SPOKANE, Washington, April 12 (TNSAwa) -- Whitworth University issued the following news release: Whitworth University will present Elaine Couture, Providence Health & Services' retired executive vice president and regional chief executive for Washington and Montana, with the university's Distinguished Leader Award on Thursday, April 14, at 7 p.m. in Weyerhaeuser Hall's Robinson Teaching Theatre. Couture retired in 2021 after working for Providence for close to 34 years. As regional chief exec more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, April 8 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: Four University of Montana students with leadership experience in land conservation have been awarded the prestigious Wyss Scholarship for U.S. Conservation. UM's Environmental Studies Program, housed in the College of Humanities and Sciences, administers the Wyss Scholars program with UM's W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation. The scholarship provides financial support to UM student more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, April 15 (TNSAwa) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: As advances in computing result in smaller components packed more densely to achieve higher performance, engineers are approaching a mind-boggling milestone: Soon, it's estimated, parts of the world's fastest supercomputers will give off as much heat per square inch as the surface of the sun, requiring significant cooling to keep them functioning. Caused by electricity coursing through tightly pa more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, April 13 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: The National Science Foundation recently announced the awardees and honorable mentions for its 2022 Graduate Research Fellowships Program, and the list includes two University of Montana students and one UM alum - all of them women. The awards are among the most prestigious graduate science recognitions in the country. Students named NSF Graduate Research Fellows are provided five-year fellowsh more PR

HELENA, Montana, April 14 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on April 12, 2022: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced an advisory council to assist in reviewing qualified candidates to fill the district court judge vacancy in the 10th Judicial District (Fergus, Judith Basin, and Petroleum Counties). "Representing the interests of their communities, members of our judicial advisory councils play a critical role in identifying candidates to fill judicial vacan more PR

HELENA, Montana, April 16 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Montana's unemployment rate fell to a new record low in March to 2.3%, the fourth lowest rate in the nation. Montana's labor force and total employment are at record highs. Inflation, however, has reached a 41-year high, undermining Montanans' wage growth and threatening Montana job creation and economic growth. "Because of Montanans' hard work, we're at our lowest unemployment rate ever, and more M more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, April 16 (TNSRes) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: The University of Montana is leading the charge to expand access to electric vehicle infrastructure in western Montana. UM recently installed four level II dual-port ChargePoint electric vehicle charging stations on campus. The EV charging stations are funded in part by "Charge Your Ride," a Montana Department of Environmental Quality program. "Over the next few years, our goal is to add more  more PR

HELENA, Montana, April 12 (TNStalk) -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement: * * * Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following statement in response to President Biden's rewrite of federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) regulations to ban so-called "ghost guns": "Assembling firearms for their own use is a tradition and right that Americans have exercised since the founding of our nation. "This new rule will not ma more PR

HELENA, Montana, April 15 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Alvarez & Marsal, the multi-national consulting firm to which Gov. Gianforte's administration has awarded a $2.2 million contract to take over the Montana State Hospital, has a history of mismanaging public institutions in the name of cost-cutting. Alvarez & Marsal appears to win these government contracts by promising stunning cost-cutting, and then leaves these public institutions and communities in  more PR

HELENA, Montana, April 16 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: According to a FWP records request granted last month, Governor Gianforte barred the Fish, Wildlife, and Parks department (FWP) last summer from asserting agency water rights. FWP was attempting to ensure ecosystem-health and down-stream water access during a widespread drought in the Smith and Shields rivers. Under Montana law, FWP has the authority to manage water rights during droughts, to preserve  more PR

HELENA, Montana, April 12 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: On Wednesday evening, Ryan Zinke's longtime advisor tweeted that Zinke had stepped away from his "board seat" at ConocoPhillips to focus on his campaign. His financial disclosure report listed his position as "Consultant." Both can't be true. Either Ryan Zinke's campaign is lying now, or was lying on its financial disclosure report. Zinke has lied to the public and to ethics investigators time and time more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, April 14 (TNSRes) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Only about a third of people moving into and within Montana between 2016 and 2021 moved for work, according to a study released this week by Montana State University and MSU Extension. Better access to the outdoors, a less congested place to live and a slower pace of life were the most important reasons for moving, according to those surveyed. "This study shows that quality of life reasons, rath more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, April 13 (TNSRes) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A Montana State University researcher is looking into the benefits of planting an uncommon variety of a common crop, winter canola. While spring canola is one of the more popular crops in Montana - 185,000 acres were planted in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture - the winter variety has very few acres planted. However, winter canola has a higher yield than spring canola and can more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, April 14 (TNSRes) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Montana State University will play a leading role in improving medical care and public health across the Northwest through collaborative research as part of a partnership with one of the nation's top medical schools that is backed by a new $63 million grant. The funding, from the National Institutes of Health, will support the Institute of Translational Health Sciences at the University of Washin more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, April 14 (TNSconf) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: John Kerry, the first U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, will be in conversation with Max Baucus, former Montana senator and U.S. ambassador to China, on Thursday, April 21, at the University of Montana. The timely lecture is hosted by UM's Max S. Baucus Institute and is part of the Stockman Bank Speaker Series in partnership with the Montana World Affairs Council. The conversation  more PR