Dozens of insurers are giving money back on almost $500,000 Montana insurance policies as travel has significantly declined due to COVID-19 related closures and people staying home. Commissioner of Securities and Insurance Matt Rosendale. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Untitled-14-2-1.mp3
Senator Steve Daines Announces 14 Day Supply Of PPE Coming To Montana Nursing Homes
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be coordinating two shipments totaling a 14 day supply of personal protective equipment to more than 15,000 nursing homes across the country and shipments will be arriving in Montana as early as next week. Senator Steve Daines made the announcement. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/upload...
WY Bears awake and active
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department reminds outdoor recreationalists and rural homeowners in bear-inhabited areas of Wyoming to maintain awareness of bears. Already this year, there have been bear conflicts and one human injury in Wyoming. “Even the most experienced recreationalists or rural homeowner who has lived in bear country for year...
Hamilton – Drive-in Movie Theatre to Open
A drive-in movie theater will pop up in the Bitterroot Valley in June. Locally owned Pharaohplex Cinemas in Hamilton has announced on its website one will open for customers who are not ready to view movies in an enclosed space due to the spread
Great Falls – Judge Receives the Support of Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association in Lawsuit
The Montana Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association is backing Cascade County District Judge Elizabeth Best who was sued by the state Corrections Department after she ordered eight inmates who had been sentenced to the Department’s custody be delivered to its correctional facilities. The association says the Department of Corrections does not...
Attorney With Advice On What To Do About Debt Collectors If They Harass You During Financial Difficulties Cue To The Coronavirus
Many people are hurting financially. Billings attorney John Heenan on what you can do about debt collectors during the COVID-19 outbreak. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Untitled-15-1-1.mp3
Representative Greg Gianforte Taking Credit For Investigation Of Beef Industry From Letter He Wrote
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Attorney General William Barr are investigating the state of the beef industry and market including circumstances and practices as the U.S. confronts the COVID-19 crisis. Representative Greg Gianforte. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Untitled-12-2.mp3
Great Falls – Public Hearing Today on Apartment Complex
In Great Falls an 83 unit apartment complex and restaurants are part of a high end riverside development proposed next to the Milwaukee Station property. A public hearing on a request to rezone two parcels of land is scheduled for this afternoon before the planning Advisory Board Zoning Commission at 3 o’clock.
Montana Recieves Additional Nasal Swabs
Montana has received an additional 19,500 nasal swabs and 9,000 viral transport medium from the federal government as part of a request from Governor Steve Bullock in a plan to test 60,000 people a month. By Monday more than 22,500 Montanans had been tested for COVID-19 since before the state’s first reported cases in mid-March.
Grant Opportunity for Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced in a Press Release of the availability of $900,000 for local governments to host a Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction pilot project for fiscal year 2020. The cooperative agreements will support projects that develop and test strategies for planning and implementing municipal compost plan...