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UM News Service MISSOULA – The University Faculty Association at the University of Montana has launched a new fund to aid students struggling with emergency expenses. The faculty union created the fund to help students struggling with expenses that could force them to not complete spring semester or drop out of college entirely. “Professors often hear about students struggling with a lost job or broken-down car or eviction, and having heard so many of these stories from our students, we knew we needed to act,” UFA President Megan Stark said. Stark said the faculty association applied for and received a grant from the Philadelphia-based nonprofit Believe in St...

RONAN/PABLO — This spring, due to social distancing as a result of CO-VID 19, Ronan School District No. 30 is conducting their annual Kindergarten Round Up pre-registration for Ronan and Pablo residents, via telephone call-in. Registration to pre-enroll, for both elementary schools for the upcoming 202...

The lights may not be on inside Arlee’s buildings, but the Light Up Arlee event on Wednesday night sent a bright spark of hope and a sense of togetherness through the community. Arlee Schools staff and faculty, along with several law enforcement and EMS vehicles, made up a parade containing 50 vehic...

LAKE COUNTY – Last week all school boards in the county decided to keep their campuses closed through the end of the school year.  School officials made independent decisions to continue distance learning after Governor Steve Bullock, on May 7, gave districts across Montana the option to re-ope...

MONTANA — The U.S. Department of Education approved the Montana Office of Public Instruction’s application for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds under the federal CARES Act.  Montana will receive $41.3 million to support local school districts in responding to the COV...

UM News Service MISSOULA – Researchers in the Center for Translational Medicine at the University of Montana have been awarded $2.5 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health to identify and advance a COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The principal investigator on the two-year award is...

News from the Ronan School District  RONAN/PABLO — This spring, due to social distancing as a result of COVID-19, the Ronan School District No. 30 is conducting their annual Kindergarten Round Up preregistration for Ronan and Pablo residents, via telephone call-in. Registration to pre-enroll,...