Senate Veterans’ Affairs committee chairman U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has announced he has secured $616,110 in funding for two State Veterans Homes in Montana: $403,062.80 for the Montana Veterans’ Home in Columbia Falls, and $213,047.48 for the Eastern Montana Veterans’ Home in Glendive. “Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, folks living in longterm care facilities-like those in the

Currently, 22,000 Montanans are among more than 6 million people in the United States living with Alzheimer’s disease. By 2050, if no cure is found, that nationwide total will approach 13 million. Caring for those loved ones day-to-day is one challenge. Preparing for the potentially staggering costs is yet another. Financial planners estimate that the average cost of a single year in a nursing

The Poplar Town Council has rescheduled their next regular meeting. The new date for the meeting is Tuesday, April 13, at the town hall building in Poplar, The meeting will start at 6 p.m. Among the agenda items, officer elections will be recognized for the Poplar Volunteer Fire Department. Dave Mathison has been re-elected as fire chief; Victor Grant, assistant chief; and Kevin Schindler,

Supporters of a bill in the legislature say it would help bring justice to the families of drug overdose victims. Between 2007-2018, drugs took the lives of between 10 and 15 per 100,000 Montanans, according to data from the state Department of Health and Human Services. House Bill 391 would establish an extra penalty for drug dealing if those drugs kill someone. Dealers could spend up to

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has issued an executive order that temporarily suspends hours of service regulations for certain carriers to facilitate and expedite the delivery of fertilizer to Montana’s farmers Agriculture producers regularly face a compressed spring planting schedule due to late snowfalls and wet conditions which increase the demand for anhydrous ammonia and fertilizer across

Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., initiated the application process for Montana’s service academy nomination process. Each year, members of congress have the privilege of nominating top-talent to pursue this prestigious opportunity. Our service academies are esteemed institutions; being afforded the opportunity to attend one is a distinct honor. Four of the five U.S. service academies require congressional

fully pushed the Trump Administration to make Montana’s rural electric co-ops eligible for the Paycheck Protection Program. He also fought to reverse a provision of the hastily-written 2017 Republican tax bill that penalized electric co-ops for applying for federal grants, putting their tax-exempt status at risk and jeopardizing jobs and affordable power for thousands of Montanans.

A tragedy that occurred in Bainville last May and others across the Hi-Line have helped led to a proposal that seeks to bolster safety at the nation’s rural train crossing. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont, and U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., are teaming up to reintroduce two bipartisan bills improving safety at rural train crossings and addressing instances of blocked highway-railroad crossings