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News from the Montana Legislative Branch HELENA — The Revenue Interim Committee will meet on Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. in room 335 of the Capitol building. The main objective of the meeting is to adopt a revenue estimate for introduction to the 2023 Legislature. The meeting agenda is available on the committee website. The revenue estimate is an estimate of general fund revenue and selected non-general fund revenue for the next three fiscal years. Revenues are estimated by revenue source, and significant assumptions are also included in the estimate. The revenue estimate is used for ensuring the budget is balanced, which is a constitutional requirement. The Legislati...
News from Polson Chamber of Commerce POLSON — All Valley Bank locations and the Polson Elks Club are accepting new or clean and gently used coats for kids through February. Cash and gift donations are also accepted. These will be used to purchase coats. Coats may picked up at Valley Banks, Monday-...
News from the Department of the Interior WASHINGTON — On Nov. 4, the Department of the Interior’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) disbursed $21.53 billion in revenues generated in fiscal year 2022 from energy production on federal and Tribal onshore lands, and federal offshore are...
News from the Department of the Interior WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Interior’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) disbursed $21.53 billion in revenues generated in fiscal year 2022 from energy production on federal and Tribal onshore lands, and federal offshore areas, in...
News from the office of Senator Tester BIG SANDY — U.S. Senator Jon Tester today announced that he secured $291,900 from the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) for the Montana Premium Processing Cooperative (MPPC) in Havre. This program was funded through Tester’s American...
News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — Earlier this week at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) headquarters in Missoula, Governor Greg Gianforte announced the pillars of his public lands agenda to improve access to and better manage Montana’s public lands. Montana Departme...
News from the Polson School District POLSON — The Polson Middle School 2022-2023 school year is off to a fantastic start. We currently have 524 students enrolled in fifth through eighth grades. The large enrollment has created some challenging management issues. To accommodate the large number of ...
LAKE COUNTY — Three local students have completed their climb through the ranks of boy scouts to graduate as eagle scouts this year. Sheldon McCloud, Harlon Leishman, and Kile Gowen were the three local eagle graduates this year. According to research from Scouts BSA - formerly Boy Scouts of A...
POLSON — The Polson Community Thanksgiving Dinner will take place on Nov. 24 at the Elks from 11-2 p.m. Meals are for pick-up and delivery only. Early calls or texts to order the number of dinners you desire (406-499-9529), are greatly appreciated. This lets them know how many meals to prepare. As alwa...
News from The National Award Program POLSON — From an applicant pool of thousands of high school scholar-athletes graduating with the class of 2023, 100 students have been named State winners in the Heisman High School Scholarship competition awarded by The Heisman Trophy Trust. State win...
