Student-loan borrowers have had a reprieve from making payments during the pandemic but that’s set to end starting in February. Greg Harper is a financial capabilities counselor with Rural Dynamics, a Great-Falls based financial nonprofit. He has a plan of action for anyone with student debt. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/upload...
Right-To-Work Group Challenges Clean Campaign Act
A complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Missoula by Montana Citizens for Right to Work asks the court to find the state’s 2007 Clean Campaign Act unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy asked for supplemental legal briefs Tuesday afternoon following oral arguments earlier in the day in the case that could toss out a portion of ...
Grizzly Management Decision Moves To Montana Officials
Finalizing a revised plan for managing grizzly bear mortality in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem took a step forward Tuesday when The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission approved it. The memorandum of agreement now must be approved by wildlife officials in Montana and Idaho before the Cowboy State can petition the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
Helium Drilling Looking To Expand Across Montana
Drilling information at the Montana Board of Oil Gas and Conservation shows development in potential helium sites. Helium prospecting is picking up in north-central Montana with Canadian companies expanding south after years of development in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Permit holders have six months to show the state what they’re drilling for, ...
Big-Game Hunting Numbers Down From Last Year
The 2021 general big-game hunting season closed Sunday with the four west-central Montana wildlife check stations reporting overall hunter activity and harvest totals down just slightly from last season despite extra mild November weather. As usual the hunter check station near Darby was the regional leader in elk harvest with 133 elk checked ...
U.S. Supreme Court Denies St. Peter’s Health Workers Request To Block Vaccine Mandate
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer denied a request Monday from a group that includes a newly hired oncologist at St. Peter’s Health to block the vaccine mandate being implemented by her previous employer pending an appeal to a lower court. The justice denied the application for injunctive relief against Mass General Brigham Inc., a Mas...
Fish & Wildlife Service Sued Over Expanding Montana Refuge
The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Monday over expansion of hunting and fishing access to federal wildlife refuges including the Swan River National Wildlife Refuge in Montana. It accuses Fish and Wildlife, now led by former Montana Department of Fish Wildlife & Parks Director Martha Williams, of fa...
Montana Sees Rise In COVID Deaths Over Holiday Weekend
The Thanksgiving holiday week brought 71 more COVID-19 related deaths to Montana boosting the total to 2,638 since the start of the pandemic. After adding 1,919 new cases last week active cases totaled 4,248 Monday with 215 active hospitalizations. Of the eligible population in Montana 51% are vaccinated and 8% of kids age five to 11 are vacci...
New COVID Variant Not Yet Detected in Montana
The World Health Organization said Monday the newly detected omicron variant which has a high number of variations could bring a “very high” risk across the globe but so far the variant has not been detected in Montana. The state Department of Public Health and Human Services will notify people when the omicron variant is detected in Montana a...
Montana Equipment Association Leader Anticipates Changes Soon To Self-Repair Rights
The “Right to Repair” is a very important concept for people owning high tech equipment. Recently Apple decided to let owners get instructions and parts if they have a problem with their phone. Farmers and ranchers need the same thing for their high tech equipment. Adam Gilbertson President of the Montana Equipment Dealers Association on Voice...