The Montana Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for more than $2.7 million in federal funding available through the Specialty Crop Block Grant program. The purpose of the program is to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in Montana. Specialty crops include fruits and vegetables, peas, lentils, dried fruits, as well as horticulture, nursery crops, and floriculture.

Blue Cross Blue Shield fought this week in Lewis and Clark County District Court to stop the Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance from moving ahead with an investigation into a massive data breach, affecting more than 460,000 Montanans. Montana’s largest insurance carrier told Judge Christopher Abbott the process has been stacked against it and it hasn’t been able to properly