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DPHHS confirms state’s first COVID-19 case caused by Omicron variant

News from DPHHS MONTANA — On Dec. 20 the Department of Public Health and Human Services officials have detected the Omicron variant through testing of positive COVID-19 samples from two Montana residents in their 30s with travel history to South Africa. The variant was confirmed through genomic se...

NRCS announces new EQIP funding

News from USDA BOZEMAN — The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Montana is offering a new assistance opportunity for agricultural producers through its Environmental Quality Incentives Program. While NRCS accepts applications year-round, producers and landowners should apply by the Feb...

Valley Views

With the unrelenting talk about election fraud, I’ve decided now to clear my conscience and disclose that I voted twice for President in 1996. No, it wasn’t an act of voter fraud. As a delegate to the Republican convention that year, I voted to nominate Bob Dole as the Republican candidate. I vot...

Arntzen announces partnership with afterschool programs

News from the Montana Office of Public Instruction HELENA – The Office of Public Instruction (OPI) has released the formal application for the Montana Afterschool Grant. This grant is part of the federal American Rescue Plan for COVID-19 relief. Afterschool community organizations, including schoo...

Legislative Notes

Montana families across the state are feeling the pain in their pocketbooks from inflation and higher prices on everything from gas to groceries to heating their homes. What’s causing this? President Biden and Congressional Democrats’ wasteful spending problems, and their multitrillion dollar rec...

MSU MontGuide helps Montanans file homestead declarations

News from MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University Extension has an updated MontGuide about filing a homestead declaration and the benefits it gives homeowners. Montana defines a homestead as a house a person lives in and the land on which it sits. A mobile home or manufactured home ...

Daines’ receives award for conservation efforts Daines’ receives award for conservation efforts

News from the office of Senator Daines MONTANA — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, a Montana-based sportsmen and conservation group, presented U.S. Senator Steve Daines with their first-ever Excellence in Advocacy Award for his bipartisan work on conservation and forest management. “Cons...

$5.1M to address school supply chain disruption, food shortages in Montana

News from the office of Senator Tester U.S. SENATE — Following an aggressive push, U.S. Senator Jon Tester announced on Dec. 17 he secured $5,159,810 in U.S. Department of Agriculture funding for the state of Montana and local school districts to ease supply chain disruptions and foot shortages br...

Schools receive $2.7 million for COVID-19 testing

News from the Office of the Governor HELENA – The state distributed $2.7 million in federal funding to public and private schools this fall to help them remain open during the ongoing pandemic. The funding is part of a federal school reopening program to provide all the resources necessary to o...

Briefs for Dec. 22, 2021

Follow the ‘Penguin Path’ FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Families are invited to one or all of the Penguin Path Stations location at the North Lake County Public Library in Polson, the McDonald Event Center at Salish Kootenai College, the fairgrounds in Ronan, the Boys and Girls Teen Club, (76...


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