Montana Tech

Montana lawmakers are showing bipartisan support for a plan to eliminate copayments for parents whose students qualify for reduced-price lunches; The National Science Foundation’s Chief Science Officer has accepted an offer to be Montana Tech’s new chancellor.

National data show more Montana high school seniors are filling out federal student loan applications this year than last. The application had a smoother rollout compared to last year, which was marred by technical glitches and delays.

The Montana Department of Corrections is scoping potential locations for a new women’s prison. Department officials pitched Butte commissioners on the idea.

The Montana Nurses Association and Community Medical Center in Missoula announced Friday they agreed to a new union contract. Montana Tech has been awarded $6.5 million from the Department of Defense to fund workforce development in the mining industry.

A series of delays at the federal level will impact when students start receiving financial aid offers from Montana colleges.

Highlands College of Montana Tech will use the $1 million of federal funding given to the Butte-Silver Bow county as pandemic aid to provide workforce development, education and training.

There’s an ongoing debate in Butte about public health and exposure to heavy metals in the environment from historic and current mining operations. The…

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — Major changes are in the works at a Montana university.Montana Tech plans to cut and merge certain programs and cut and transfer some…

Campaign contributions in the fight over Montana ballot initiative 186 have roughly doubled over the last month, most of that money is backing opponents…

A new study on human health risks associated with mining recently made waves in Butte, and on Thursday the author is giving a talk at Montana Tech to…