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News from St. Luke Community Healthcare People who live in rural communities live an average of three years fewer than their urban counterparts and face a 30% increased risk for stroke mortality — a gap that has grown over the past two decades. The team at St. Luke Community Healthcare is committed to changing that. For efforts to improve stroke care and eliminate rural health disparities, St. Luke recently received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Rural Recognition Bronze Performance award. “The facility began participating in the program last August,” shared St. Luke Emergency Department Manager, Stephanie Reffner, &ldq...
News from GPCF POLSON — The Miracle of America Museum is pleased to announce that they have received a grant for $2650.00 from the Greater Polson Community Foundation. According to Museum CEO Gil Mangels, the grant will help the Museum to display, preserve and protect important historic documents....
POLSON — Mission Mountain Empowerment (MME), formerly Mission Mountain Enterprises, gathered staff, clients, and community to celebrate their organizational rebrand last Thursday in their new administration building on South Hills Drive. After purchasing the new building around a year ago, Executive...
News from the Montana Department of Commerce MONTANA — To protect Montana businesses and encourage strong cybersecurity practices, the Montana Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced that the Montana Cybersecurity Program has been extended until December 31. “We know that small...
News from Providence MISSOULA — Providence St. Patrick Hospital has been named one of the Top 25 hospitals in the country for its distinguished work in pursuing environmental excellence. We also received the Greening the OR Recognition Award and a Circle of Excellence Award for Waste from Practice...
News from Nova Vento Entertainment POLSON — Nova Vento Entertainment, a Polson-based film production and distribution company, present a public and cast screening with local and Hollywood cast in attendance. The World Premiere of their new feature film “Somewhere in Montana” is Thursda...
News from S&K Self Storage PABLO — S&K Self Storage is thrilled to announce the expansion of its operations with the introduction of brand new, easily accessible storage units. With this expansion, S&K Self Storage continues its commitment to providing top-notch storage solutions to in...
News from WMMHC MISSOULA — As the nation continues to see a shift in funding for mental health services, Western Montana Mental Health Center embarks on significant changes to better provide and meet the integral need for mental health care in Montana. With the goal of meeting patients exactly whe...
POLSON — Ladies Night in Polson’s downtown also saw a ribbon cutting event for a unique new business in town: the Satori Holistic Healing Center. “It went really well. I bought way too much food, but it was really good,” laughed owner Brianna Seidel, as she spoke of the grand openi...
As the Montana Insurance Commissioner, I am often asked about high premiums in certain lines of insurance. One example is rising premiums in wildfire risk areas. This makes intuitive sense − if the risk of fire and loss is higher, the premium increases to ensure the insurance company can cover their po...
