65 state inmates were transferred to the private prison near Shelby this week as part of a deal ending the Montana Department of Corrections’ use of the regional prison in Cascade County. The Crossroads Correctional Center is a major employer in Shelby holding almost 15% of the county’s total population with a 712-bed facility for ...
Senator Tester Helps Negotiate Biden Infrastructure Plan
President Joe Biden today announced a bipartisan agreement on a $953 billion framework for a nationwide infrastructure plan. It is the result of a negotiation held with five democratic and five republican senators that hopes to lead to future agreements on infrastructure spending. The new agreement will include $559 billion in new funding for ...
Governor Gianforte Considering To Send Assistance To Southern Border
Vice President Kamala Harris who was tasked by President Joe Biden to lead diplomatic efforts to stem the flow of migrants arriving on the southern border will visit El Paso Texas on Friday. Governors from Texas and Arizona are requesting additional law enforcement resources from other states to assist in managing the border and Montana is con...
MMIP Task Force Meet For Progress Report
Members of the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force heard from investigators lawmakers and students Wednesday. According to the Montana Missing Persons Clearinghouse, as of June 17th, indigenous people make up about 32% of those currently missing in the state and little over 10% have been missing for over a year. Guest speakers outli...
MSU Receives $3 Million From U.S. Department Of Energy
The mineral pyrite more may hold the keys to a domestic-based future in renewable energy and the Department of Energy, in collaboration with Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines, has awarded Montana State University Associate Professor Eric Boyd more than $3.3 million in funding to better extract the mineral pyrite. The next step is to use the...
Grasshopper Potential Highest Since 1980s For Rangelands
A punishing drought in the U.S. West is leaving farmers scrambling for water and bringing a plague of grasshoppers with federal agriculture officials launching what could become their largest grasshopper killing campaign since the 1980s amid at the insects that cattle ranchers fear will strip bare public and private rangelands. A 2021 grasshop...
Senator Daines Comments On ATF Nominee
Senator Steve Daines on Voices of Montana Wednesday explained why he does not want David Chipman currently going through the nomination process to be the Director of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-24_537.mp3
National Bison Range Transferred To Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
The Department of the Interior announced today the transfer of all lands comprising the National Bison Range to the Bureau of Indian Affairs to be held in trust for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation in Montana. The National Bison Range was established on May 23rd 1908 when President Theodore Roosevelt sign...
Federal Government To Investigate Native Boarding School Oversights
The federal government will investigate its past oversight of Native American boarding schools compiling and reviewing decades of records to identify past boarding schools locate known and possible burial sites at or near those schools and uncover the names and tribal affiliations of students. A recent discovery of children’s remains bur...
Deep Creek Canyon Fire Now 75% Contained
Firefighters appear to be winning the war against the Deep Creek Canyon Fire. Details from our Capitol City Correspondent Troy Shockley. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-23_832.mp3