Montana’s unemployment rate was 3.2% in August, lower than the national average of 4.2%, marking 38 consecutive months of the state’s unemployment rate at or below 3.4%. In August total employment rose by 532 jobs, and 1,046 more entered the labor force. Through the state’s property tax rebate program, people who paid property taxe...
MONTANA HEADLINE NEWS, 09/20 – The legislative auditor’s office has identified $26.2 million in spending from the Montana Department of Health that didn’t comply with federal requirements or wasn’t supported by adequate documentation. About $21.5 million of that is attributed to the Child Care and Development Fund, the division tha...
MONTANA HEADLINE NEWS, 09/19 Childcare shortages exist in every county in Montana and 59 percent of counties are designated as child care deserts with the highest unmet childcare demands in rural parts of the state with four counties having no licensed childcare providers at all. In 2023 more than 46,000 Montana children under six lived in hou...
MONTANA HEADLINE NEWS, 09/18 The Montana Supreme Court denied the state Democratic Party’s request for an intervention in its case against the Secretary of State and the Green Party Tuesday. Earlier this summer it sued Christi Jacobsen and the Montana Green Party arguing the Greens could not field a candidate in the state’s U.S. Se...
MONTANA HEADLINE NEWS, 09/17 Governor Greg Gianforte and the Montana DNRC announced Monday a record-setting oil and gas lease sale on four tracts of state trust land in Pondera, Richland, and Toole counties. The lease will bring in $2.85 million, which ranks as the highest average bid price per acre and on a single tract in the history of oil ...
MONTANA HEADLINE NEWS, 08/27 The Remington Fire started last Wednesday northeast of Leiter Wyoming and so far it has burned around 200,000 acres across 42 miles and three counties in southeastern Montana. Pat Dennis with Rosebud County Disaster and Emergency Services told Northern Ag Network’s Brett McCrae that while the fire isn’t...
MONTANA HEADLINE NEWS, 08/26 Pyramid Mountain Lumber in Seeley Lake has completed finishing all lumber production. Family Owned and Operated Since 1949 the oldest surviving family owned and operated lumber mill in Montana is closing its doors citing a lack of staffing and a decreased value of lumber. The company had employed roughly 100 people...
MONTANA HEADLINE NEWS, 08/23 The Montana Secretary of State’s Office completed the 2024 general election ballot certification Thursday and voters will be able to cast their choice for or against Constitutional Initiatives 126, 127 ,and 128. The state’s election website has been updated with the certified ballot issues and a list of...
Former President Donald Trump’s flight to Bozeman for an August 9th campaign rally was diverted to Billings but an August 10th Threads post claimed it was over unpaid bills. In an August 11th post Bozeman airport officials said that claim was false. USA TODAY has also corrected an array of untrue claims about Trump including assertions that he...
Happy Father’s Day Fishermen: Everyone in Montana can fish for free Saturday and Sunday because it’s the Father’s Day weekend. A license is not necessary but all other fishing rules and regulations will be in effect and must be followed. In northwest, southwest, and south-central Montana several fishing access sites...
