HELENA, Montana, July 8 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on July 7, 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced he is appointing David Grubich to serve on the Eighth Judicial District Court. Grubich fills the vacancy left when the Montana State Senate declined to confirm Michele Reinhart Levine, who was appointed to the bench in November 2020. Grubich graduated from the University of Montana in 2007 and the Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the Unive more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 7 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on July 6, 2021: After declaring a statewide drought emergency last week and following his request to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Governor Greg Gianforte today announced USDA has designated ten counties as natural disaster counties. "I appreciate Secretary Vilsack responding to my request and designating additional Montana counties as natural disaster areas, but there's  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 8 (TNSPro) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Montana State University Extension has a MontGuide available that covers how successors can access a deceased person's financial accounts. Montana law provides simplified procedures for successors to acquire a decedent's accounts at financial institutions such as banks, credit unions, savings and loans firms, brokerage firms and stocks or bonds companies, says Marsha Goetting, MSU Extension family  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 8 (TNSJou) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: By Anne Cantrell, MSU News Service In recent years, the effect of trauma on students' educations has become more widely recognized, but Montana State University researcher Christine Stanton says an important question remains: How can education research help when education itself is traumatic for many students? Stanton, an associate professor in the Department of Education, and Robert Petrone, a fo more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 10 (TNSAwa) -- Montana State University issued the following news release on July 9, 2021: By Carol Schmidt, MSU News Service Leo Killsback, associate professor in Montana State University's Department of Native American Studies, has won the 2021 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize for his two-volume history of the Cheyenne Nation. Awarded by the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the prize recognizes Killsback's "A Sac more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 8 (TNSAwa) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: The Montana State University College of Letters and Science awarded its 2021 Kopriva Graduate Student Fellowships to three doctoral students who work on research projects with biomedical applications. Colin Gauvin, Alexis Hatton and Kara Johnson will each receive $5,000 to support their doctoral research, including expenses such as travel, instruction and supplies. They will also present on their r more PR

WILLISTON, North Dakota, July 9 (TNSPer) -- Williston State College issued the following news release: Shawn Neary has been hired as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at Williston State College. Neary brings a wealth of coaching experience to the Teton Athletic Department, including spending last year on staff at Montana State University-Billings. He has been a head coach at the junior college level for 24 years overall and has accumulated an impressive 472 Wins. "We are elated to have Coach Nea more PR