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News from MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University Extension will offer a four-part estate and legacy planning webinar series for parents and grandparents who are raising minor-aged children and who have estate planning-related concerns. The webinars will take place 12 to 1 p.m. every Thursday in February with the last 15 minutes open for questions. Specific concerns parents and grandparents might have while raising minors include how to provide funds for children if one or both parents die and managing inherited assets until a child reaches financial maturity, among others. Marsha Goetting, MSU Extension family economics specialist, and Mandie Reed, MSU Extension W...
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...
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 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation MISSOULA — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and U.S. Forest Service worked with a willing landowner to conserve two private inholdings of wildlife habitat and conveyed them to the Lolo National Forest. The 1,040-acre transaction took place just west of ...
RONAN — The Ronan Senior Center is open and serving meals three times a week. On these cold winter days, come in and join us for a hot delicious meal, a game of pool or just have a cup of coffee and socialize with the group before lunch. I am sure you will enjoy the company. Tax season is upon us, s...
POLSON — Tax assistance by trained personnel is available at no charge at the Polson Senior Center from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays through April 14. Bring all tax information with you. Kleenex is valuable. Masks are almost always available. Call us with your questions at 406-883-4735, stop...
ST. IGNATIUS — We are gearing up for our Valentine’s bake sale on Feb. 12. The St. Ignatius Senior Center will be open from 10 a.m. for those of us seeking goodies for our friends and loved ones. Then, at 2 p.m. we will host a rousing afternoon of bingo with a blackout jackpot of $50 for one luck...
RONAN — Dean Russell Meeks was born on Jan. 14, 2022, at the St. Luke Community Healthcare New Beginnings Birth Center. He weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces. Parents are Paul and Kiersten Meeks of Ronan. Paternal grandparents are Ron and Denise Meeks of Florence. Maternal grandparents are Kim Blair of Elgin,...
News from the MCA VAUGHN — The Montana Cattlemen’s Association (MCA) is joining the lawsuit seeking to stop Constitutional Initiative -121 which would freeze property taxes for wealthy, largely out-of-state, homeowners. The suit was initially brought by the Montana Federation of Public Emplo...
