Bozeman Montana

A Bozeman nonprofit clinic will take over administering federal funds for family planning health care services in Montana. The clinic beat out the state health department in a competitive application process.

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday show half of Montana counties reported more deaths than births from April 2020 to July 2021.

For decades, housing affordability has been a hot-button issue in Bozeman politics, a clear community pain point where the city’s elected leaders haven’t managed to deliver significant relief. As insider and outsider candidates campaigned for city offices in 2021, housing policy became the election’s key issue. The solution, some residents argued, was to elect working-class advocates to positions of power. Key to getting the job done, others countered, is experienced, incumbent leadership.

Low-income housing developers in Montana are looking for new ways to build homes as labor and building material prices skyrocket amid the pandemic. 3D printing may be one answer.

Bozeman’s seasonal warming shelter opened earlier this month at double its normal capacity to keep up with a rise in demand.

The levy would have added $1 million per year to Bozeman’s community housing fund, which in the past has subsidized affordable housing developments and supported the city’s tiny home village and warming shelter.

A tiny home development in north Bozeman will soon welcome its first 12 residents

Montana’s bipartisan redistricting commission has narrowed down the possibilities for congressional maps that would create two U.S. House seats in the state for the first time in 30 years.

Recent rainfall and early conservation efforts have replenished water supplies in several Montana cities, leading officials to repeal restrictions on water use.

The City of Bozeman is asking property owners to help fund the construction of new affordable houses in the area.