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Backlog Of Toxic Superfund Cleanups Grows Under Trump

By • Jan 2, 2020

The Trump administration is building up the biggest backlog in years of unfunded Superfund projects.

State Will Remodel, Expand Historical Society Building

By • Dec 12, 2019
"Herd Bull," a bronze bison skull sculpture by artist Benji Daniels on display in front of the Montana Historical Society in Helena, MT.
Eric Whitney / Montana Public Radio

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The state has decided to remodel the current Montana Historical Society building and add a connected building to create the new Montana Heritage Center.

Yellowstone Opens Winter Tourist Season Sunday

By • Dec 12, 2019

Yellowstone National Park's winter tourist season begins Sunday. Beginning at 8 a.m., visitors will be able to travel the park’s interior roads on commercially-guided snowmobiles and snowcoaches from the North, West, and South Entrances. 

Western Governors Form Council To Target Invasive Species

By & Keith Ridler • Dec 10, 2019
Spotted knapweed is an invasive species in the western U.S.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — States need to work together to stop the spread of invasive species, Western governors say.

The Western Governors' Association on Friday launched the Western Invasive Species Council and named representatives from 13 states and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Montana Residents Urged To Plan Ahead To Get REAL ID

By & Amy Beth Hanson • Dec 6, 2019
Starting in October 2020, a regular Montana state drivers license will no longer be adequate identification to board flights within the United States or gain access to federal facilities like military bases.
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Judy Owens thought she was on top of things when she went to renew her driver’s license and get a REAL ID that will be needed to fly domestically or enter most federal buildings starting next October.

Instead, she found herself among the Montana residents facing delays of two months or longer in receiving the new cards because of high demand, staffing shortages and documentation glitches.

Report: Lobbyists Aided Lawmakers With Health Care Columns

By • Dec 2, 2019
Montana Politics News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lobbyists were involved in drafting or revising opinion columns about health care written by state lawmakers in Montana and Ohio, officials said.

Lobbyists were involved in producing the final versions of articles warning of the dangers of Medicare-for-all and other government involvement in health care, The Washington Post reported Monday.

Agency: No Invasive Mussels Found In Montana Waterways

By • Nov 13, 2019
An aquatic invasive species inspection station in Montana.
Nick Mott / Montana Public Radio

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Testing of Montana waterways this year turned up no instances of invasive mussels, the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks said Wednesday.

Under state policy, the agency will move to lift restrictions placed on Canyon Ferry Reservoir east of Helena after one suspicious water sample in 2016.

Northwest Montana Grizzly Deaths Spur Pushback

By • Nov 13, 2019
Grizzly bear track.
Jim Peaco (PD) / National Park Service

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The mortality rate of grizzly bears in northwestern Montana has prompted a group of bear researchers to challenge whether the grizzly should be removed from federal protection.

Montana Regulators Endorse $6.5M NorthWestern Rate Increase

By • Nov 7, 2019
NorthWestern Energy building in Butte, Montana.
Nora Saks / Montana Public Radio

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Public Service Commission has approved a $6.5 million rate increase for NorthWestern Energy customers, less than 20 percent of the increase the utility initially sought.

Nonprofits Donate $2 Million To Improve Gardiner's Yellowstone Entrance

By • Nov 6, 2019
Yellowstone visitors line up at the park's north entrance outside of Gardiner, Montana.
Yellowstone National Park (PD)

Two nonprofits have raised $2 million for a Yellowstone National Park construction project, and managed to do so in a very short time.

Yellowstone Forever, the official nonprofit partner of Yellowstone National Park, announced Wednesday it raised $1 million in private funds over three days at the end of September.

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