Medicare Part A is often called hospital insurance because it pays for the care you receive while admitted as an inpatient at the hospital. It also pays some costs outside of a hospital, such as skilled nursing facility (rehabilitation) stays, home health care and hospice care. Most Medicare beneficiaries do not owe a monthly premium for Part A, known as “premium-free Part A”, because they

HELENA – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking public comment on several proposals slated to go to the Fish and Wildlife Commission in August. Under the new commission process, FWP is taking public comment on these proposals now and will present the collected comments and proposals to the commission for their review and decisions on Aug. 25. Commissioners can offer amendments to the proposals

Average gasoline prices in Montana have fallen 1.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.94/g on Monday, June 27, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 53.3 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.87/g higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Montana was priced at $4.52/g on Sunday,

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, in close consultation with Park and Stillwater county officials, is re-opening the closed sections of the Yellowstone River to recreation on Thursday. However, river levels continue to be high and at potentially dangerous levels. Several FWP sites along the river are closed or have restricted access while crews assess and repair these sites. FWP is actively

Inflation, supply chain issues, input costs and commodity markets drove the focus of the Montana Farm Bureau Summer Conference June 13-15 at Fairmont Hot Springs. The event provided a time for the 180 farmers and ranchers to surface policy ideas in their advisory committee meetings while hearing from experts in the field. Two speakers, Duane Lenz, senior analyst with Cattlefax, and Shelby Myers,