Today, Senator Steve Daines talked with our Billings affiliate’s Scott Fredrick about one item in the latest infrastructure bill that he’s scratching his head over. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8-19_1137.mp3
Montana FWP Considering Simplying Big Game Hunting Requirements
Among major changes Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks is proposing for big game hunting regulations are larger hunting districts and fewer types of licenses and permits. Montana currently has more than 160 hunting districts for elk and deer. Regulations vary widely across the state from liberal hunting with the use of general licenses to restric...
Yellowstone National Park Mulling Timed-Entry
Yellowstone National Park won’t implement a timed-entry system next year but it’s still possible. Northern News Network’s Eric Young. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8-19_737.mp3
Montana Economist Provides Context To State’s Pandemic Response
A Montana Chamber of Commerce sponsored economic update was held Wednesday in Billings at the Northern Hotel. Executive Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research Patrick Barkey addressed the group and afterwards on Voices of Montana he spoke about how Montanans reacted when the pandemic hit and shut the state down. https://nort...
Governor Gianforte To Cut Ribbon At Calumet Montana Refining
This morning at 10:15 Governor Greg Gianforte will join Calumet Montana Refining at a formal ribbon cutting ceremony in Great Falls to celebrate the first railcar of seed oil feedstock. Monday, during a Voices of Montana program from Big Sky where Montana played host to the annual Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) Summit, Dave Galt, wh...
Deadline Set For New Congressional Districts To Be Filed
The official 90-day period to create a new congressional map for Montana has begun. Tuesday morning, the Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission officially accessed the census data it needed in order to begin the process of splitting the state into two congressional districts marking the beginning of the countdown to November 15th whe...
Montana Economist Details Pandemic Affect On Supply Shortages
The next time you go shopping and encounter empty shelves consider this from Dr. Patrick Barkey Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana who says blame it on the pandemic. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8-18_1137.mp3
Districting And Apportionment Committee Seeking Prisoners’ Home Addresses For Census Data
Members of the Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission agreed to send letters advocating for the collection of prisoner home addresses as opposed to being counted in a correctional facility to Montana’s top governing officials during their Tuesday meeting. This would have more impact on the 2030 census and congressional redistri...
Senator Tester Speaks At PNWEA Annual Summit
Tuesday Senator Jon Tester spoke at the Pacific Northwest Economic Region’s annual summit in Big Sky. The bi-national hybrid event brings U.S. and Canadian delegates together to discuss regional economic matters relating to the northwest region of North America. He noted the significance of this type of meeting. https://northernbroadcasting.co...
Wildland Firefighters Receive Weather Break And Pay Raise
Firefighters got some relief Tuesday as a cold front knocked temperatures 20 degrees below normal in Western Montana. According to the National Weather Service at least a half-inch of rain is expected along much of the Continental Divide with more cool weather extending through today or even into Thursday. That could be followed by two more co...