Articles with the Tag: Montana

by Alex Sakariassen, Montana Free Press BILLINGS — Throughout the 2023-24 school year, Billings Public Schools Superintendent Erwin Garcia grew increasingly troubled by a sight he repeatedly witnessed in classrooms around the district: students scrolling their smartphones, their attention wrenched...

News from MT - DPHHS MONTANA — The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) recently announced that it has received generous donations from Intrepid Credit Union and Toys for Tots that will help bring smiles to the faces of hundreds of children in foster care throughout Montana. &...

By Emily Senkosky, UM News Service MISSOULA – According to naturalist and author John Muir, between every two pines is the doorway to a new world. In Noxon, Montana, at a base camp for wildlife biologists nestled deep in the pines, camera traps and other measuring instruments are capturing forensi...

From MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Residents across the state are invited to participate in Montana Crunch Time, a celebration of National Farm to School Month, local producers and nutritious foods.  Montana Crunch Time is a statewide event encouraging participants to “crunch” &md...

News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — On Aug. 22 Governor Gianforte asked Montana superintendents and school board trustees to adopt policies to limit learning distractions in the classroom and improve student academic performance by establishing “cell phone-free” schools...

News from DPHHS MONTANA — State and local health officials are reporting today the first Montana West Nile virus (WNV) detections for summer 2024 across four counties. Six mosquito pools in Blaine, Dawson, Prairie, and Wibaux counties have tested positive for WNV. Detection in mosquitoes is an ...

News from MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks KALISPELL — Montana’s only native rainbow trout is making a comeback in the northwest corner of the state. Rainbow trout are common throughout much of our state due to widespread stocking.  However, most of the places rainbow trout exist today ...

News from the Montana Dept. of Commerce HELENA — The Montana Department of Commerce announced recently that more than $10 million of grant funding has been allocated to communities and affordable housing organizations to help reduce homelessness and increase housing stability. The funding is throu...

News from the office of Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen HELENA — Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen says more than 5,200 new business registrations were filed in Montana during the month of July, according to the Montana Business Economic Report. For the sixth time in seven...

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 ...