As a working farmer in Big Sandy in an area with limited cell service Senator Jon Tester is stressing the need to close the digital divide in rural communities that lack broadband access without the unnecessary spending of taxpayer dollars. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Untitled-14-3.mp3
Fourteen Republican Attorneys General Including Tim Fox Asking Trump Administration To Hold China Accountable For Coronavirus
Fourteen Republican attorneys general including Montana’s Tim Fox are asking President Donald Trump to form a state-federal partnership to hold China accountable for damages caused by the spread of Coronavirus. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Untitled-2-2.mp3
Republican Speaker Of The House Greg Hertz Wants Governor Bullock To Make Budget Cuts
Republican Speaker of the House Greg Hertz says he’d like Democratic Governor Steve Bullock to make some budget cuts. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Untitled-9.mp3
Montana Beef Council Promotion Helped Restaurants And Beef Producers During Pandemic
The Montana Beef Council recently held a two week promotion with nearly 20 Montana restaurants that allowed them to discount their beef menu items for one day only and the Beef Council picked up the tab for the rest. Executive Director Chaley Harney. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Untitled-18-1-2.mp3
Unemployment Insurance Claims Seem To Be Leveling Off During Phase 1 of State Reopening
For the week of May 4th through the 8th 55,000 unemployment insurance payments totaling approximately $60 million were issued. Department of Labor and Industry Public Information Officer Lauren Lewis. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Untitled-12-3.mp3
Unemployment Insurance Claims Seem To Be Leveling Off During Phase 1 of State Reopening
For the week of May 4th through the 8th 55,000 unemployment insurance payments totaling approximately $60 million were issued. Department of Labor and Industry Public Information Officer Lauren Lewis. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Untitled-12-3.mp3
Money Being Returned On Almost 500,000 Montana Insurance Policies Worth Over $20 Million
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
Money Being Returned On Almost 500,000 Montana Insurance Policies Worth Over $20 Million
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...
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