Approximately half of today’s high school aged students in Montana have tried using electronic cigarettes and nearly a quarter of them are daily vape users. Since July 1, 2019, National Jewish Health, the nation’s largest non-profit tobacco quit line provider together with nine partner states including Montana’s Tobacco Use Prevention Program has implemented an enhanced tobacco cessation

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making more than $3 billion in funding available for agricultural producers and forest landowners nationwide to participate in voluntary conservation programs and adopt climate-smart practices in fiscal year 2024. As first announced in August, Montana private land managers interested in participating in Natural Resources Conservation Service programs must

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has again introduced a bill that aims to create a permanent bison program within the Department of Interior to help bolster tribal involvement in the restoration and management of the creatures on tribal lands. The Indian Buffalo Management Act, introduced Sept. 22 by Sens. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., has received backing from

Average gasoline prices in Montana have fallen 11.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.97/g on Monday, Oct. 9, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 13.3 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 9.0 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 4.0 cents in the last week and stands at $4.48