HELENA, Montana, Dec. 2 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Dec. 1 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced he is appointing Andrew Breuner to serve on the Eighteenth Judicial District Court. Breuner fills the vacancy created by the 2021 Legislature's addition of a district judge position to the Eighteenth Judicial District. "Andrew Breuner is a talented attorney who will make an exceptional judge in the Eighteenth Judicial District," Gov. Gian more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Nov. 30 (TNSEve) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: The College of Letters and Science at Montana State University will celebrate 12 faculty authors with recently published books at a reception Thursday, Dec. 9, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Norm Asbjornson Hall's Inspiration Hall. At approximately 7 p.m., College of Letters and Science Dean Yves Idzerda and Hua Li, a professor and coordinator of the Chinese program in the Department of Modern Languages and  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Dec. 1 (TNSAwa) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Research from Montana State University, as part of an international project to better monitor the health of Earth's forests, was lauded last week with a Group on Earth Observations Sustainable Development Goals Award. The group's intergovernmental award was given to United Nations Development Programme partners in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru -- as well as international collaborators from government  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Dec. 3 (TNSAwa) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A unique computer technology developed over the past decade at Montana State University is one step closer to being used in spacecraft after winning an award from NASA. Resilient Computing, a Bozeman-based company founded by MSU researcher Brock LaMeres, recently received $90,000 through NASA's Entrepreneurs Challenge, a competition among startups working on technology that can support space missio more PR

DENTON, Montana, Dec. 4 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Dec. 3 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today met with and comforted residents impacted by the West Wind Fire. The governor also received a briefing from incident command on the ongoing response. "Our central Montana communities are tight-knit and like family. Their people are resilient, and that resilience has been on display for our entire state in Denton this week," Gov. Gianforte said. "The people  more PR

HELENA, Montana, Dec. 1 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release: A U.S. District Court Judge granted Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen's request for a preliminary injunction against the COVID-19 CMS vaccine mandate, which was set to take effect Monday, December 6, 2021. The vaccine mandate is now stayed in Montana and all other states. In response, Attorney General Knudsen issued the following statement: "In the past weeks, I've heard from healthcare more PR

HELENA, Montana, Dec. 3 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2021: News broke that Montana AG Austin Knudsen's office met last month with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, one of the nation's chief promoters of the Big Lie conspiracy. During the meeting, Lindell and MT Rep. Theresa Manzella presented "evidence" of supposed election fraud, in what appears to be an attempt to pressure the Montana AG into signing onto a lawsuit challenging the results of the lawful more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Dec. 2 (TNSMon) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Soon, someone feeling the need for some extra Z's may benefit from a wearable device that aids the brain in the biochemical cleansing that leaves a person feeling refreshed after a full night of sleep. As part of the first large-scale study on the effectiveness of the new technology, Montana State University researchers will analyze brain scans of participants who wear a prototype of the device, wh more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Dec. 1 -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Montana State University may be known for its impressive geographic topography, but its reputation for algebraic topology was what attracted one of the recipients of a top national award in computational science. Alex Ballow is one of just 30 national recipients of a 2021 Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship. The program trains leaders in computational science and includes a track  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Nov. 30 (TNSOps) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Montana State University has released its latest television commercial, which highlights the WWAMI program and the university's work to help solve the shortage of health care providers in rural Montana. The commercial follows Chloe Koessl, a student from Nashua, Montana, who was nearly killed in a car accident in high school. Local physicians saved her life and inspired her to pursue a career in m more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Dec. 4 -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: University of Montana first-year student Tori Matteson can't point to a specific event that peaked her interest in becoming a pharmacist - there aren't any in her family - but her curiosity about medicine started early in her high school years growing up in Butte. When it came time to enroll in college she looked at a few pharmacy schools in California and Idaho, but in the end it was "UM all the way," sh more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Dec. 1 (TNSGra) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: The University of Montana School of Journalism has received a $500,000 grant to support UM's graduate program in Environmental Science and Natural Resource Journalism. The 2021 Journalism Impact Grant comes from a donor-advised fund at the Orange County Community Foundation in Orange County, Calif., and bolsters the journalism school's signature Crown Reporting Fellowship. The grant also provides more PR