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Largest Regional Agriculture Trade Show Underway In Billings

The MATE Show and Home and Health Expo continue through Saturday at MetraPark in Billings. The Montana Agri-Trade Exposition is the largest ag trade show in the pacific northwest. Northern International Livestock Exposition Interim Manager Rick Hamilton points out the Health Expo provides an alternative type of experience for visitors.

Gov. Gianforte Calls To Reinstate Vaccine Exemption For Truckers

Governor Greg Gianforte has joined Alberta and Saskatchewan officials in calling on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden to reinstate the COVID-19 vaccine exemption             for truckers. Their termination for essential service in January by both governments touched                    off an 18-day trucker pro...

New Montana Group Promoting Women Working In The Mining Industry

A new Montana chapter of Women in Mining was founded to educate Montanans on diversity and inclusion in the mining industry. President Lacey Morrison said recently the goal is rather than                   just diversity it is also focused on people selected on the basis of their ability.

AG Knudsen Comments On Request To Reinstate Abortion Laws

As lawmakers prepare for the U.S. Supreme Court to weaken or void its landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, Nick Ehli with Kaiser Health News reports the right to privacy is written into Montana’s constitution so, even if Roe v. Wade is overturned, it wouldn’t affect the Treasure State. Attorney General Austin Knudsen has asked ...

Wolf Hunting & Trapping Season Closed In Region 3

The hunting and trapping of wolves in Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Region 3 (southwest Montana) closed today. Last month, the Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to close wolf hunting and trapping in Region 3 upon the harvest of 82 wolves in the region. With the hunting and trapping season closed, trappers in the region must remove their...

Black Butte Copper Project Looks To Innovate Mining Industry

The Black Butte Copper Project north of White Sulphur Springs continues to make progress in construction and recruitment with the recent announcement of a training partnership with Montana Tech’s Highland College. The project is a partnership with Sandfire Resources America and their Communications Vice President Nancy Schlepp recently co...

Poachers Sentenced For FWP Investigation Near Jordan

24 poachers have been sentenced in the Montana 16th Judicial District Court in Garfield County after a more than two and a half year poaching investigation near Jordan. The case revealed evidence of at least 48 unlawfully taken game animals. Fish Wildlife and Parks Director Hank Worsech called the case one of the most disturbing in recent hist...

State Hospital Placed on “Immediate Jeopardy”

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service inspectors have placed the state psychiatric facility in Warm Springs on “immediate jeopardy” status after they found patients had fallen 113 times between June and August 2021 and employees told them staffing documentation had been altered to not list patients whose needs required one-on-o...