We’ll talk with Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, who is stumping for a measure to build a $100 million disaster resiliency program out of surplus funds. After earlier widespread support, the funding measure has been tabled by the House Appropriations Committee. […]
Numerous bills addressing Montana’s nursing home challenges are being debated at the legislature. How will those measures help stem the tide of nursing home closures in the state? Mike Batista from AARP Montana will join us for a closer look. […]
March 1 officially begins a new year for Montana’s hunting and fishing recreationists. Are there new changes for the 2023 fishing and hunting season? What are the dates and deadlines for license applications. Find out more as Chrissy Webb and […]
Questions about Medicare and Medicare Advantage? Learn more about the programs and the effort by Montana’s US Senators and others in the Capitol to curtail the Biden Administrations targeted reductions, as we chat with Kristine Grow of the Coalition of […]
Are resource and recreation two co-habitable industries? Northwestern Energy is partnering with the Missouri-Madison River Fund announcing nine public recreation improvement projects by grant and matching funds by the River Fund Trust and NorthWestern Energy. Guest is Kim McMahon with […]
It is a combination of bad luck, and bad forest policy – but family-owned RY Timber in Livingston will close down after their recent fires, putting 70 people onto the unemployment line. The company’s Townsend mill was shuttered in 2020 […]
The Montana Republican Party Executive Board approved and published a resolution rebuking former Montana Governor Marc Racicot after his decision to formally endorse and support Democrat candidates over Republicans in recent elections. MT GOP Vice Chair, Representative Lola Sheldon-Galloway, who […]
Is the upcoming closure of the Sidney Sugars processing plant a sign of an era coming to an end for the sugar industry in the region? Prairie County Commissioner Dennis Teske, a former sugar beet grower and board member of […]
According to the Montana Hospital Association, fifty individuals seek urgent psychiatric care in Montana emergency rooms every day. Unfortunately, very few hospitals, regardless of size, can provide the appropriate level of care. As a result, Montanans in crisis are either […]
What does it mean to be “rural”? We examine rural narratives and storytelling with www.reframingrural.org podcast host Megan Torgerson. Torgerson is in her third year of hosting podcasts examining rural people and issues. On a recent podcast, Torgerson incorporated her […]
