Articles with the Tag: Montana
MISSOULA – Researchers at the University of Montana will reconstruct the causes and ecosystem impacts of large wildfires in the Rocky Mountains over the past 2,500 years, thanks to a new grant from the National Science Foundation. The lead on the study is Phil Higuera, associate professor of fire ec...
News from Environment Montana A new report released today by Environment Montana Research and Policy Center says that, despite recent progress, Montana is falling behind the rest of the nation on clean energy. According to the report, over the last decade solar use in Montana grew 518% as compared to 4,...
It was a perfect home for their growing family. James and Josephine Slack had purchased a small house in a rural neighborhood on Mill Road just north of Helena, Mont. The home had a big yard surrounded by mountains in the distance, ideal for the Slacks’ two young daughters and soon-to-be born son. ...
POLSON – One may not realize it, but Montana is a good place for manufacturing. Lake County native Paddy Fleming tried to get that message across to the Polson Chamber of Commerce on Aug. 2. Fleming, who has been director of the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center at Montana State ...
News from the Montana Department of Revenue HELENA – The Montana Department of Revenue reminds Montana property owners whose homes or other property are damaged or destroyed during wildfire or other natural disaster that they can apply for property tax assistance. “Wildfires c...
News from CSKT Natural Resources Wildlife biologists with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes began a project to restore Trumpeter Swans as a resident species on the Flathead Indian Reservation in the mid-1990s. Subsequent efforts resulted in the release of 264 captive bred Trumpeter Swans since...
CHARLO — Not too many people can say they had artist Charles M. Russell on their front porch in the early morning, waiting for them to wake up to let him in for a visit. But on Sunday, June 2, 1911, another famous Montana frontier artist, Edgar S. Paxson, was in his studio at 6 a.m. just starting to re...
The myth of meth is that following the crackdown on over-the-counter ingredients in 2005, things got better in Montana. But on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, people will tell you different. Here it never really went away. “Getting high in your car in front of the store - that ain&rsqu...
Sometimes a soldier finds a best friend in military service – Bill Hocker already had a best friend who went side by side with him into military service. From first grade, into college and then into WWII Bill and Phil did things together. Bill says in those early days nobody around Ronan had been ve...
News from Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana CHARLO – The award winning horsehair hitching team of Ron and Shoni Maulding are the featured artists at the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana’s “First Saturday” event from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 5. During the day, the couple ...
