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News from Glacier Symphony KALISPELL — Glacier Symphony, Orchestra and Chorale (GSC) has been approved for a $10,000 Challenge America grant award entitled Music for Rural Montana. This project will provide a tour of educational chamber concerts to tribal lands of Northwest Montana and underserved rural communities. The goal is to provide enriching experiences in communities and education districts where involvement with the arts has been limited, and in many cases entirely absent. The Glacier Symphony, Orchestra and Chorale project is among 168 projects across America that were selected to receive fiscal year 2022 funding totaling $1,680,000 in the Challenge America grant catego...
News from the Office of the Governor HELENA — Governor Greg Gianforte announced the following appointments on Jan. 25: Alfalfa Seed Committee: - Dallas Steiger, Hysham: With a lifetime of farming and ranching experience, Steiger remains actively engaged in the growing of alfalfa seed i...
News from the Administration for Children and Families WASHINGTON, D.C. — To help mitigate the disproportionate level of violence experienced by Native Americans, three HHS agencies developed a public service announcement campaign on domestic violence awareness. The Administration for Native Am...
News from the USDA BOZEMAN — USDA is committed to working across land ownership boundaries to reduce risks before disasters occur. Building on the announcement of the Forest Service’s 10-year strategy and implementation plan for confronting the wildfire crisis, today USDA is announcing...
RONAN — Watching last week’s inaugural meeting of the Flathead Reservation Water Management Board was like watching an egg crack open after five years in a turbulent nest. The hatchling was predictably a little disoriented, but absolutely committed to finding its footing and moving forward. Th...
News from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office BIG ARM — On Jan. 19 around 4 a.m., Lake County 911 received a report of a possible homicide-suicide at a residence in the Big Arm area. 79-year-old Florence Brown was shot and killed, and her son, 48-year-old Kirk Brown, had been...
UNITED STATES — All residential households in the U.S. are now eligible to receive four at-home COVID-19 rapid antigen tests for free. Announced last week by the White House and fulfilled by USPS, the ordering site has now gone live: special.usps.com/testkits One order of four tests can be made per ...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION — The Young Voices of the Mission Mountains, a creative writing residency program for Salish and Kootenai students, has just received $30,000 in funding through a Grant for Arts Project award. Orchestrated by the Missoula Writing Collaborative, the grant will fund the payr...
News from MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University has announced its undergraduate honor rolls for fall semester 2021. There are two MSU honor roll lists: the President’s List and the Dean’s List. To be eligible for the lists, students must be enrolled in at least 12 coll...
News from DNRC MONTANA — The American Rescue Plan Act Advisory Commission will meet on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, at 1 p.m. in the Capitol Building, room 303, to review Minimum Allocation Grants and receive updates on: Treasury Coronavirus SLFRF; Overview of Final Rule; Regional Water Authorities; D...
