The Great Northern Development Corp. has received a $530,000 grant from the Montana Department of Commerce under the Big Sky Economic Development Trust Fund Grant Program. This grant will provide crucial support for businesses in the GNDC region, enabling opportunities for operational enhancements, updates and start-up ventures. Executive director Tori Matejovsky expressed her appreciation, saying,

Attorney General Austin Knudsen has announced appointments to the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force. The task force’s main goals are to break down jurisdictional barriers and identify causes that contribute to missing and murdered Indigenous persons. Stacie FourStar, representing the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, was one of the individuals selected to the task force.

Montana 4-H program displays and events will be on display at the numerous county fairs this summer. Montana 4-H is the youth development program of MSU Extension and, for 4-H youth, the fair is a public opportunity to show what they have learned and to continue developing civil service and social skills while running events like concession stands, petting zoos or exhibits. “Time spent

Over the next two years, dozens of cities and counties across Montana will review their local governments as called for by a voter initiative in primary elections. Once a decade, Montana’s Constitution offers voters the chance to study and potentially change the structure of local governments. The measure appeared on primary ballots across all counties and incorporated cities or towns in the

Australia is poised to be the first country to approach cervical cancer elimination. Through nationally-funded HPV vaccination programs, vaccination programs targeting males, and comprehensive organized cervical cancer screening programs, their National Strategy for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer aims to eradicate this cancer as a public health issue in Australia by 2035. In Roosevelt County,

Jeremy L. Swisher, the Glendive Chief of Police, is facing three felony charges for hunting on Montana tribal lands without a license and tampering with witnesses, after the Montana Attorney General’s Office say he made up a story about hunting, then changed it, urging other law enforcement officers to lie to investigators. The case stems from before Swisher arrived in Glendive as police chief.

Montanans should expect to see more smoke this summer and early fall than last year, but officials say it’s predicted to remain a normal fire season for the state, albeit with likely at least 25% more activity than 2023. The recent late spring moisture is expected to delay the start of fire season into later in July and that season will likely continue into September, forecasters told Gov.