The state’s two-year $12 billion budget took another major step forward Tuesday as lawmakers from the House and Senate met to iron out differences between each of their versions. James Bradley from the UM Legislative News Service reports one successful amendment Republican lawmakers supported recommends the state cut continuous Medicaid eligib...
NWS Offers Information On Potential Flood Season
The National Weather Service Billings Montana held a conference yesterday to highlight the warning signs of post-fire flooding. Senior Forecaster and Hydrology Program Manager Todd Chambers points out some of these factors. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4-28_637.mp3
Man In Recent Standoff Had Notable Criminal Record
The person who died in the 9 hour standoff on Friday was no stranger to the law. Billings Police Chief Rich St John. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4-28_537.mp3
MWP Will Offer Online Hunting Classes Again In 2021
A semi driver serving a prison term for causing a crash in the North Dakota oil patch that killed two people, lost his appeal to the state Supreme Court. Sixty-five-year-old Douglas Landis, of Dagmar, Montana, is serving 1 1/2 years following his conviction last August on two counts of negligent homicide. His semi veered over the center line o...
Americans for Prosperity Holds Rally In Billings
Yellowstone County has recorded a second death of a resident due to COVID-19 in the month of April. A woman in her 60s passed away Sunday, at a Billings hospital. Her death is a reminder that the virus is still in Yellowstone County. Since the beginning of the month, 258 new cases have been confirmed and 34 residents have been admitted to Bill...
Montana Women’s Prison Re-Opens For Visitation
Two Helena men were found dead Monday morning after a boat crash on Hauser Reservoir near Devil’s Elbow. According to Lewis and Clark County Undersheriff Brent Colbert, the sheriff’s office received a call about a welfare check on two overdue boaters just before midnight. The men have been identified as 42-year-old Michael Rice and...
Montana Gains Second Congressional Seat
The 2020 Census count was officially released today, and based on the state’s population growth, the Treasure State will regain a second congressional seat. Montana’s population grew from 989,415 to 1,085,407 since the last census, a growth rate of nearly 10 percent. The Montana Districting and Apportionment Committee will draw up ...
Missoula Resident Appointed To Bureau of Land Management
President Joe Biden nominated Tracy Stone-Manning Thursday to direct the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management. The Missoula longtime environmental advocate will oversee federally-owned land in western states. The agency regulates drilling mining grazing and other activities. Saturday is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day...
State Constitutional Amendment Passes Legislature
A proposed amendment to Montana’s State Constitution has passed the Legislature and will appear on the ballot in 2022 for ratification by voters. It would change the state’s constitution to protect the privacy of Montanans’ electronic data and communications. Montana’s persons paper homes and effects are already protected from unreasonable sea...
State Land Lawsuit Dismissed
The state recently announced it was moving the Montana Highway Patrol headquarters from rented space in Helena 30 miles south to the state-owned 48-acre Montana Developmental Center campus in Boulder which has sat vacant for several years. Thursday, about 40 people gathered at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in to welcome the Montana Highway ...