Big Sky Butcher LLC from Glendive received a loan offered through the Meat & Poultry Processing Intermediary Loan Program Sept. 8. MPILP is a USDA financial program granting $4 million to Great Northern Development Corp. to establish a revolving loan fund for meat and poultry processing businesses and activities. Matt Baca owns Big Sky Butcher, LLC, and plans to open a state-inspected

Speaking at a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee markup last week, U.S. Senator Jon Tester, D-Mont., highlighted his successful push to force the Biden Administration to withdraw one of its Amtrak Board of Directors nominees and replace them with someone outside of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor. Tester’s comments follow a successful months-long effort to secure rural representation on the Amtrak

A woman passenger who admitted to methamphetamine and gun crimes after an attempted traffic stop led to the driver shooting and wounding a Great Falls police officer was sentenced last week to six years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Nikki Marie Snell, 38, of Harlem pleaded guilty in May to possession with intent to distribute