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Video Telehealth Site for Veterans Opens at UM
MISSOULA – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has opened a new video telehealth site at the University of Montana designed to help student and faculty member veterans receive convenient VA care.
UM will house one of two Montana Accessing Telehealth through Local Area Stations (ATLAS) sites on its Missoula campus at the Military and Veterans Services Office, located at 1000 E. Beckwith Ave. Th
High-tech Manikins Bring Learning to Life for MSU Nursing Students
BOZEMAN – Five-year-old Hal looks at the upheld finger of a nursing student who is talking to him and follows it with his eyes. When the student nurse asks him what hurts, his eyes well up with tears and the pain is evident in his facial expression.
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MSU Pioneers On-Campus Telehealth Services for Veterans
BOZEMAN – Student and faculty veterans at Montana State University are among the first in the nation able to meet with their remote medical providers without leaving campus in a newly dedicated telehealth access site in MSU’s Travis W. Atkins Veteran ...
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FWP Offers Online Bear Safety Training for Hunters
HELENA – Human-bear conflicts increase in fall as bears gorge in preparation for hibernation and people take to the woods for archery and rifle hunting seasons. We had an unfortunate reminder of that fact last weekend, when a pheasant hunter was seriously injured after a surprise encounter with a bear near Choteau.
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FWP Wants Your Opinion on Proposed Streambank Stabilization Project on the Smith River
HELENA – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking additional public comment on an environmental assessment (EA) for a streambank stabilization project at Camp Baker at Smith River State Park.
Public comment on the EA was first taken in June and July, and a decision notice was issued Aug. 8. After more
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Hunting Regulations: UM Wildlife Researchers Seek to Clarify the Complicated
MISSOULA – Coming in at a weighty 143 pages, Montana’s 2022 book of deer, elk and antelope hunting regulations is an impressive tome listing license costs, permit drawing stats, season start dates, tag requirements and the ominous penalties for breaking any of its stated rules.
It’s a valuable r...
USS Billings Wages War on Drugs in the Caribbean, Eastern Pacific
"Gold Crew" hands off to "Blue Crew"
MAYPORT, Fla. - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) Gold Crew returned to Mayport, Fla., Oct. 7th, following its second successful deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations.
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Round Dance Planned to Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day at MSU
BOZEMAN – Montana State University will commemorate Indigenous Peoples Day 2022 with a round dance on Monday, Oct. 10, at noon at the Sunrise Plaza in front of the American Indian Hall on MSU’s campus. This event is free and open to the public.
This year’
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MSU Student, Navy Pilot Father Will Share a Special Moment Just Before the Bobcats Homecoming Game
BOZEMAN — The roar of two Navy F-5N Tiger jets will mingle with the final notes of the national anthem in Bobcat Stadium this Saturday, thrilling fans assembled for the 2022 Montana State University homecoming football game against Idaho State and marking a personal homecoming of sorts for one Bozeman family.
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MSU Nursing Faculty to Collaborate on Rural Cancer Care Project
BOZEMAN – Faculty and students from Montana State University’s Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing will collaborate on a newly-funded cancer care project aimed at providing easier access to cancer care for rural Montanans.
The $1.9 million pr
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FWP Will Release Pheasants at Freezeout Lake Ahead of Season Opening
HELENA – Pheasant season opens this Saturday, Oct. 8. To increase hunters’ opportunity for success, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will release pheasants at four wildlife management areas (WMA): Warm Springs WMA near Deer Lodge, Canyon Ferry WMA and Lake Helena WMA near Helena, and at Freezout Lake WMA near Choteau.
Prior to the youth phea
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MSU Ag Alert: Integrated Pest Management Workshop Set for Nov. 21-22
The MSU Extension IPM Program has announced the 2022 Integrated Pest Management workshop taking place on November 21 and 22, 2022, in the Plant Growth Center at Montana State University in Bozeman.
Uta McKelvy, Extension Field Crop Pathologist, sent out an MSU Ag Alert on Monday, stating that this years’ workshop will focus on “Diagnosing Plant Health Problems.” Participants in the 2-day wor...
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