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News from the Lake County Planning Department LAKE COUNTY — Lake County currently seeks volunteers for the following boards. Positions begin on January 1. Attendance may be in person or via Zoom for most meetings. If you have questions about the area of jurisdiction for a particular board or to obtain an application, please check with the Lake County Planning Department. Lake County Planning Board This board advises the Lake County Commissioners on planning issues. The board regularly meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. to review and make recommendations on subdivision proposals and to work on long range planning documents. Volunteers must re...
News from the office of Governor Gianfor HELENA — Along with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), Governor Greg Gianforte today announced a record-setting oil and gas lease sale on state trust lands in four months, totaling more than $5.4 million in revenue. ...
News from the office of Senator Daines U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) recently announced the bipartisan “Protection for Reservation Occupants Against Trafficking and Evasive Communications Today (PROTECT) Act” to combat drug trafficki...
News from the Department of the Interior WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior recently announced new agreements with the U.S. Library of Congress and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History as part of the Department’s Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative. The ...
News from the Montana Department of Commerce HELENA – The Montana Department of Commerce announced today more than $37 million in federal housing tax credits will be allocated to six developments to build new affordable homes in five Montana communities. “The Montana Board of Housing has ...
News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — Governor Greg Gianforte concluded his fourth annual 12 Days of Giving campaign in Helena on Tuesday, Dec. 17, by spotlighting The Angel Fund, a non-profit organization that provides Helena School District children in-need with school items includ...
News from the Dept. of the Interior WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior recently announced that over $20 million is available through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to strengthen local governments’ wildfire response by converting vehicles to wildland fire engines...
News from the Montana Department of Commerce HELENA – The Montana Department of Commerce announced Dec. 17 that 49 local event organizations will share more than $740,000 of grant funding to support destination events that will help increase tourism in Montana communities. The funding is through C...
News from Rob Bird, Human Resource Director, MT Judicial Branch The following candidates have applied for the position of associate water judge for the Montana Water Court: Nathanial Block, William C. Fanning, Julia Nordlund, Bina Peters, Anna Stradley, Madeleine Weisz. Public comment is now open on ...
News from the office of Senator Daines U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines recently issued the following statement thanking Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) for his service to Montana. “I’d like to thank Senator Tester for his 25 years of public service to the people of Montana. Jon&rsquo...
