There’s been a lot of talk about the potentially historic investment in Montana’s broadband infrastructure through the bipartisan package passed by the Senate but with so much federal money coming into the state it also has many wondering how it will be allocated. Senator Jon Tester, one of the bill’s negotiators, recently explained how. http...
Billings Medical Workers Exhausted Of Staff and Resources
The National Guard was recently called in to provide assistance to medical workers at Billings Clinic due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases and a lack of space and staff. Billings Mayor Bill Cole on the recent rise in cases. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9-03_737.mp3
Talen Energy’s Debt Brings Colstrip’s Future Into Question
Talen Energy, which operates Colstrip Power Plant, is $4 billion in debt and facing negotiations with creditors as its bonds are downgraded to a substantial fundamental credit risk. Bloomberg charts Talen’s bonds on a steep decline since May. This week, Fitch Ratings downgraded the long-term issuer default rating for Talen Energy Supply to CCC...
District Judge Dismisses New Challenge To Appointment Bill
District Court judge Mike McMahon has dismissed a lawsuit by former Democratic Representatives Tom Winter and Barbara Bessette challenging Montana’s new judicial appointment process. The case was the second attempt at taking down Senate Bill 140 passed by the GOP-dominated Legislature and signed by Republican Governor Greg Gianforte to a...
Labor Day Listed As One Of The Holidays With Most DUIs
Many Montanans will turn to road trips local travel and day trips this Labor Day weekend increasing the number of people behind the wheel but it’s important to make smart decisions as it is one of the top five most dangerous holidays in terms of DUI fatalities. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safet...
Less Than Half Of Motnana’s Fire Suppression Fund For The Year Utilized Thus Far
Since January 1st there have been over 2,160 fire starts in Montana burning around 827,000 acres. Montana entered the fiscal year with the Fire Suppression Fund at its statutory maximum of roughly $105 million. Officials estimate $48.5 million from the fund have been spent fighting fires since the start of the state’s current fiscal year. http...
Wings of various grouse & hungarian partridge to be collected in SW MT
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks biologists will be collecting wings from hunter-harvested sage-grouse, mountain grouse and Hungarian partridge in several areas of southwest Montana. Biologists will use these wings to identify birds by species and age class — juvenile or adult. This helps biologists monitor juvenile recruitment among game bi...
CWD Testing in Wyoming’s Deer Areas 96 & 97
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is trying something new this year in their ongoing effort to monitor chronic wasting disease in Wyoming. CWD is a fatal disease of the central nervous system in mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk and moose. For the first time, Game and Fish is requiring mandatory CWD sample submission on deer harvested from ...
Upcoming Hunting Season In Montana Will Be The First With Numerous Changes Enacted
Under a special one-time legislative allowance, nearly 1,700 nonresidents hunting with outfitters purchased big game licenses with about another 140 still eligible. A late amendment to House Bill 637 allowed outfitted out-of-state hunters who had applied for, but not drawn, one of Montana’s 17,000 big game licenses to purchase one by the end o...
Red Tape Task Force Aiming To Significantly Reduce Regulation In Montana
According to Lt. Governor Kristen Juras, it would take an individual seven weeks to read through state administrative rules. Wednesday, on Voices of Montana, she talked about what the Red Tape Task Force she’s leading is doing to get rid of as much as possible. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9-02_737.mp3