Articles with the Tag: Helena

News from the Office of the Governor HELENA – Montana’s unemployment rate rose slightly in August to 4.1 percent, an increase of 0.1 percentage points. The U.S. unemployment rate edged down to 5.1 percent, a 0.2 percentage point decline. “Montana’s economy continues to show stre...

Bull-A-Rama to benefit Polson Police officer POLSON — A Bull-A-Rama, a rodeo just for bull riders, is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. at the Polson Fairgrounds.  The event will benefit Polson Police Officer William Cleveland, who has had been diagnosed with incurable cancer of the...

HELENA — The School Funding Interim Commission is soliciting input from Montana residents through an online survey for its study of the funding of Montana’s public elementary and secondary school system.  “We are using an internet survey so Montanans can easily share their ideas and...

HELENA – A man has appealed two life sentences handed down in 2013 for a disturbing home invasion and murder in Dixon by saying his plea of “guilty, but mentally ill” should not have been permitted.  Nathan Lee William Calvert, 35, was sentenced in 2013 to two life sentences, plus t...

HELENA — On July 31, Governor Steve Bullock appointed Jasmine Courville-Brown of Ronan to the Flathead Basin Commission. Courville-Brown is a pesticide specialist for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The Flathead Basin Commission’s purpose is to protect the existing high quality of th...

News from the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation  HELENA — After becoming state law on April 24, 2015, the first steps toward implementation of the water rights compact between the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the State of Montana and the United States are under way.&n...

Miss Montana USA  to visit Polson POLSON – The Polson Shooters Association is excited to announce that Miss Montana will visit Polson. She will make several appearances around town. On Friday, Aug. 21, she will be a special guest at the INFR Rodeo. On Saturday, Aug. 22, she will shoot with the ...

Stranahan selected for Leadership Montana   BILLINGS — Arlee resident Mary Stranahan of Good Works Ventures, LLC, will be one of 44 community, business, education, healthcare, nonprofit and government leaders from across the state selected for the Leadership Montana Class of 2016. These i...

News from the Montana Office of Public Instruction HELENA — With the passage of SB 345 by the 2015 Legislature, the Office of Public Instruction (OPI) is following a new process for adoption of content and performance standards. The process involves the establishment of a negotiated rulemaking commi...

HELENA – Attorneys for a man convicted by a jury in December 2014 for stabbing and killing a Polson man have asked the Montana Supreme Court to reconsider his punishment.  Makueeyapee Whitford was sentenced in April by Lake County District Judge James Manley to 60 years in Montana State Prison ...