Articles with the Tag: Montana

News from Humanities Montana MISSOULA — Humanities Montana is now accepting online applications for 2015 Hometown Humanities The deadline for applications is Feb. 27, 2015. Any Montana community with a population under 20,000 is eligible to apply. Previous Hometown Humanities locations include Miles...

When the Montana Foodbank Network backed up to the dock at White’s Wholesale Meats on Jan. 14, Kyle Middlemist, director of the Western Montana Stockgrowers Association, and Jack Stivers, secretary for the WMSA, were ready to help load hamburger.  To help stretch budgets and fill stomachs with ...

News from  United Way WESTERN MONTANA — Social service agencies throughout Northwest Montana are gearing up for the annual Montana Homeless Survey, which will be conducted on Thursday, Jan. 29.  People who consider themselves homeless or at risk of being homeless may fill out a surve...

HELENA – The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation recently released the 2015 Montana State Water Plan. The result of an 18-month-long planning and public involvement process, the plan contains 68 recommendations to guide state water policy and management from the present into the...

News from the United Way The 2015 edition of the Answer Book, a comprehensive guide to services in Flathead, Lake, Lincoln and Sanders Counties, is now available through the United Way. Copies are available at the United Way office at the Gateway Community Center in Kalispell in the former Gateway West Ma...

News from Montana Department of Labor and Industry HELENA — On Jan. 1, Montana’s minimum wage increased 15 cents, from $7.90 per hour to $8.05 per hour. In 2014 an estimated 12,850 Montana workers, or 2.9 percent of the workforce, received hourly wages less than $8.05 per hour and are likely t...

News from the Montana Department of Revenue HELENA – The Montana Department of Revenue announced the release of its Biennial Report on Friday. The 385-page publication provides detailed information on taxes administered by the department and tax collections for the biennium between July 1, 2012, and...

News from Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana CHARLO – The Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana’s annual fundraiser, the Black Tie Dinner (tie optional), will be held at Allentown Restaurant at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. The museum will be open from 5:30-6:45 p.m., and dinner guests are invite...

HELENA – Gov. Steve Bullock and the Montana Department of Commerce (MDOC) are celebrating 125 years of statehood by giving residents a chance to own an iconic piece of Montana history. By entering a social media contest, Montanans could win one of 10 “Welcome to Montana” highway signs us...

Unofficial Lake County results, does not include any provisional voters   United States Senate Steve Daines, Republican 4,945 Roger Roots, Libertarian  179 Amanda Curtis, Democrat  3,432 Write-in  12   United States Representative John Lewis, Democrat  ...