The United States will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month for vehicle rail and ferry travel between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico. That will end a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the country moves to require all international visitors to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. The new rules will be announ...
Montana State Fund To Pay $40 Million To Policyholders
Montana State Fund announced a record tying $40 million dividend for policyholders Tuesday. The state’s largest workers’ compensation insurance company has paid a dividend to employers every year since 1999 as a direct result of better-than-expected investment market performance and positive workplace safety records. Dividend distribution will...
Miles City
John & Jennifer Goff This incredible couple is renovating the Miles City Theatre for the community! Evin Wiebers Evin Weibers has helped when needed many times and deserves a nomination as a Tow Rope Hero. Whether it’s early in the morning or before his work obligations he always can be counted on to help out. Jeff Shaw Jeff is...
Senator Tester & Democratic Party Sue Secretary of State
The Montana Democratic Party, Montanans for Tester and registered Montana voter Macee Patritti filed a lawsuit in federal court against Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen and Commissioner of Political Practices Jeff Mangan, challenging one of Montana’s newly-enacted laws, Senate Bill 319. The suit argues that, by specifically singling...
Wildlife Managers Voice Concerns Over Recent Policy Changes
A group of retired and former wildlife managers who boast nearly 15-hundred years of experience combined says Montana leadership is politicizing management in ways that are harmful to predators hunters and habitat conservation. Dan Vermillion was a commissioner on the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission for 13 years. He believes the state has...
Montana Ranked In Lower-Half Nationally For Energy Efficiency
This is National Energy Awareness Month. The average American household spends at least $2,000 per year on utilities and another $1,568 on motor fuel and oil. With U.S. energy consumption having declined by 7% last year the Wallet Hub today released its report on 2021’s most energy efficient states. The personal-finance website compared the au...
Over 50% Of Montanans Now Fully Vaccinated
As of the latest report Montana’s eligible population of fully vaccinated people against COVID-19 has reached 493,475. That means 53% of those eligible have been vaccinated. Big Horn County leads the state with 55% of its eligible population being fully vaccinated Garfield County is the lowest with 26%. 1,033,867 total doses have been adminis...
Representative Rosendale Comments On Raising National Debt Limit
Monday, Representative Matt Rosendale was on Voices of Montana and, among other things, talked about his agenda. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10-12_637.mp3
Early Snowfall Aids Wildfire Efforts
Southwest Montana woke up to the season’s first snowfall Monday morning and some welcomed the snow and cold especially firefighters and foresters who have spent months battling wildfires there. The colder weather and snow were thanks to a broad trough of low-pressure over the Northwest U.S. that was pulling moisture in from the Southwest U.S. ...
Project Proposal Could Improve Public Trails In Lincoln
A proposal called The Lincoln Project calls for managing 200,000 acres of public lands surrounding the town northwest of Helena. Russ Ehness, President of the Great Falls Trail Bike Riders Association which is also part of the group of conservationists loggers motorized-vehicle users and others, says motorized vehicle users have been working o...