A coalition including worker unions and a disability rights group has filed a lawsuit against Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen over a law passed earlier this year that eliminates same-day voter registration. Northern News Network’s Eric Young has more. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9-23_737.mp3
Missoula Mayor Blames Recent Legislature For Recent Increase In COVID-19 Cases
Missoula is experiencing a resurgence of COVID-19 cases and mayor John Engen has been vocally critical of the state’s recent response to the pandemic. During an interview on CNN, he shared his thoughts on why the state is experiencing this spike. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9-23_637.mp3
Thousands Of Dollars In Donations To Go Towards Afghan Refugees Coming To Missoula
A tweet from Representative Matt Rosendale September 6th opposing the resettlement of 75 Afghan refugees in Montana has spurred a flood of donations. Soft Landing Missoula is a nonprofit that has worked with the International Rescue Committee to help refugees adapt to resettlement. It ended up getting close to $10,000 that evening and the next...
House & Senate Leaders Urge Governor Gianforte To Take Further Action Addressing Crowded Hospitals
Senate Minority Leader Jill Cohenour and House Minority Leader Kim Abbott sent a letter to Governor Greg Gianforte Tuesday asking him to take urgent concrete action to address extreme stresses on hospital capacity in the wake of rising in COVID-19 cases. The last several weeks have seen Montana report some of the worst COVID-19 case numbers of...
Shodair Children’s Hospital Offering Scholarship For Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
Suicide and mental health are topics that many struggle to openly talk about and Shodair Children’s Hospital in Helena is looking to change that through its annual scholarship contest. The hospital will be accepting submission at Shodair.org until September 27th where students can share their message of hope to those struggling with their ment...
Northwestern Energy To Begin Construction On Laurel Power Plant Ahead Of Schedule
NorthWestern Energy informed the Public Service Commission Tuesday it is withdrawing its request for regulatory preapproval to build a new natural gas-fired power plant in Laurel. It will get construction started saying in a press release in order to accelerate the commercial operation date of the Laurel Generating Station and to take full adv...
Potential 2022, 2023 hunting regs. available for review from FWP MT
Potential hunting regulation changes for 2022 and 2023 are available online for the public to review. The proposed changes are coming now during the normal biennial season setting year to help make Montana’s hunting regulations simpler and easier to understand. To see the potential changes and make comment, click here. Over the last several we...
ARPA Funds To Go Towards Developing Montana Nursing Facilities
Montana will receive $2,692,676 in American Rescue Plan Act funding to improve state based nursing home and long-term care infrastructure by allowing state and local health departments to staff train and deploy strike teams to help skilled nursing facilities nursing homes and other long-term care facilities with known or suspected COVID-19 out...
Hospitals Across Montana To Receive National Guard Assistance
Governor Greg Gianforte will be sending more Montana National Guardsmen to hospitals across the state to support their COVID-19 response. Northern News Network’s Eric Young has details. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9-22_637.mp3
Governor Gianforte Receives Wildfire Update
Governor Greg Gianforte’s wildfire briefing Tuesday told him there are 12 active large fire incidents in Montana. Since January 1st, there have been over 2,406 fire starts burning around 886,000 acres. Since the governor’s fire briefing a week earlier there have been 88 new fire starts. Officials estimate approximately 53 residences have been ...