Articles with the Tag: Montana
News from Shape Up Montana MONTANA – At the close of its 18th year, Shape Up Montana had 222 teams with over 2,300 members. A program of the Big Sky State Games, Shape Up Montana promotes healthful eating and a physically active lifestyle in a team format. Teams competed in two categories: ...
News from Western Native Voice MISSOULA — Four Montana organizations recently launched an online portal to encourage voter registration. The Forward Montana Foundation, Montana Women Vote, MontPIRG, and Western Native Voice have a long history of registering eligible Montanans to vote at events, in ...
News from 2020 Census MONTANA – On Friday, May 15, Montana’s self-response count passed 50 percent. That means we’re halfway there when it comes to getting a full count of Montana’s residents. Now that Census workers have resumed some operations in Montana, an estimated ...
News from FWP MONTANA – Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start to summer in Montana, and as boaters venture out to our rivers and lakes, please keep in mind the rules aimed at protecting our waters and preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species. All watercraft must stop ...
MONTANA — As the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic was rising in the U.S. earlier this spring, Montana State University engineering alumnus John Greenheck was in a good position to help. After earning his bachelor’s in civil engineering from MSU in 1999, he had spent more than 14 years sp...
Editor's Note: Montana is the oldest state west of the Mississippi, and demographic projections show the state growing collectively older as more Montanans enter their senior years. The economic, cultural, and personal impacts of that trend present the state and its residents with new challenges and, ...
On March 12, a collaboration of 16 Montana newsrooms launched the first story of a series titled Graying Pains, months in the making, exploring Montana’s status as the demographically oldest state west of the Mississippi. The next day, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced the state’s first fou...
News from the Department of Commerce MONTANA – Montana Housing at the Department of Commerce is reminding Montanans that $50 million is available for rent and mortgage assistance for Montanans who have lost a job or income as a result of COVID-19. “Our goal is to make sure Montanans...
News from USDA WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, which will provide up to $16 billion in direct payments to deliver relief to America’s farmers and ranchers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. In...
News from OPI MONTANA — Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen announced that she has formed two task forces to provide feedback and guidance on how to open the 2020-21 school year this fall in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. “Montana families and educators are looking forward...
