Montana became the state with the highest number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people in the country Tuesday morning. The New York Times COVID tracker moved Montana into the top slot as the state hit 97 cases per 100,000 people per day. Idaho and Wyoming follow with 78 cases and 75 cases per 100,000 people respectively. Alaska, which had been ...
Montana Anticipating Increased Visitation Following Border Re-Opening
Canada is a significant trading partner for Montana especially in regards to Montana’s almost $4 billion tourism industry. November 8th is the day announced by the Biden administration for reopening of the Canadian border for leisure travel for people who are vaccinated. It has been closed to all but essential travel since March 2020. While t...
Montana To Receive USDA Funding For Renewable Energy Infrastructure
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will hold a media call to announce investments in renewable energy infrastructure in rural communities across the country Wednesday. States impacted by the announcement include Montana and neighboring states Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and Idaho. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021...
Formal Letter Sent Requesting Government Protection For Gray Wolves
Wildlife advocates petitioned federal officials Thursday to restore federal protections for gray wolves throughout the U.S. West. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is supposed to respond within 90 days on whether there is enough information for a potential listing under the Endangered Species Act. Idaho and Montana passed laws intended to dra...
Montanans Asked To Limit Outdoor Activity Due To Decreased Air Quality
Record-breaking heat is again hammering portions of the northern Rockies as the region remains shrouded in unhealthy smoke from wildfires. Tuesday, unhealthy air was recorded around most of Montana’s larger cities and in portions of northern Wyoming and eastern Idaho with more than 40 large fires burning in the three states. Officials recommen...
Billings Named the No. 1 Emerging Market In America
Billings is the new Number 1 on The Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index boosted by its affordability and appeal to remote workers. The index reflects how the housing boom has ignited homebuying activity in smaller to midsize cities around the U.S. The top 20 cities in the ranking have an average population size of ju...
Fire Danger Across Western Montana Raised To “Extreme”
Land managers across western Montana raised their fire danger ratings to “Extreme” Tuesday, as hot dry weather patterns entrenched over the border with Idaho. Fire agencies in Missoula, Mineral and Ravalli counties have already confronted 227 wildfires this summer three-quarters of which were human-caused and at least 45 have start...
Western States Severely Impacted By Wildfires
Wildfires that torched homes and forced thousands to evacuate burned across 10 parched Western states Tuesday and the largest in Oregon threatened a portion of California’s power supply. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, nearly 60 wildfires tore through bone-dry timber and brush from Alaska to Wyoming and Montana Idaho a...
Granite Pass Complex To Manage Lolo Pass Fires
Three wildfires burning around Lolo Pass are now being managed by one incident command crew along the Montana-Idaho border. Northern News Network’s Eric Young has more. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/7-13_537.mp3