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By Skylar Rispens, UM News Service MISSOULA — The University of Montana sounded an alarm for “record-setting low streamflow conditions” on the Blackfoot River this summer at a press conference last week in collaboration with the Blackfoot Challenge, a local volunteer conservation group.  “In fact, Montana is the epicenter of drought in the western U.S. right now,” said Kelsey Jencso, a UM hydrology professor and director of the state’s Climate Office based at UM. “The conditions that we’re experiencing right now are a function of the snowpack that we did not see this past winter.”  Jencso explained that El Nino weath...

News from the office of Senator Tester BIG SANDY — As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, U.S. Senator Jon Tester earlier this month secured key Montana priorities during the mark-up of the FY25 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill; the FY25 Labor, Heal...

News from the Montana Dept. of Commerce HELENA — The Montana Department of Commerce announced recently that more than $10 million of grant funding has been allocated to communities and affordable housing organizations to help reduce homelessness and increase housing stability. The funding is throu...

News from Freestone Development BROWNING — For many Treasure State residents, much of Montana feels like it is being lost to a new wave of change. Familiar places that hold the memories of our upbringing are now hardly recognizable. However, there are those places that hold true to their history, ...

News from Aidan Williams  MISSOULA — On Aug. 22, Pearl Jam will host “Our Village,” a free and open-to-the-public community festival that will take place during the day, prior to the show that evening in Missoula. The event will take place from 2-5 p.m. at the Riverbowl Tailgate A...

POLSON — The annual meeting of Polson Senior Citizens, Inc. will be held this Friday, at 11: 30 am. We will have elections and present the annual report for approval. Lunch will be served after the meeting is adjourned. I know that there always seems to be a “day” celebrating something o...

ST. IGNATIUS — If anyone has extra garden produce and don’t know what to with it, call the St. Ignatius Senior Center or the senior center in your area and share with the people there. The local Food Banks may need donations also. School will be starting soon. Be on the watch for children and ...

News from the office of Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen HELENA — Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen says more than 5,200 new business registrations were filed in Montana during the month of July, according to the Montana Business Economic Report. For the sixth time in seven...

It was a busy weekend in downtown Polson as a car show, brewfest and art festival drew crowds of people to town. The annual Cruisin’ by the Bay car show, hosted by the Mission Valley Cruisers car club, drew 186 entries this year. Handmade trophies, made entirely of car parts by club members, were gi...

News from Sloane Stinson, MDT RONAN — Riverside Contracting, Inc. crews will be onsite next week wrapping up electrical work and road sign installation throughout the project area. Single-lane closures may be required where work is occurring. The speed limit remains at 35 mph in the constructio...