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USDA announces milk loss assistance for dairy operations
WASHINGTON — The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Monday Milk Loss Program assistance for eligible dairy operations for milk that was dumped or removed, without compensation, from the commercial milk market due to q... — Updated 9/13/2023
Bill to protect school hunting and archery programs gets bipartisan support
Press release WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s Defending Hunters Education Act, legislation that would force the Biden Administration to reverse course on their decision to prohibit the use of federal funds for school... — Updated 9/12/2023
VA extends deadline to apply for backdated PACT Act benefits to Monday
Today, VA announced that veterans and survivors who apply, or submit their intent to file, for PACT Act benefits by 9:59 p.m. Mountain Time Monday, August 14, 2023, will be eligible... — Updated 8/10/2023
Russia tries to project a sense of order after mercenary revolt
The Associated Press Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made his first public appearance since a mercenary uprising demanded his ouster, inspecting troops in Ukraine in a video... — Updated 6/28/2023
China accuses US of indiscriminate use of force over balloon
Emily Wang Fujiyama Associated Press BEIJING — China accused the United States today of indiscriminate use of force in shooting down a suspected Chinese spy balloon, saying it “seriously impacted and damaged both sides... — Updated 2/6/2023
More networks for help transitioning to organic available
USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Jan. 20 the partner organizations that farmers can contact to learn more about transitioning to organic. These organizations are also entry points for existing organic farmers... — Updated 1/25/2023
USDA announces additional assistance for dairy farmers
USDA WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday the details of additional assistance for dairy producers, including a second round of payments through the Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program — PM... — Updated 1/25/2023
Signup opening for 2023 assistance for on-farm food safety expenses for specialty crop growers
USDA WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reminding specialty crop producers of available assistance to help cover certain costs of complying with regulatory and market-driven food safety certification... — Updated 1/25/2023
Biden says classified document found in 'personal library'
Zeke Miller and Michael Balsamo Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden acknowledged today that a document with classified markings from his time as vice president was found in his “personal library” at his home in... — Updated 1/12/2023
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2022
BERNARD McGHEE Associated Press One would have to go back hundreds of years to find a monarch who reigned longer than Queen Elizabeth II. In her 70 years on the throne, she helped modernize the monarchy across decades of enormous s... — Updated 1/3/2023
Congress enforces railroad labor contract, preventing strike
Justin Franz Montana Free Press The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to force four railroad unions to accept the terms of a labor contract their members had previously rejected, preventing a possible strike that would have brought freigh... — Updated 12/2/2022
Churches defend clergy loophole in child sex abuse reporting
Jason Dearen and Michael Rezendes Associated Press It was a frigid Sunday evening at the Catholic Newman Center in Salt Lake City when the priest warned parishioners who had gathered after Mass that their right to private... — Updated 9/29/2022
White House to encourage COVID boosters, flu shot this fall
Amanda Seitz Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Biden administration hopes to make getting a COVID-19 booster as routine as going in for the yearly flu shot. That’s at the heart of its campaign to sell the newly authorized shot... — Updated 9/1/2022
Trump search: What may come next in inquiry with legal peril
by Eric Tucker Associated Press WASHINGTON - A newly released FBI document helps flesh out the contours of an investigation into classified material at former President Donald... — Updated 8/29/2022
FBI affidavit shows concerns about documents at Trump estate
ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON — Fourteen of the 15 boxes recovered from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate early this year contained documents with classification markings, including at the top secret... — Updated 8/26/2022
Student loan forgiveness could help more than 40 million
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 40 million Americans could see their student loan debt reduced — and in many cases eliminated — under the long-awaited forgiveness plan President Joe Biden announced Wednesday, a historic but... — Updated 8/25/2022
Obituary - Cheryl Lynn Barber
Cheryl Lynn Barber of Chinook, 53, passed away peacefully December 26, 2021. She was born February 10, 1968, in Havre to Paul Dannels and Carol Upshaw. Early in life, her family... — Updated 12/29/2021 Full story
By Pro-Trump protesters interrupt electoral vote confirmation hearing
Pro-Trump protesters have stormed the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. interrupting a congressional hearing to confirm the electoral college's votes in the 2020 General Election that resulted President-elect Joe Biden's... — Updated 5/5/2021
Biden wins presidency
Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden is projected to have won the 2020 U.S. presidential election. With Pennsylvania called for Biden, he had 273 votes in the Electoral... — Updated 11/7/2020
Fact-checking the Montana Senate race between Bullock, Daines
IF YOUR TIME IS SHORT -- The Montana Senate race will help determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the Senate. -- Republican groups have attacked Bullock over his support of a public option healthcare plan and... — Updated 10/30/2020
Tester on 'unacceptable' Empire Builder cuts: Amtrak needs to give Montanans 'clear answers'
Note: This is from the office of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester U.S. Sen. Jon Tester released Monday a statement as Amtrak’s cuts in service to the Empire Builder line, which crosses the entire state of Montana along the Hi-Line, go into... — Updated 10/20/2020
Senators: COVID disaster aid increase passes Senate
Montana's U.S. senators both said the latest version of a bill to add funds to protect small business payrolls passed the Senate this afternoon. Sen. Steve Daines R-Mont., held a... — Updated 4/21/2020 Full story
House passes COVID-19 aid package, heads to president for signature
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a package intended to provide aid for states, businesses and people struggling with the impacts of novel coronavirus 2019 and the... — Updated 3/27/2020 Full story
Senate passes coronavirus relief fund
Montana's U.S. senators praised the Senate Wednesday unanimously passing a novel coronavirus 2019 aid package that the U.S. House is expected to vote on Friday. "It's good to see... — Updated 3/26/2020 Full story
Social Security warns of COVID-19 scams
Inspector General of Social Security Gail S. Ennis is warning the public about fraudulent letters threatening suspension of Social Security benefits due to COVID-19 or coronavirus-related office closures. The Social Security Admini... — Updated 3/25/2020 Full story
