Billings School District 2 Elementary School has a financial deficit, which has many asking if there will be a School Levy. District Superintendent Greg Upham. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-30_537.mp3
Billings Police Chief Discusses Potential Expansion
If a public safety levy for Billings was placed on the ballot this fall what would it look like? Police chief Rich St. John. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-07_306.mp3
Department Of Commerce To Seek Out New Businesses
A new position of “Business Attractions Manager” in the Montana Department of Commerce will have a $500,000 budget to recruit businesses to the state. The state is looking for candidates with executive-level experience in the West Coast Midwest or Southeast regions of the U.S. These are areas that have shown trends in site selectio...
Second Vaccination Clinic With Cash Incentive To be Held In Billings
Yellowstone County residents who have not yet received their first COVID-19 vaccination will have another chance to get $50 this Thursday for doing so. Matching the $20,000 donated last week, a second anonymous donor wanted to keep the vaccination momentum going due to that clinic’s success. The clinic will again be at the Shrine Auditor...
Billings Receives New Funding For First Responders
Approximately four million people annually visit Yellowstone National Park and during the 2019-2020 seasons, the park recorded more than 1,400 calls for medical response. Yellowstone has three medical clinics at Lake Old Faithful and Mammoth staffed by concession provider Medcor. Physicians and paramedics rely on air ambulances for severe inju...
Goodwill CEO Talks About What The Company Provides Montana
With graduation season upon us and employers planning to hire 7.2% more graduates from the Class of 2021 than they did from the Class of 2020, the personal-finance website Wallet Hub released its report on 2021’s best places to start a career comparing more than 180 U.S. Cities. Billings ranks 66th while Missoula is at 97th based on 28 key ind...
Department Of Agriculture Director To Oversee ARPA Funds
A shakeup today with the Montana Department of Agriculture, Governor Greg Gianforte announced that he will be appointing the department’s director Mike Foster to lead the state’s program in distributing federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. Foster will work with ARPA commissions and state agencies to recommend how the governor...
Montana Rural Teacher Of The Year To Retire
With real-estate inventory down by more than half compared to last year, the personal-finance website Wallet Hub today released its report on 2021’s best places to be a real estate agent comparing more than 170 U.S. cities. Billings ranks 14th and Missoula is ranked as 37th across 22 key indicators of a healthy housing market ranging from sale...
U.S. Fish Wildlife And Parks To Look Into Gianforte’s Bison Proposal
U.S. officials said they will consider whether to reintroduce wild bison to a million-acre (400,000-hectare) federal wildlife refuge in central Montana. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans in July, “to engage Tribes and stakeholders on the topics of bison and bighorn sheep reintroductions” on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refug...
Lewwistown Streets and Sidewalk Improvement Projects Begin
The Lewistown Street and Sidewalk Improvements project are underway. Width restrictions are active on US Highway 87 with a max width of 12 feet. Crews have begun paving approaches along the Truck Bypass. Along Main Street, crews will be raising manholes, water valves, and patching sidewalks. Temporary lane striping is expected within the next ...