KALISPELL, Montana, May 20 (TNSEve) -- Flathead Valley Community College issued the following news release: As Chef's Table enters its 13th year, the Culinary Institute of Montana at Flathead Valley Community College is busy preparing students to perfect American culinary classics from Old Bay crab cakes to black pepper crusted eye of the round steak. This year Chef's Table will transport guests across the United States with culinary experiences from the American South on June 4, a New England  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, May 21 (TNSRes) -- Montana State University issued the following news release on May 20, 2021: A collection of materials of the noted wildlife researcher and conservationist Frank Cooper Craighead Jr. is now available for the public to view at Montana State University's Library. The collection, which is available for the public to view and use for research in the MSU Library's Archives and Special Collections, includes original research notes, field data, manuscripts, publish more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 18 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release: Attorney General Austin Knudsen led an effort of 19 state attorneys general today calling on President Joe Biden to support additional energy infrastructure - including the Keystone XL pipeline - following the Colonial pipeline shutdown that caused price spikes, fuel shortages, and Carter-style lines at gas stations across the south and east coast. In a letter to Biden, they detailed the harm c more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 14 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced an advisory council to assist in identifying and reviewing qualified candidates to fill the district court judge vacancy in the Eighth Judicial District. "Comprised of accomplished attorneys and long-time community leaders, the Eighth Judicial District Advisory Council will assist me in identifying exceptional candidates to serve as the district court judge in  more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 20 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on May 19, 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced four commissions to provide recommendations for allocating federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act. The commissions - focusing on infrastructure, communications, economic stabilization/workforce, and health care - are comprised of three members of the Montana Senate, three to four members of the Montana House of Representatives, and thr more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 22 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Delivering on his promise to hold the line on new state spending and provide Montanans with broad-based tax relief, Governor Greg Gianforte today signed into law a fiscally conservative, pro-jobs budget. "This budget lays out the roadmap to our Montana comeback, and will help unlock our state's full, outstanding potential," Gov. Gianforte said. "After more than a decade of out-of-control spending in H more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 22 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on May 21, 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today toured the Ski Dale Good Neighbor Authority project in the Kootenai National Forest, the first of its kind in Lincoln County. "Our Montana comeback depends on actively managing our forests, which makes them healthier, reduces the risk of catastrophic wildfires, and creates more Montana jobs," Gov. Gianforte said. During the tour, the governor met with sta more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 14 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Gianforte this afternoon toured the Pine Hills Correctional Facility, unveiled the facility's new sign, and ceremonially signed Senate Bill 344. "In recent years, Montana has consistently seen state prisons and detention facilities at or over capacity, while youth incarceration rates have declined," Gov. Gianforte said. "This commonsense law ensures taxpayer money is being used at maximu more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 22 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Montana's unemployment rate declined from 3.8% in March to 3.7% in April. The unemployment rate for the U.S. was 6.1% for the month. "Montana's economic recovery depends on getting Montanans back to work into good-paying jobs, allowing our businesses to fill open jobs and meet their growing customer demand," Gov. Gianforte said. "By ending the pandemic-related federal unemployment bonus that discourag more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 22 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on May 21, 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today visited a vaccine clinic stood up off I-15 in Conrad for truckers entering and exiting the state. "Working together with our neighbors to the north, we're making this safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine available to truckers transporting goods in and out of Montana," Gov. Gianforte said. "Through this convenient, mobile vaccine clinic, over 500 truckers and t more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, May 19 (TNSPro) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: Alcohol has intoxicated Americans since the dawn of the republic, and a University of Montana course details how booze has spilled into society's consciousness up to the present with a special history project. The class, Intoxication Nation, is taught by Kyle Volk, chair of UM's Department of History, who decided to "liven things up a bit" from traditional courses on American history. Open to up more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, May 18 (TNSRes) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Throughout a Montana spring, baby livestock become a welcome feature on the landscape, with both wild and domestic newborns appearing across the state. For the staff at MSU's Red Bluff Research Ranch near Norris, the arrival of springtime means preparing for several hundred new lambs. Red Bluff, which covers nearly 11,000 acres between Norris and the Madison River, is staffed by ranch foreman Noah  more PR