Montana News

Montana health officials: RFK Jr.’s vaccine changes may affect local communities The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices within crafts recommendations for school vaccine requirements but U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired its 17 member. Montana public health department spokesperson Jon Ebelt confirmed the agency receives and distributes the vaccines […]

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Yellowstone visitation statistics for August 2025 Yellowstone National Park hosted 881,936 recreation visits in August up 2% from August 2024. So far in 2025 the park has hosted 3,547,967 recreation visits up 2% from 2024. The park’s record-breaking year was 2021 with over 4.8 million recreation visits. This August’s visitation showed a 4% decrease from […]

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Trump administration plans coal lease sales in Alabama Montana and Utah The Trump administration has announced plans for competitive coal lease sales this year in Alabama, Montana, and Utah as part of a broad government effort to bolster domestic coal production. In Montana the Bureau of Land Management will hold a sale October 6th for […]

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SNAP benefits to disappear this week for more than 2 million Americans New tax laws that took effect on Labor Day include cuts to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program commonly known as food stamps. Approximately 80,000 Montanans received SNAP benefits in Fiscal Year 2024 which is about 7.2% of the state’s population. According to the […]

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Record High Labor Force Continued Wage and Personal Income Growth Fuel Montana’s Economy According to the 2025 Labor Day Report more Montanans are working now than at any point in the state’s history. More than 60,000 jobs were added over the last five years alone The state’s economic growth has resulted in an average 2.3% […]

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Governor Gianforte Approves $308 Million In Awards Governor Greg Gianforte has approved $308 million in broadband deployment grants. The funding includes 32 projects that will cover all 71,975 unserved and underserved locations in Montana with fiber fixed wireless and low-earth satellite technologies. Suspect in Anaconda Mass Shooting to Face Arraignment September 6 Michael Paul Brown, […]

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Montana Lottery selects gaming contractor after competitive bid The Montana Lottery has awarded its gaming system contract to the incumbent vendor Intralot Incorporated. The Greek-based company bid 5 cents on each dollar made on the games the company runs for the state lottery below its current rate of 8 cents and also agreed to replace […]

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Canadian Pacific joins Buffett in rejecting railroad consolidation narrowing merger prospects Canadian Pacific Kansas City joined Warren Buffett’s BNSF Railway Tuesday in rejecting participation in any near-term rail industry consolidation for Union Pacific’s proposed $85 billion tie-up with Norfolk Southern that would reshape the movement of goods ranging from grains to autos across the country. […]

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