Southwest Montana News

MSU receives $300,000 from EPA to find alternative disposal for food waste

By Benjamin Kibbey | Nov 15, 2020

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded approximately $300,000 to Montana State University (MSU) in order to fund a study with the objective of reducing the amount of food waste that currently ends up in landfills across the country.

From Big Sky Times

Gov. Bullock’s Senate campaign gets $27 million windfall

By Benjamin Kibbey | 4 years ago

In his latest bid to move out of Helena and on to Washington D.C., Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock's U.S. Senate campaign has raised $26.8 million in the third quarter of 2020, setting a fundraising record for a state with just over 1 million residents.

MSU receives $776,000 grant to explore faster, cheaper COVID-19 test

By Benjamin Kibbey | Oct 25, 2020

A $776,000 state grant paid for with federal CARES Act money will help to fund research and development of a complementary COVID-19 testing method by faculty at Montana State University.

Early, in-person voting is underway in Gallatin County

By Benjamin Kibbey | Oct 13, 2020

In-person voting is underway in Gallatin County, and will continue every weekday to Election Day at the Gallatin County Courthouse, 311 W. Main Street, Room 210 in Bozeman.

COVID-19 crisis has not ceased work at Montana Superfund sites

By Benjamin Kibbey | Apr 18, 2020

Work on the Montana's approximately 20 Superfund sites has not ceased, even as the COVID-19 crisis has brought much of the rest of Montana to a grinding halt.

Montana rural schools loosing approximately $400,000 in federal funding

By Benjamin Kibbey | Mar 28, 2020

A $5.4 million cut to federal aid for rural schools is expected to cost Montana approximately $400,000 in funding.