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Select Yellowstone National Park entrances and roads open to public April 17

Beginning at 8 a.m., April 17, select entrances and roads in Yellowstone National Park will open for the summer season, weather permitting, as part of the annual spring opening, the park said Wednesday. In a news release, Yellowstone said its North Entrance in Gardiner and West Entrance in West

Commerce announces seven large tourism grants for rural communities

The Department of Commerce announced last week it awarded grants to seven projects to increase tourism in rural communities throughout the state. The program stems from 2023 legislation brought by Sen. Daniel Zolnikov, a Billings Republican. Each project is receiving $1.25 million to start and the projects will be

Commerce awards $100K for tribal tourism

The Montana Department of Commerce announced this week that two Montana tribal governments will share $100,000 of grant funding to develop, expand and strengthen local tribal tourism assets and economies. The grant funding is provided through Commerce’s Tribal Tourism Grant Program, according to a news release that named

Agricultural exports, Dahlman Farms highlighted by Gov. Gianforte

Gov. Greg Gianforte highlighted the state’s foreign agriculture exports at a farm near Power to celebrate Montana crops. Last week, the governor visited Dahlman Farms, which grows wheat, durum, malt barley, lentils, peas and raises commercial beef cattle. Lee Dahlman owns the farm and is the vice chairperson of

New Mexico Attorney General reopens criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced Thursday that the state Department of Justice had reopened the criminal investigation into illegal activities at renowned sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe County. NMDOJ Chief of Staff Lauren Rodriguez noted in a statement that the state closed a

First Yellowstone grizzly bear emerges from hibernation

Biologists with Yellowstone National Park reported seeing the first grizzly bear of the spring season on Monday, according to a National Park Service press release. The griz was seen in the northern part of the park scavenging on a bull bison carcass in the backcountry. Most male grizzlies emerge from

American Prairie acquires ‘critical’ wetland habitat

American Prairie has acquired 2,082 acres of “high-value wetland” and grassland habitat in Phillips County, Montana – an area renowned as one of the most important waterfowl breeding regions in North America. Located south of Dodson, and locally known as “Pintail Flatt,” this property comprises 1,762 deeded acres