With Montana’s marijuana market due to open up in five months, Montana towns must now figure out what legal cannabis will look like in their communities. Voters legalized general use cannabis during last year’s elections while this year’s legislature sorted out details during its most recent session, but now determining zoning districts, subje...
Yellowstone County Health Officer Provides COVID-19 Update
The Delta variant of COVID-19 is now causing the most infections across Montana. Wednesday Yellowstone County Health Officer Jon Felton provided an update on its current impact on the state’s most populous county. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8-05_832.mp3
Billings Mayor Cole On The Delta Variant’s Presence In Yellowstone County
The Delta Variant of COVID-19 is 228% more contagious than the original Alpha of COVID-19 and cases are on the rise in Florida. Billings Mayor Bill Cole compares that state and Yellowstone County. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/8-04_306.mp3
NorthWestern Energy Announces Development Of Solar-Power Facility
NorthWestern Energy has entered a power purchase agreement with Apex Solar LLC. For 80 megawatts of generation from a solar facility being developed in Beaverhead County near Dillon. The facility is required to begin delivery of generation in November 2022. When it comes online NorthWestern Energy expects to have 177 megawatts of solar generat...
COVID-19 Delta Variant Continues To Spread Across Montana
374 new cases of COVID-19 in Montana have been added over the past week along with six new deaths. Confirmed active cases increased to 466 up from 375 reported July 6th by the state Department of Public Health and Human Services. As of Monday about 47% of the state’s eligible population is considered to be fully vaccinated. The Delta variant c...
Earthquake Hits Yellowstone County
A 4.1 magnitude earthquake shook northern Yellowstone County Tuesday morning. Northern News Network’s Eric Young has more. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/7-07_637.mp3
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...
Americans for Prosperity Holds Rally In Billings
Yellowstone County has recorded a second death of a resident due to COVID-19 in the month of April. A woman in her 60s passed away Sunday, at a Billings hospital. Her death is a reminder that the virus is still in Yellowstone County. Since the beginning of the month, 258 new cases have been confirmed and 34 residents have been admitted to Bill...