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Research team hands over results from bear sign messaging study

GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK — The bears of Jackson Hole are not only extremely vital to the ecosystem; they are celebrities. Researchers at the University of Montana (UM) have completed a recent study on how signage in Grand Teton National Park...

MonTECH : Improving Lives With Technology

MonTECH : Improving Lives With Technology

MonTech provides technology, support and services that improve the quality of life for Montanans with disabilities. Any Montanan, any age, with any physical or cognitive challenge, including learning disabilities and impairments associate with...

Montana warns of new disease-carrying tick species in the state

Montana warns of new disease-carrying tick species in the state

The presence of blacklegged ticks in Montana may increase the risk of exposure to new tick-borne illnesses in the state. HELENA, Mont. — Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services officials are alerting the public about the recent...

Montana's Most Popular Condiment Has Huge Following

Montana's Most Popular Condiment Has Huge Following

When it comes to food, I'm not all that picky. If it tastes good, I'll eat it. For many Montanans, my wife included, condiments are a big deal. I could take them or leave them. Take cheeseburgers, for example, if a cheeseburger is made of quality...

Montanan Featured Prominently in New Dale Earnhardt Doc

Montanan Featured Prominently in New Dale Earnhardt Doc

Montana's own David Allen is featured prominently in the new Dale Earnhardt documentary. David Allen is the former CEO of the Rocky Mountain Elk foundation. He now heads up the NILE Rodeo in Billings and the NILE Stock Show and so much more. But...

Congressman Zinke Tackles Rural Infrastructure Needs in Montana

Congressman Zinke Tackles Rural Infrastructure Needs in Montana

Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - Montana’s First District Congressman Ryan Zinke was live in the KGVO studio on Wednesday to field questions from Talk Back listeners, and they kept him busy. Zinke said his travels took him to rural Montana, where...

How will federal cuts affect Montana's libraries and museums?

How will federal cuts affect Montana's libraries and museums?

Libraries do more than just lend books. They offer community events, classes, access to computers — and they help preserve cultural knowledge. But, public funding is being slashed, delayed or taken back as the Trump Administration works to cut...

Thank you, Mr. Bus Driver: Over 42 years, Gerard Byrd drove 1.2 million miles on one of the worst stretches of highway in Montana

Thank you, Mr. Bus Driver: Over 42 years, Gerard Byrd drove 1.2 million miles on one of the worst stretches of highway in Montana

Gerard Byrd has been on quite the ride over the past 42 years. The School District 6 and West Glacier contract bus driver has driven some 1.2 million miles on one of the worst roads in Montana, delivering students from their homes to school and...

Montana's new law brings funding for early special education

Montana's new law brings funding for early special education

A new law will bring funding to early special education in Montana for the first time in decades. The bipartisan effort got House Bill 168 onto Governor Greg Gianforte's desk, and now, it's law. According to federal law, all school districts in...

Scam targets Montanans with fake grocery giveaway

Scam targets Montanans with fake grocery giveaway

Scams such as recent phishing attempts circulating in neighborhood Facebook groups are becoming more common and complex, according to Tiffany Lucero, who works at Technology By Design in Billings — a company that repairs devices and handles...

From Montana to Paris: Indigenous designers take their craft global

From Montana to Paris: Indigenous designers take their craft global

From Montana to Paris, local Indigenous fashion designers are carrying their craft across continents. As part of a week-long trade mission to Paris, Indigenous fashion designers from Montana showcased their work, met with international fashion...

Blacklegged Ticks Detected in Eastern Montana

Blacklegged Ticks Detected in Eastern Montana

For the first time ever, the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) has confirmed the presence of Ixodes scapularis, commonly known as the blacklegged tick or deer tick, in Eastern Montana. This marks the first...

Renovation of Montana Tech courtyard starts soon

Renovation of Montana Tech courtyard starts soon

BUTTE, Mont. — Montana Tech’s courtyard is about to get a major facelift, and officials were on hand on Tuesday afternoon to give people a preview of what is to come, as a handful of architectural designs from ThinkOne, Anderson Mason Dale...

Ironheart OTT Release Date: Here’s where you can this science fiction crime drama starring Dominique Thorne..

Ironheart OTT Release Date: Here’s where you can this science fiction crime drama starring Dominique Thorne..

As a key installment in Marvel’s Phase Five lineup, Ironheart bridges new characters with beloved legacies. Ironheart OTT Release: Marvel fans, gear up for a new chapter in the MCU! Ironheart, the highly anticipated science fiction crime drama...

On this day in history: Fort Ransom established to safeguard overland travel from Minnesota to Montana

On this day in history: Fort Ransom established to safeguard overland travel from Minnesota to Montana

On June 17, 1867, a battalion of the 10th U.S. Infantry arrived at the site of Fort Ransom to begin constructing a military post established to protect overland travel from Minnesota to Montana. According to the State Historical Society of North...

Montanans Needed to Help Track Declining Nighthawk Populations This Summer

HomeState NewsMontanans Needed to Help Track Declining Nighthawk Populations This Summer MILES CITY, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and Montana Audubon are calling on citizen scientists to help survey common nighthawks across the state...

Cut Bank School District #15 awarded $735,000 Montana Literacy Grant to strengthen reading instruction

Cut Bank School District #15 awarded $735,000 Montana Literacy Grant to strengthen reading instruction

The Cut Bank School District #15 is proud to announce that it has been awarded a $735,000 Montana Literacy Grant by the Montana Office of Public Instruction. This significant grant will support district-wide efforts to enhance reading instruction...

Ticks Are on the Move in Montana

Ticks Are on the Move in Montana

With warmer weather settling in across Montana, many of us are ready to get outside, whether that means hiking the Bitterroots, gardening in the backyard, or enjoying a day by one of our beautiful lakes. But there’s a hidden risk lurking in the...

Peak Ski Co. shutters amid allegations of mismanagement, lack of payment at Montana ski-maker

Peak Ski Co. shutters amid allegations of mismanagement, lack of payment at Montana ski-maker

After one of the most successful ski launches ever, Peak Ski Co. has collapsed amid acrimony and claims of mismanagement by the high-profile founders of the Montana-based ski-maker. “It’s such a sad story. It did not need to go down this way,”...

Parts of Montana hit by strong winds and hail in Monday's storm

Parts of Montana hit by strong winds and hail in Monday's storm

BILLINGS, MONT. - Billings experienced fierce weather on Monday, with strong winds and significant-sized hail impacting the area. According to the Billings National Weather Service, winds reached up to 80 miles per hour in some areas, and hail...

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