Once again, the Thomas and Corinne Nyquist Foundation is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations in Bainville, Culbertson and Froid, and in New Paltz, N.Y., for funding for small community projects with a deadline for applications of Nov. 1. Calls for Nyquist Foundation grants are made once a year, and grants are awarded to eligible 503(c) private or governmental nonprofit organizations

Montana centenarians were honored last week in Great Falls at the Holiday Inn Convention Center ballroom during a special luncheon. “Montana centenarians are absolute treasures,” Department of Public Health and Human Services director Charlie Brereton said. “They have lived life to the fullest and bring so many life experiences with them. It’s an honor to celebrate these amazing individuals

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 Montana Department of Revenue said last week it received more than 226,600 applications for homeowner property tax rebates during the application period that closed Oct. 2 — a figure that, MTFP calculates, represents about three-quarters of eligible homeowners. The property tax rebates, up to $675 per homeowner, were authorized by this year’s Montana Legislature and Gov. Greg Gianforte,