The state is dedicating $400,000 in one-time grant funds for autism facilities to get off the ground in Montana, a move advocates said would help serve a community of people who have had to seek treatment in other states. Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed House Bill 952, sponsored by Rep. Courtenay Sprunger, R-Kalispell, into law this month. The bill originally provided $200,000 in one-time

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the Great Northern Development Corporation will receive a $2,250,000 Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund grant, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, for dozens of assessment, cleanup and redevelopment projects. The grant will focus on projects in Poplar, Wolf Point, Glendive and other eastern Montana communities. GNDC will work closely

the matter with the city council prior to working with Bleicher in developing a MOU proposal. Commissioners will then consider the MOU request. Commissioners said they will conduct more research regarding how other counties handle such situations.