Today on Voices of Montana, Ryan Zinke, who has thrown his hat into the ring for the second congressional seat Montana will have based on the 2020 Census, said what he believes the greatest threat to the country today is. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-01_437.mp3
Montana Counties COVID Relief Funds Allocated
As the state of Montana gets ready to start distributing more than $1 billion in federal COVID-19 relief money, the 56 state counties will soon be receiving just over $200 million. The funding was allocated to counties based on their population, with each county receiving approximately $194 per resident. That means Montana’s largest counties w...
Memorial Day Ceremony Held In Great Falls
A crowd of about 200 turned out for the Memorial Day ceremony at the Montana Veterans Memorial in Great Falls Monday afternoon in remembrance of fallen U.S. military personnel. Major General John P. Hronek Commander of the Montana National Guard and the Director of the Department of Military Affairs was the keynote speaker. The ceremony conclu...
Telehealth Providing Additional Services To Cancer Patients
It’s important to address the psychological needs of cancer survivors. Dr. Timothy Pearman is a Psychologist at the Lurie Cancer Center at Northwestern Medicine. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-01_737.mp3
COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits To End This Month
In May, Governor Greg Gianforte announced the state will stop paying the higher pandemic-related federal unemployment benefits this month. While unemployment numbers have gone down, Andrew Stettner with the Century Foundation says there are still too many barriers to jobs for people such as lack of child care and the cutoff will affect more th...
Open-Carry Campus Law Pushed Back A Week By District Court Judge
A new law allowing firearms to be carried on public university campuses in Montana was scheduled to go into effect today but Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Mike McMahon has temporarily blocked it and has set a hearing for June 7th in the case. The Montana University Board of Regents which oversees Montana’s university system filed...
Montana Civil Air Patrol Recruiting New Chaplains
The Montana branch of the Civil Air Patrol is seeking new qualified recruits for volunteer chaplains. Montana CAP Chaplain David Knight highlights some of the work they’ve done during the pandemic. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/5-28_437.mp3
ACT & SAT Tests No Longer Required For Montana Universities
Schools in the Montana University System have joined a growing national trend ending test ACT or SAT test requirements for first-time undergraduate students. Thursday the Board of Regents voted unanimously to approve a permanent change to the admissions policy after it instituted a one-year pause on requiring standardized test scores in April ...
Governor Gianforte Looks Into Practices Into Meatpacking Industry
Governor Greg Gianforte has written a joint-letter with governors of 5 other states urging the Department of Justice to continue the investigation into serious allegations of anticompetitive behavior in the meatpacking industry. The price of cattle has decreased in recent years while the price of boxed beef has skyrocketed resulting in higher ...
Governor Gianforte Challenges Fort Peck Reservoir Proposal
Governor Greg Gianforte is objecting to a U.S. government proposal to alter water releases from the Fort Peck Reservoir to help the dinosaur-like pallid sturgeon endangered fish species. The governor said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposal risks damaging croplands and irrigation systems downstream of the dam on the Missouri River. Army ...