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An aviation fuel company in Great Falls will soon receive its first installment of a nearly $1.7 billion loan from the federal government to increase production.
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Montana State University will soon help communities and tribes in six states obtain environmental and energy related grants.
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$28 million in federal funding has been designated to support restoration and conservation projects on public lands across the West.
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Montana has received federal funding to expand air quality monitoring stations, particularly in rural areas.
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Rural businesses and agriculture producers in Montana have been awarded $1.3 million in federal grants to become more energy efficient. A nonprofit organization said an anonymous tip led them to recover a missing piece of expensive monitoring equipment from the Big Hole river last week.
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Federal environmental officials released their proposed plan to clean up a defunct aluminum smelter in Columbia Falls. Officials announced that they’re going to spend close to $27 million on three habitat restoration projects across Montana. A Wyoming district court has ruled in favor of hunters who crossed corners between public and private lands.
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Roughly 53,000 Montanans are enrolled in a marketplace health insurance plan, up slightly over last year’s figures.
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U.S. National Forest Service Chief Randy Moore spoke in Missoula Thursday and said $10 billion will soon help fund work in forests around the country.
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Montana will expand its air quality monitoring system in the upcoming years. The state received a federal grant to install new monitoring stations in rural communities across the state.
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Open enrollment for the public health insurance marketplace opens Tuesday. Plans for both individuals and families may be cheaper than in years past.