Feature photo: Castle Rock Lake provides a staple recreational area for Colstrip residents and others from the area. Filled with water pumped in from the Yellowstone River, located thirty miles north, the man-made lake allows people to fish, swim, and...
This isn’t your grandpa’s apprenticeship program Montanans are a hard-working bunch of folks. Year after year, we endure calving season or fall harvest. Week after week, we toil through 12-hour hospital shifts or 10-hour days operating heavy machinery. We are...
Reclamation Projects Bring Jobs to Montana Communities Our grandparents may not have known about the unintended consequences of channelizing streams, but we certainly do. Today, Montanans from Eureka to the Ruby are taking in information and finding ways to help...
The Ruby Valley Realizes Importance of Critical Access Hospitals Disaster struck for me at the tail end of August, at the age of 16. The encounter left me in deep shock, so some of the details are fuzzy. But I...
Eastern Montana’s Small Business Development Centers Support Rural Communities Where do you go to get your truck fixed, to have your implements altered, or to get your hair cut? Chances are, it’s a local place. Many of our towns’ jobs...
Nicaraguan delegation just the latest seeking Montana genes for herd improvement Story and Video by Sanjay Talwani HUNTLEY, MONT. --- For generations, Montana cattlemen have improved their herds, breeding cattle that are bigger, better marbled, easier to manage and more...
Local breweries are popping up across our state -- from Havre to Hamilton, from Libby to Lavina, from Sidney to Sheridan. These breweries are offering a high-quality, made-in-Montana product. They're providing a comfortable space to relax after work or to...
Montana’s $7 billion economic juggernaut deemed “nonessential” by Speaker Austin Knudsen Montanans expect our government to be smart and fair with taxpayer dollars. We believe that our politicians should be accountable to the folks who write their paychecks -- us....
Most new jobs in services, professions “102,000 net new jobs with 85 percent coming from service-related industries such as outdoor recreation, health care, real estate, professional and technical services. The research also shows how Montana’s counties with the highest percentage...
PART 1: Not a farmer or rancher?--Here’s why Ag should still matter to you. Agriculture is one of Montana's leading industries. In 2015, Montana agriculture generated $4.6 billion! That’s more money than the entire country of Fiji made that year....
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