The Gianforte Administration has proposed to bump up the per diem for the stressed facilities, but only for a fraction of the recommended increased rates. Nursing homes are on the ropes financially, and so far, 11 facilities have closed or announced closures in the state, according to data from the Montana Health Care Association. They also have been operating at well below capacity, recently

Gov. Greg Gianforte put his signature on a $309 million list of broadband grants intended to expand rural connectivity across Montana Wednesday, Dec. 14, clearing the way for private internet companies to begin publicly subsidized construction on what the governor called a “historic” investment in closing the state’s digital divide. Gianforte’s action endorses the list of grant awards

Montana State University’s Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing was recently awarded a grant of nearly $4 million to strengthen clinical faculty and preceptor training in rural states across the West. The grant, which comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration, will be administered by Molly Secor, the nursing college’s associate

His words in the Book of John. In chapter 14, he tells us why he came and what the Good News is all about. He said that he was the way to heaven (vs. 6) and that was the reason he came to give everyone a way “through” him, there is no other. In chapters 15 and 17, Jesus explained that just as the angel had told the shepherds, he came to bring us joy and to ensure our joy was great. If you have

o'er Bethlehem it took its rest; and there it did both stop and stay, right over the place where Jesus lay. Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, born is the King of Israel. Then entered in those Wise Men three, full reverently upon the knee, and offered there, in his presence, their gold and myrrh and frankincense. Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, born is the King of Israel. (Lyrics courtesy of Hymnary.

Area law enforcement agencies responded to a report of a suicidal male at Greenwood Cemetery in Wolf Point on Monday, Dec. 19, at approximately 2 p.m. Officers from the Wolf Point Police Department and Fort Peck Tribes Department of Law and Justice were first to arrive on the scene. The 47-year-old male then discharged the firearm at the ground, reported Wolf Point Police Chief Alisha Morales.