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Montana Weather Has Been Crazy This Week
The Moose 94.7 FM - Montana
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June 18, 2025
Montana and Wyoming had another day of dangerous weather on Tuesday. Alerts and Advisories. High winds, lightning, and hail have damaged areas in both states over the last several day. Storm chasers had a literal field day across the northern...
Montanans share advice for hiring contractors after large hailstorms
KTVQ 2 - Montana
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June 19, 2025
SHEPHERD — Now that the severe storms have left southeast Montana, many homeowners now have to turn their attention to repairing property damage created by fast winds and hail. Repairing that damage, for many, often entails hiring a contractor to...
VA’s Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Montana average $410,045 for Q1
Big Sky Times - Montana
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June 26, 2025
Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Ballotpedia Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Ballotpedia The VA’s Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Montana for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2025 averaged...
Montana, Indiana, Colorado, Oregon, and Utah Amend Restrictive Covenant Laws for Healthcare Providers
National Law Review
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June 18, 2025
In the wake of the nationwide injunction last year barring the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) attempted Noncompete Ban, states have continued to legislate the scope of enforceable restrictive covenants, especially noncompetes. In particular,...
Montana governor vetoes community solar bill
Associated Press
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June 18, 2025
Gov. Greg Gianforte on June 13 vetoed a bill that sought to establish a legal framework for community solar projects in Montana. Senate Bill 188 sponsor Chris Pope, D-Bozeman, argued before his colleagues at the Capitol that his proposal would...
New Warning To Montanans: Stop Running Your Fan Overnight
Big Stack 103.9 - Montana
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June 26, 2025
Why Montana Nights And Fans Don’t Mix As much as I love summer in Montana, the older I get, the less I enjoy the days when temperatures get close to triple digits. Thankfully today we've got air conditioners and fans to cool us off, but experts...
French Montana Immediately Exits Interview When Asked About Drake And Rick Ross
Vibe Magazine - New York
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June 26, 2025
Fans, media, rappers, and everyone in between can’t seem to stop talking about the 2024 rap civil war. However, French Montana had no interest in doing so, evident in his walking out of a recent interview when asked about Drake and Rick Ross. The...
Former U.S. Rep. Pat Williams of Montana has died
KRTV - Montana
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June 26, 2025
HELENA — Former Montana U.S. Representative Pat Williams has passed away at the age of 87, his family announced on Wednesday evening. Williams, a Democrat, served 18 years in Congress and was Montana’s longest consecutive-serving U.S. House of...
July Culture Guide: 47 Things to Do in the DC Area
Washingtonian
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June 26, 2025
Happy July, DC! Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter tour hosts two nights of rodeo-themed entertainment at Northwest Stadium this month. Also, the Smithsonian opens several new galleries at National Air and Space Museum, and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival...
Montana’s Clean Indoor Air Act Just Got Better – Let’s Keep it Strong
Flathead Beacon - Montana
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June 18, 2025
The 2025 session of the Montana Legislature was a win for Montanans when it comes to our right to breathe clean, healthy indoor air. SB 390, a measure sponsored by Missoula Sen. Willis Curdy, was signed by Gov. Greg Gianforte and immediately added...
Oil field disposal plant in eastern Montana explodes, no injuries
Newsday - New York
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SIDNEY, Mont. — Authorities say an explosion at a storage and disposal plant in the oil fields of eastern Montana Wednesday night was felt by people 10 miles (16 kilometers) away but caused no injuries or fatalities. The fire continued to burn...
Montana Lawmaker provides clarity following Facebook post regarding assassination of Minnesota lawmakers
The Victoria Advocate - Texas
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HELENA, MT- A Facebook post has been going around from Montana State Representative Steve Gist, it’s a quoted post regarding headlines of the political assassination two Minnesota democratic lawmakers. Gist post reads, “The extreme left is sure...
Montana History: The early first trade in Western MT
The Sanders County Ledger - Montana
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The year 1822 was significant in the history of the fur trade in the Rocky Mountain west. It was then that Ashley advertised for “enterprising” men in quantity to ascend the Missouri river to trap beaver in the Rocky Mountains, bringing Jim...
Viewpoint: The PFAS Alternatives Act and Montana's lawsuit
The Missoula Current - Montana
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June 26, 2025
Jonathan Sharp PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, are synthetic molecules developed in the 1940s, with a wide range of applications, from nonstick cookware and raincoats to military-grade equipment. Companies developing these products were...
After successful 1st professional season, former Montana Tech All-American Asa Williams hungry for more
406 Sports - Montana
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BUTTE — Asa Williams’ voice was hoarse from coaching. He was guiding high-potential prep prospects, screaming “and one” during one-on-one sessions and imparting knowledge as a newly-minted professional basketball having returned to “Butte-fresh”...
Montana Ag Network: Farmers and ranchers face destroyed crops after hailstorm
KBZK Bozeman - Montana
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June 18, 2025
SHEPHERD — While Monday’s hailstorm hammered homeowners in Shepherd, growers also suffered hundreds of thousands of dollars from lost crops. Norman Haaland, who grows malt barley just south of Shepherd, said he received a call from his neighbors...
Former Montana U.S. Rep. Williams dies at age 87
NBC Montana
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MISSOULA, Mont. — The family of former U.S. Rep. John “Pat” Williams of Montana announced Williams died Wednesday at the age of 87. Williams was the longest serving congressman in Montana history. A Butte native, Williams served in the Montana...
Agricultural producers assess storm aftermath in central Montana
Yellowstone Public Radio - Montana
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June 17, 2025
Social media photos and video show a snowlike layer of hail coating the ground just northeast of Billings in Shepherd, where rancher Turk Stovall with the Montana Stockgrowers Association owns a feedlot. “Many of the neighbors just got completely...
Commerce’s Global Business Chief joins board of national trade association
Made in Alabama
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June 26, 2025
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Christina Stimpson, Chief Officer of the Global Business Office at the Alabama Department of Commerce, has been appointed to the board of directors of the State International Development Organizations (SIDO), the leading...
'The best of us': Montana cowboy poet Wally McRae dead at 89
KULR 8 - Montana
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June 26, 2025
Cowboy poet Wallace “Wally” McRae of Colstrip died June 22 at the age of 89. McRae gained fame in Montana — and across the country — for the resonance of his voice and the causes he furthered with it. The youngest of three children, McRae grew up...