Author: Brian Bennett

Bozeman has agreed to give the nonprofit Human Resource Development Council nearly $300,000 to turn an empty building into an emergency shelter. It will serve as an interim winter shelter as HRDC works toward building Bozeman’s first year round shelter for people without a home.

Tuesday the Montana Federation of Public Employees announced it had elected Amanda Curtis as its new leader. She replaces Eric Feaver who has held the spot for the past 35 years and is retiring. She and her husband Kevin, an artist and freelance videographer, will move to Helena from Butte but they’ll keep their house in the mining city.

The Flathead National Forest is asking for public input on the issuance of temporary permits for outfitting and guiding activities and recreation events for the coming summer season. According to a press release all proposed activities taking place between June 1st and Oct. 31st on Forest System roads and trails will adhere to state and local ...

The Montana Public Service Commission has reversed course on requiring more details from NorthWestern Energy about its application to purchase more of the Colstrip Power Plant, six weeks after unanimously deciding it hadn’t provided the legally required amount of information in its application for approval. NorthWestern plans to buy a 12.5% sh...

The Town of Stevensville has been successfully engaging citizens in its council meetings through live webcasting in the past two years. Recently it added a new participation guide and implemented steps to broaden civic involvement in its virtual public meetings online. The town’s website will now live stream any virtual meeting including board...

This year environmental protection advocates in the Flathead Valley and beyond will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day virtually through an online event organized by the Citizens’ Climate Lobby. Virtual attendees will be guided through simple actions they can take to help the climate right then and there.