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News from FWP MONTANA— The subadult female grizzly bear wasn’t hanging around to wait for the trap door to open all the way. She was done with confinement.   With the buzz of a drone above her and the Wyoming high country in front of her, she bounded out the culvert-shaped trap when the door was only halfway up. Before her was the wild heart of Wyoming, an entire state away from where she had lived just one day prior.   This female grizzly bear, all 204 pounds of her, represents a coordinated and intensive effort several years in the making to move a bear from the population in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem (NCDE) in northwest Montana, to the Gre...

RONAN — A memorial service for Phillip Rolla McVey, a smokejumper who died fighting a wildfire in 1949, was held at the Ronan Cemetery last Saturday.  Similar graveside events were held across the country last week on the 75th anniversary of the Mann Gulch Fire that claimed the lives of 13 smok...

BOZEMAN – An instrument designed and built at Montana State University to capture the first high-resolution, far-ultraviolet spectrum of the entire sun was launched into space aboard a NASA rocket on Sunday, Aug. 11. The launch, scheduled for 1:05 p.m. Mountain time from the White Sands Missile Rang...

News from the Montana Department of Revenue MONTANA — The Montana Department of Revenue (DOR) will soon be distributing its second round of property tax rebates to eligible Montana taxpayers as part of a property tax relief package signed into law by Governor Greg Gianforte in 2023.   The ...

News from the GPCF Beautification Committee POLSON — On July 20, Mary Jensen, Jane Larson, Agnes Rinehart and Becky Ashcraft who are members of the Polson Beautification Committee of the Greater Polson Foundation, searched the Polson area to find the most beautiful gardens. Here is what they found...

News from the  MT Secretary of State HELENA — Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen is once again waiving fees for Montana businesses. Secretary Jacobsen announced that the 2025 Annual Report filing fees will be waived for all Montana businesses, resulting in millions of dollars in s...

News from MT Governor's Housing Task Force MONTANA — The Housing Task Force will meet with the Governor on Aug. 21, 2024, from 1-2 p.m. in-person and online. The final report and meeting agenda will be posted to the Housing Task Force webpage prior to the meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to...

Ronan Fitness Center now open News from CSKT Tribal Health RONAN — CSKT Tribal Health is excited to remind the public that the Ronan Fitness Center, 430 Mary McLeod Lane, is now open. The Ronan Fitness Center is open daily with limited hours from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Tribal Health is currently l...

News from the Port Polson Players POLSON — Port Polson Players continue their 49th season with music and humor of the Baby Boomer era. Those Boomer Boys plays Aug. 15 through Sept. 1 at Polson’s beautiful theatre on the lake, with curtain times at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and Sund...

News from the office of Senator Tester  BIG SANDY — As a direct result of his bipartisan infrastructure law, U.S. Senator Jon Tester secured $3,429,372 for Missoula Airport. This funding will go towards construction of the new 145,000 square foot terminal to reduce delays and accommodate more...