HELENA, Montana, July 8 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on July 7, 2022: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced the State of Montana has successfully added three additional counties to the presidential major disaster declaration for Montana: Yellowstone, Treasure, and Sweet Grass. Six counties in southern Montana are now eligible for aid through FEMA's Public Assistance Program. "I appreciate Administrator Deanne Criswell and her team at FEMA for approving more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 7 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on July 6, 2022: Together with Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) Director Adam Meier, Governor Greg Gianforte today announced the state is significantly increasing access to substance use disorder (SUD) treatment for Montana Medicaid members through the Healing and Ending Addiction through Recovery and Treatment (HEART) Fund. "Our HEART Fund fills gaps to provide for a full continu more PR

BILLINGS, Montana, July 7 (TNSawa) -- Montana State University-Billings issued the following news: By Maureen Brakke, Director of University Communications and Marketing Recent City College at Montana State University Billings graduate Dylan Miller won gold at the national automotive refinishing competition at the Skills USA National Conference in Atlanta, GA last month. Dylan Sanderson, a recent City College welding graduate placed 20th in the nation among competitors in welding at the confer more PR

CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, July 7 (TNSawa) -- Montana State University-Billings issued the following news: By Evan O'Kelly, Director of Communications Five members of the Montana State University Billings women's golf team were named to the Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar list for the 2021-22 academic year announced by the organization on Tuesday. Seniors Tierney Messmer, Kinsey Irvin, and Jalen Wagner, sophomore Brennan Larson, and freshman Meilyn Armstrong were the Yellow more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 6 (TNSawa) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: "Mavericks," a documentary about Montana's freestyle skiing legacy from Montana PBS, won the Non-Commercial Television Program of the Year award from the Montana Broadcasters Association in June. Named on the award were Scott Sterling, director of production at Montana PBS and the film's producer, director and editor; Kelly Gorham, the film's producer and writer who also serves as director of visua more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 9 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate coalition led by Montana in support of religious liberty in Fellowship of Christian Athletes v. San Jose Unified School District, in the San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In this case, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) allows all students to attend meetings, but requires leadership to affirm statements of fait more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a Montana-led coalition supporting a petition for rehearing en banc in 350 Montana, et al. v. Dep't of Interior and Signal Peak, LLC, a case that has delayed the mining expansion plan for the Bull Mountain coal mine in Montana since 2013. Despite thorough research concluding that the coal mining project would not cause any significant adverse environmental imp more PR