A new study by Headwaters Economics based in Bozeman finds many rural communities could lack the capacity to effectively access funding from the infrastructure law. Director of the organization Patty Hernandez says Montana stands out for its capacity limitations. Indigenous communities like Browning and Lame Deer lack the resource...
Montana Doctor Says Coronavirus In Nearing Endemic Phase
National and world leaders and the general public are beginning to acknowledge the coronavirus is in a transitional phase from pandemic to endemic. Montana Doctor and author David Graham projected this several years ago in his 2020 book, “From Killer to Common Cold.” Tuesday, he was on Voices of Montana again with a prediction.
Bakken Drilling Interest Waning, Despite Rising Oil Prices
Oil companies have adopted the term “mature” to describe the Bakken in Eastern Montana and Western North Dakota. Even soaring oil prices have not been enough to interest companies in significantly boosting their activity there with the U.S. oil-pricing benchmark Brent Crude trading for $95 a barrel. U.S. oil producers are now more ...
Helena Man Charged With Unlawful Possession Of Trophy Animal
A Helena man is banned from hunting in Montana for the rest of his life for illegally killing a trophy moose. Details from our Capitol City Correspondent Troy Shockley.
Environmental Requirement Violation Reported At Rosebud Mine
A federal judge has ruled state and federal mine regulators ignored environmental requirements when approving a 70.8-million-ton expansion the Rosebud Mine. Magistrate Judge Timothy Cavan has recommended the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement correct its violations of the National Environmental Policy Act within a year, ...
Republican Senators Boycott Federal Reserve Nominees’ Confirmation
Tuesday Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee boycotted a confirmation vote for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and President Biden’s other nominees to the central bank’s board of governors including Montana Senator Steve Daines who was a no-show. Democratic committee member Jon Tester was critical of the boycott saying pol...
State Republicans Calling For Special Legislative Session
Governor Greg Gianforte is open to calling a special session of the Legislature to approve new voting districts for electing members of the Public Service Commission. In a letter to lawmakers he said he would limit any special session to handling PSC redistricting only and would make the call if and when the Legislature has demonstrated ample ...
Coutts Port Of Entry Re-opens For Traffic
The Coutts port of entry with Canada resumed operations Tuesday after a protest against vaccine mandates by truckers had largely halted traffic for two weeks. Montana shipping companies found ways around the Coutts border across from the Sweet Grass port of entry after being stranded in nearby border towns like Shelby. State Senator Mike Cuffe...
Governor Gianforte Defends State Wolf Management
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is taking wolves off of the endangered species list in most of the country, but not in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. Governor Greg Gianforte defended the state’s handling of the predator recently on Voices of Montana.
New Plan To Reduce Sky Haze In Montana Released
The state Department of Environmental Quality is required by the federal Regional Haze Rule to reduce the state’s haziest conditions and protect still-clear skies for certain mandated federal lands through 2064. The state’s haze reduction plans through 2028 largely do coincide with general state and federal efforts to reduce air pol...