Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has announced the disbursement of nearly $17.3 million more in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to 42 cities and towns across the state. “These ARPA funds will provide 42 additional towns and cities with the authority to address their individual needs, from supporting those impacted by the pandemic to investing in their infrastructure needs,” Gianforte

Roosevelt County resident Tyler Headdress has reached a settlement with the federal government regarding injuries suffered while incarcerated in the Fort Peck tribal jail during 2018. Headdress agreed to a settlement of $50,000. The lawsuit was field in April 2020 to seek compensation for injuries suffered that included broken hands. Headdress claimed that jail staff failed to properly protect

Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen has released the results of eight veto polls from the 67th Legislative Session with Montana representatives and senators voting against overriding Gov. Greg Gianforte’s vetoes in each of the eight bills polled. House Bills 158, 277, 397, 522, 688 and 691, along with Senate Bills 231 and 306, were vetoed by Gianforte, but because each bill was approved

More people are diagnosed with skin cancer each year in the U.S. than all other cancers combined. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, then, that people of every age, race and gender are affected by the disease. Simply put, if you have skin, you can get skin cancer. However, some people are at higher risk for the disease than others. Understanding the factors contributing to your chances of developing

Pharmacy no longer Preferred by my Part D plan, what do I do? This month I received a number of phone calls from clients in distress as they received a letter from their Part D plan saying their pharmacy is no longer a preferred provider. In the letter it also stated they can go to a preferred pharmacy, the closest of which was 50 miles away in a nearby town. Understandably, they were upset.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has issued an executive order declaring a disaster in five Eastern Montana counties: Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Richland and Roosevelt. “Recent severe thunderstorms downed power poles and lines in Eastern Montana, leaving too many residents without power. I appreciate the robust efforts the region’s electric coops made to restore power to affected communities.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has announced the launch of a website and call center for the state’s American Rescue Plan Act program. The website, arpa.mt.gov, provides information on funding projects and grants under the purview of Montana’s four ARPA commissions: water and sewer, communications, economic stabilization and workforce development, and health and human services. The site also

As part of his efforts to address the shortage of medical professionals in Montana highlighted most recently by the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., is introducing the bipartisan Rural Physician Workforce Production Act to bring more doctors to rural areas. “The shortage of doctors in rural America threatens the future of our frontier communities,” Tester said. “Folks