Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service inspectors have placed the state psychiatric facility in Warm Springs on “immediate jeopardy” status after they found patients had fallen 113 times between June and August 2021 and employees told them staffing documentation had been altered to not list patients whose needs required one-on-o...
Border Blockade Near Shelby Reopens
The Montana Free Press reports the blockade of the U.S. – Canada border north of Shelby appears to have ended 18 days after truckers protesting vaccine mandates blocked the highway with their vehicles. The occupation at the Coutts, Alberta – Sweet Grass, Montana border ended after more than a dozen people were arrested ...
Over $30 Million In Federal Funds To Go Towards Montana Child Care
Help is being extended for child care needs with help from American Rescue Plan Act funds through the state. Governor Greg Gianforte explained recently on Voices of Montana.
Inspector General Releases Report On Zinke Allegations
A report released by the Department of Interior’s Office of Inspector General revealed that U.S. congressional candidate Ryan Zinke broke federal ethics rules by participating in real estate development in Whitefish and lying to an agency ethics official about his involvement during his tenure as U.S. Interior Secretary. Investigators fo...
Study Highlights Rural Challenges For Utilizing Infrastructure Dollars
A new study by Headwaters Economics based in Bozeman finds many rural communities could lack the capacity to effectively access funding from the infrastructure law. Director of the organization Patty Hernandez says Montana stands out for its capacity limitations. Indigenous communities like Browning and Lame Deer lack the resource...
Montana Doctor Says Coronavirus In Nearing Endemic Phase
National and world leaders and the general public are beginning to acknowledge the coronavirus is in a transitional phase from pandemic to endemic. Montana Doctor and author David Graham projected this several years ago in his 2020 book, “From Killer to Common Cold.” Tuesday, he was on Voices of Montana again with a prediction.
Bakken Drilling Interest Waning, Despite Rising Oil Prices
Oil companies have adopted the term “mature” to describe the Bakken in Eastern Montana and Western North Dakota. Even soaring oil prices have not been enough to interest companies in significantly boosting their activity there with the U.S. oil-pricing benchmark Brent Crude trading for $95 a barrel. U.S. oil producers are now more ...
Helena Man Charged With Unlawful Possession Of Trophy Animal
A Helena man is banned from hunting in Montana for the rest of his life for illegally killing a trophy moose. Details from our Capitol City Correspondent Troy Shockley.
Environmental Requirement Violation Reported At Rosebud Mine
A federal judge has ruled state and federal mine regulators ignored environmental requirements when approving a 70.8-million-ton expansion the Rosebud Mine. Magistrate Judge Timothy Cavan has recommended the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement correct its violations of the National Environmental Policy Act within a year, ...
Republican Senators Boycott Federal Reserve Nominees’ Confirmation
Tuesday Republican members of the Senate Banking Committee boycotted a confirmation vote for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and President Biden’s other nominees to the central bank’s board of governors including Montana Senator Steve Daines who was a no-show. Democratic committee member Jon Tester was critical of the boycott saying pol...