The Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation told its staff last week to proceed with a change of operator request for the Well-Done Foundation that wants to take over 68 orphan oil and gas wells and intends to plug them. The Shelby-based nonprofit organization says that the move will save taxpayers more than $2 million that Montana would nee...
Well-Done Foundation Approved To Cap Over 60 Orphan Wells
The Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation told its staff Thursday to proceed with a change of operator request for the Well-Done Foundation that wants to take over 68 orphan oil and gas wells and intends to plug. The Shelby-based nonprofit says the move will save Montana taxpayers more than $2 million that the state would need to pay to ha...
Coutts Port Of Entry Re-opens For Traffic
The Coutts port of entry with Canada resumed operations Tuesday after a protest against vaccine mandates by truckers had largely halted traffic for two weeks. Montana shipping companies found ways around the Coutts border across from the Sweet Grass port of entry after being stranded in nearby border towns like Shelby. State Senator Mike Cuffe...
Infrastructure Invests In Treating Abandoned Wells
Montana will get $26 million from the infrastructure law to address abandoned oil wells. Curtis Shuck is chairman of the Well-Done Foundation a nonprofit based in Shelby that is plugging wells across the country. He says operations can vary between wells.
Montana Receives Funding For Abandoned Oil Wells
The Biden Administration has announced more than $1.1 billion for 26 states including $26 million for Montana to address abandoned methane-leaking orphan oil wells. Curtis Shuck is Chairman of the Well-Done Foundation a nonprofit based in Shelby that is plugging wells across the country. His organization approached the Montana Board of Oil and...
Sunburst Opens New Community Center
Sunburst, roughly 30 miles north of Shelby, a town in Toole County has a population of 333 according to the latest census, but that didn’t stop residents from wanting to build a community center. Last Thursday on Voices of Montana, Mayor Holly Hovland explained a grant from Lowe’s made it possible. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/...
Water System Restored For Shelby
The prison operator for Crossroads Correctional Center near Shelby said its water system has been restored. Both areas had been without water Friday and additional wells needed to be brought online in the meantime. The Montana Department of Corrections said low water levels at the nearby reservoir caused the shortage and that water had begun r...
Cascade County Prisoners Moved To Shelby Prison
65 state inmates were transferred to the private prison near Shelby this week as part of a deal ending the Montana Department of Corrections’ use of the regional prison in Cascade County. The Crossroads Correctional Center is a major employer in Shelby holding almost 15% of the county’s total population with a 712-bed facility for ...
Crossroads Correctional Center Expecting New Contract From CoreCivic
The Montana Department of Corrections’ contract with CoreCivic which operates the 600-bed Crossroads Correctional Center near Shelby expires at the end of the month. All of the basic details are already figured out and the final language is being worked out between the parties’ attorneys for a new contract to begin July 1st. It req...