With extreme heat price inflation and a shortage of materials all prominent during this construction season concerns have come up regarding production efficiency. Although there have yet to be any major setbacks Billings Knife River General Manager Hal Fugelvand says there’ve been other challenges. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/...
Montanans Asked To Limit Outdoor Activity Due To Decreased Air Quality
Record-breaking heat is again hammering portions of the northern Rockies as the region remains shrouded in unhealthy smoke from wildfires. Tuesday, unhealthy air was recorded around most of Montana’s larger cities and in portions of northern Wyoming and eastern Idaho with more than 40 large fires burning in the three states. Officials recommen...
Senator Tester Stands By BLM Nominee Despite Recent Criticism
Republican Senators once again opposed President Biden’s selection to lead the Bureau of Land Management Tracy Stone-Manning Tuesday. During an afternoon online Q&A session Democratic Senator Jon Tester addressed the criticism and stood by his support for her. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/7-28_637.mp3
COVID-19 Cases Continue To Rise Across Montana
More than 250 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in a single day in Montana Tuesday for the first time in over five months. Tuesday afternoon, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said vaccinated people in counties with high caseloads should return to wearing masks indoors. Governor Greg Gianforte issued a statement saying ...
ARPA Commission Recommends Schools Have Access To COVID Tests
https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/7-27_437.mp3 In the recent legislative session, lawmakers voted to broadly advocate funds from the roughly $2 billion Montana received from the federal American Rescue Plan Act earlier this year and create a group of commissions to review specific proposals and forward them to Governo...
Gallatin Co. FWP Sites enter Stage-2 Fire Restrictions
Properties managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks in Gallatin County have entered Stage-2 fire restrictions due to high fire danger. This change follows a burn ban with similar restrictions enacted recently by Gallatin County. Stage-2 restrictions at FWP sites ban campfires and allow smoking only in vehicles and areas 3 feet in diameter...
More Fire restrictions in place for FWP Sites in several SW MT. Counties
Additional fire restrictions are in place for properties managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks in several southwest Montana counties due to high fire danger. FWP sites in Silver Bow, Beaverhead and Madison counties have entered Stage-2 fire restrictions. FWP sites in Jefferson County will enter Stage-2 fire restrictions at 12:01 a.m. o...
Lawsuit Filed To Prevent Logging Project Near Red Lodge
A lawsuit has been filed to halt a Red Lodge-area logging project approved by the Forest Service this spring claiming it will be conducted in some of the best remaining wildlife habitat in the landscape. Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed the suit in District Court in Missoula Monday, the second suit they have fi...
Helena Commissioners Approve DMV Renovations
At Monday’s Helena City Commission meeting, the commissioners approved funding for renovations to the Department of Motor Vehicles inside the city/county building. Our Capitol City Correspondent Troy Shockley has more. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/7-27_832.mp3
Air Quality Deemed Unhealthy Across 13 Counties
Smoke from wildfires has prompted the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to issue air quality alerts for 13 state counties where air quality has reached unhealthy for sensitive groups or unhealthy. Air quality across the state ranges from moderate to unhealthy with the worst air quality concentrations occurring south of the I-90 corri...