By July 2022, a national 988 hotline modeled on 911 is slated to launch for people to reach trained suicide prevention specialists and mental health counselors. Missoula began sending this special crew on emergency mental health calls in November as a pilot project and next month the program will become permanent. It’s one of six mobile crisis...
Senator Tester Pushes For Increased Cybersecurity After Meat Processing Hack
In response to a ransomware attack that forced one of America’s largest meat processors JBS to shutter facilities last week Senator Jon Tester is urging the Biden Administration to thoroughly investigate the incident and to beef up America’s cybersecurity infrastructure. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-10_737.mp3 ...
Keystone XL Pipeline Developer Drops Out
It’s the end of the pipeline road. From Pacifica Network and the Public Affairs News Service Nadia Ramligan reports. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-10_537.mp3
President Biden Appointee Tracy Stone-Manning Speaks At Confirmation Hearing
Tuesday the Senate confirmation hearing took place for Missoula resident and President Joe Biden appointee Tracy Stone Manning to become the next Director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. During her opening statement she spoke of how her experiences in Montana led her to this position. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/...
Attorney General Knudsen Leads Call To Re-Visit Keystone XL Pipeline
Four Native American tribes in Montana and a pair of indigenous rights organizations are challenging new restrictions on ballot collection signed into law by Governor Greg Gianforte. Ballot collection is a practice commonly used by get-out-the-vote groups in which organizations submit completed mail-in ballots collected from voters. Violators ...
Montana Lands Face Potential Mining Ban For Bird Conservation
The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will consider a ban on new mining on large expanses of public lands in Western states to protect a struggling bird species, the Greater Sage-Grouse. A temporary ban on mining was imposed under former President Barack Obama, but dropped by the Trump administration. The affected lands totaled 10 mill...
Senator Daines Responds To Biden Address
A Hamilton woman who shot and killed her husband following an alleged abusive relationship was sentenced to a suspended 20-year commitment to the Montana Department of Corrections. Joanne Evelyn Campbell, 61, wiped away tears as she appeared via video link during her sentencing hearing Thursday before Ravalli County District Court. Campbell wa...
Missoula Resident Appointed To Bureau of Land Management
President Joe Biden nominated Tracy Stone-Manning Thursday to direct the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management. The Missoula longtime environmental advocate will oversee federally-owned land in western states. The agency regulates drilling mining grazing and other activities. Saturday is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day...
Representative Rosendale Makes Case For Reviving Keystone XL Pipeline
As Congress considers what to include in an upcoming infrastructure package Montana’s lone Representative Matt Rosendale is fighting for the reauthorization of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Taking to the floor of the House he highlighted the detrimental effects President Joe Biden’s decisions have had on Montana specifically outlining how Fall...
MSU Scientist Featured On BBC Program
Tracy Stone-Manning served as a senior aide to Senator Jon Tester before becoming former Governor Steve Bullock’s chief of staff. According to several Washington D.C. sources the senior advisor to the National Wildlife Federation may be President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management. Montana State University plant patho...