Today is National Rural Health Day where health care providers are celebrated for the work they do for their rural communities. Dr. Clint Seger is the Regional Medical Officer for Billings Clinic, which oversees 16 Critical Access Hospitals, and shared today on Voices of Montana the role they’ve played and their communities’ responses througho...
Centers For Medicare Services Director Highlights Options For Montanans
Medicare Open Enrollment ends December7th and, until then, people can make changes to their health or prescription drug plans or select a new plan for 2022. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Director Meena Seshamani. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-18_1137.mp3
WARM DRY WEATHER CONTINUES TO IMPACT HUNTER SUCCESS IN NORTH-CENTRAL MONTANA
Fewer hunters passing through the check station along with lower numbers of game harvested continues to be the theme for this year’s general rifle season in the Augusta area of FWP Region 4. To date the total deer and elk harvest is 33% below the recent average and is the lowest number of big game animals checked since at least 1994. A total o...
Former Montana FWP Director Nominated To Head U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Martha Williams the former director of Montana’s state wildlife agency pledged adherence to the law science and collaboration during a Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Hearing Wednesday. Williams is President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The committee will consider her nomi...
Bridger Pipeline Reaches Settlement For Yellowstone River Oil Spill
Bridger Pipeline LLC has agreed to pay a $2 million settlement for damage to the Yellowstone River following an oil spill upstream from Glendive. The Casper Wyoming oil company will help pay for the harm inflicted by the release of 31,000 gallons of crude oil from a pipeline that ruptured in 2015. The proposed consent decree will undergo a 30-...
Montana Stockgrowers’ Convention Ends Today In Billings
The Montana Stockgrowers’ Association’s Annual Convention and Trade Show in Billings wraps up today. Wednesday on Voices of Montana President Jim Steinbeisser explained why they get together now. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-18_637.mp3
State Rep. Bishop Drops Out Of Congressional Race
Representative Laurie Bishop is dropping out of the race for Montana’s new western congressional seat. The Democratic state lawmaker from Livingston said Wednesday that the state’s new congressional district borders which were finalized Monday and placed Livingston outside the district she was running to represent played a part in ...
Senator Daines Explains Vote Against Infrastructure Package
The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill recently signed into law has been called one of the few recent examples of bipartisan legislation but that doesn’t mean everyone in Washington approves of it. Senator Steve Daines voted against it and recently explained why to reporters. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-17_437...
Governor Declares This Week Apprenticeship Week
In Helena Monday at Dick Anderson Construction, Governor Greg Gianforte signed a proclamation declaring this as Apprenticeship Week in the state of Montana. Our Capitol City Correspondent Troy Shockley has details. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-17_1137.mp3
Governor Gianforte Decommissions State Mainframe
Governor Greg Gianforte has decommissioned the state’s mainframe system consisting of powerful on-site computers used for large information processing jobs. The decommissioning is expected to save taxpayers approximately $2 million a year as current applications and programs will move to the State’s Private Cloud. According to Gianforte the mo...