Montana DOC: Millions in Federal Loans Available to Help Montana’s Small Businesses Expand, Create Jobs

MISSOULA – At first glance, a room in the basement of McGill Hall on the University of Montana campus appears like a private gym with treadmills, dumbbells and exercise bikes. It seems like a good place for a workout. But the space is actually a research laboratory for students and faculty in UM’s School of Integrative Physiology and Athletic Training within the College of Health. For the past few

WASHINGTON (March 13, 2024) — Today C-SPAN announced that students at Foothills Community Christian School in Great Falls, Montana are 2024 honorable mention prize winners in C-SPAN’s 20th annual StudentCam competition.  Kimber Koteskey and Tri ...

GREAT FALLS – First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park will hold its annual art show and reception on March 16 as part of Great Falls Western Art Week. The park will also hold the final rock art interpretive hike of the season that day. The gu...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Matt Rosendale announced yesterday that Billings Gazette photographer Larry Mayer will be his guest this evening for the State of the Union Address. Mayer was the first person to take a picture of the Chinese spy balloon that flew over Montana's missle field, and other military installations across the country, before it was finally shot down off the South Carolina c

MISSOULA – Long before she was cast as a lead in the award-winning and Oscar-nominated film “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Lily Gladstone was cast in her very first University of Montana theatrical production during her junior year by Head of Acting and Musical Theatre Professor Bernadette Sweeney. It was 2006, and a...

BOZEMAN – The Ivan Doig Center for the Study of the Lands and People of the North American West at Montana State University will host “The Buffalo Commons: A National History, A Regional History, A Family History.” The event will feature an evening with Deborah and Frank Popper, originators of the Buffalo Commons idea March 27, at 6 p.m. in the Museum of the Roc...

HELENA, Mont.— Beginning today, all Veterans who were exposed to toxins and other hazards while serving in the military – at home or abroad – are now eligible to enroll directly in VA health care.  The VA recently announced that they were expanding coverage and eliminating the phased-in approach, meaning that millions of Veterans are becoming eligible for VA health care up to eight years earlier t

HELENA, Mont. – The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest has partnered with the Montana Conservation Corps to offer five AmeriCorps positions that would serve together as part of the newly formed Helena Youth Corps. “We are excited about this new partnership and hope to better engage young adults in meaningful work experiences across the forest,” said Recreation Program Manager Rory Glueckert. “

WEST GLACIER, Mont. –  Glacier National Park officials announced Monday that the park will receive over $1.9M in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to continue work to advance bison reintroduction; inventory cultural resources impacted by climate change; and protect and restore whitebark pine. Glacier National Park...

HELENA, Mont. –  From March 4 through March 15, the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest will be accepting applications for twelve entry-level permanent wildland firefighter and dispatcher positions. These positions allow for paid training and travel, overtime, hazard pay, and federal employee benefits, such as medical and retirement. Additiona ...

GREAT FALLS - Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will host a series of bear educational programs in central Montana this spring, addressing the biology and status of bears in the area, along with focused discussion and hands-on examples of how to prevent conflicts on the farm and ranch, at home, and when recreating outdoors. “As ...

HELENA – Gov. Greg Gianforte unveiled the winner of the 2024 Migratory Bird Stamp art contest at the Capitol Rotunda in a small ceremony Monday. The winning work will be on display for a week at the Capitol and then at Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ headquarters in Helena. The winning artwor ...