house. The state has sent out a request for proposals on the project and responses are due by April 30th. Hopes are a general contractor can be selected by June 1st. A new parking lot is expected to b...
Over 43% of households in Montana have filled out their census so far according to Census Bureau reports. Through the end of the month households who haven’t yet responded to the census should expect paper invitations and questionnaires with reminder postcard mailers arriving around May 1st. The reminder forms were pushed back because of coro...
