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Missoula County launches survey for housing and community input

MISSOULA COUNTY — Missoula County is launching its Housing and Community Development survey today, March 2, and is asking residents for input to guide important decisions. Melissa Richards, a grants administrator for Missoula County, emphasized the survey's importance in guiding grant-seeking efforts. "This just really helps us

Energy infrastructure emerges as war target, lifting prices

Energy infrastructure emerges as war target, lifting prices

Energy prices surged Monday as the war in the Middle East led to outages of key energy production operations and a critical waterway was essentially emptied of traffic. European natural gas prices finished the day up more than 39 percent after surging more than 50 percent earlier in the day.

Data center dispute says Texas firm tricked Montana company

As artificial intelligence and data centers dominate conversations about technology, energy needs and political regulation, few things illustrate how deeply those issues have penetrated, even in Montana, than the fight that is happening in Broadview. Broadview, population 139, sits 31 miles from Billings, the state’s largest city. But a

Public school test scores continue to decline since pandemic

(The Center Square) – Academic achievement in U.S. public schools continues to fall behind pre-pandemic levels, with national test data showing a persistent decline in math and reading scores years after COVID-19. Test results from the National Center for Education Statistics show that average scores on 12th-grade

Federal regulators approve NorthWestern proposal for new Colstrip shares

Federal regulators approved a proposal from a NorthWestern Energy subsidiary to use its new Colstrip shares from Puget Sound Energy for sales on the wholesale market. Opponents of the deal had raised concerns it would mean existing customers would end up subsidizing costs, such as for fuel and maintenance, of

Bozeman City Commission to consider resolution updating Affordable Housing Ordinance cash-in-lieu system

Bozeman City Commission to consider resolution updating Affordable Housing Ordinance cash-in-lieu system

BOZEMAN — The city commission in Bozeman is set to review a resolution on Tuesday night that aims to update the city's Affordable Housing Ordinance with new rates for the cash-in-lieu of affordable units system. The AHO, originally updated last year, incentivizes developers to include affordable units

The law of war | Marc Racicot

The Trump presidency, for far too much of the time, bears more resemblance to a lawless syndicate than to an honorable governmental administration. The repetitive commission of war crimes on the high seas and in Venezuela, the threats to resort to force against Greenland, one of the United States’ closest