Local News
News from Sloane Stinson, On behalf of MDT RONAN — The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and Riverside Contracting Inc. have the following work planned for the week of June 17: Crews are continuing to install streetlights along US Highway 93 and complete site cleanup throughout the project area. Traffic control will be in place. Single-lane closures may be required where crews are working. The speed limit remains at 35 mph in the construction zone. Please follow all posted signage and watch for workers and equipment. Sidewalk work also continues on the north side of Round Butte Road, east of the railroad tracks. The road shoulders are closed wh...
News from Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen HELENA — Superintendent Elsie Arntzen is pleased to announce that 12 Montana school districts will receive $424,800 in reallocated funds from the American Rescue Plan Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY) program through the U.S. Departm...
News from Carrol Colleg e HELENA — Carroll College named local area students listed below to its 2024 spring semester dean’s list. To be included on the dean’s list, a student must receive a 3.5 grade point average or higher on a 4.0 scale and take at least 12 graded credits in a semest...
News from Flathead Valley Community College KALISPELL — Flathead Valley Community College officials have announced the names of students who made the Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 semester. The following students are listed in alphabetical order by their home communities and completed at l...
HELENA — Advancing her initiatives as Montana’s first lady, Susan Gianforte recently announced the progress of her statewide expansion of the Imagination Library of Montana in partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The non-profit program boosts early childhood literacy by prov...
News from No Kid Hungry Montana HELENA — For kids who receive school meals, the summer months can be the hungriest time of year. This year promises to be different, thanks to newly expanded guidelines that will give school districts and community organizations the flexibility to offer non-congrega...
From UM News Service FLATHEAD LAKE — A new research project led by the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station expands the impact of the station’s renowned expertise from mountain watersheds to ocean depths. Dubbed SUBSEA – th...
ST. IGNATIUS —The Buffalo Run is part of three days of family-friendly fun at the St. Ignatius Good Old Days Good Old Days is a long-standing weekend of family-oriented fun in scenic St. Ignatius, Montana. Highlights include local food, live music, a variety of games, and, of course, the Good Old Da...
News from the Dept. of the Interior WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior announced on June 5 that nearly $725 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is available to 22 states and the Navajo Nation to create good-paying jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by recl...
News from USDA BOZEMAN — USDA Rural Development Montana State Director Kathleen Williams today announced the agency is awarding a $7.7 million grant to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to expand food processing opportunities on the Flathead Indian Reservation. “Diversifying the...
