BILLINGS, Montana, Aug. 17 (TNSfund) -- Montana State University-Billings issued the following news: By Shiloh Skillen Robison, MARCOM ops manager of University Communications & Marketing City College at Montana State University Billings has been awarded an American Welding Society Foundation Welding Workforce Grant. City College was one of only eight institutions awarded the grant this year in the nation. The AWS Foundation works to positively impact welding education and secure the future o more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Aug. 18 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: On a recent summer afternoon when temperatures simmered in the 90s, the inside of a lab at Montana State University felt more like midnight in January, with ice crystals hanging in the air and glinting as if in moonlight. The ceiling of a cold chamber in MSU's Subzero Research Laboratory was chilled to minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit, simulating a clear night so frigid it sucks warmth and water vapor  more PR

HELENA, Montana, Aug. 17 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The new law will help pay down our national debt by hundreds of billions of dollars according the the Congressional Budget Office, lower costs for Montana families, cut prescription drug prices, and unleash American energy while decreasing our reliance on foreign adversaries like Russia to power our country - and does all o more PR

HELENA, Montana, Aug. 18 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release on Aug. 17, 2022: Montana is one of dozens of states that have reached an agreement in principle with opioid maker Endo International PLC, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. It resolves allegations that the Ireland-based drugmaker boosted opioid sales using deceptive marketing that downplayed the risk of addiction and overstated the benefits. Under the agreement, Endo and its len more PR

HELENA, Montana, Aug. 17 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2022: Anti-drug task forces in Montana are on pace to triple last year's record-shattering fentanyl seizures and have already taken 58 times more fentanyl off the streets this year than in all of 2019, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today. Fentanyl-linked deaths, opioid overdose 911 calls requiring emergency services, and firearms found alongside illegal drugs are also on more PR

HELENA, Montana, Aug. 17 (TNSawa) -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2022: Governor Greg Gianforte today recognized two Helena veterans at the State Capitol with the 2021 Montana Governor's Veteran Commendation. Gov. Gianforte presented awards to Master Sergeant Timothy C. Peters and Lieutenant Colonel Cory Sena, both of Helena. "I was humbled and privileged to welcome Cory and Tim, two of Montana's most outstanding veterans, to the Capitol today  more PR

HELENA, Montana, Aug. 18 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: NorthWestern Energy- the single largest energy provider in Montana- recently announced that they plan to hike rates by more than 25% this year, and because of shenanigans by leadership at the Public Service Commission (PSC), Montana consumers may have a particularly difficult time pushing back on monopoly behavior by utility companies. Jim Brown, president of the PSC has spent the greater part of a year  more PR

BILLINGS, Montana, Aug. 19 (TNSper) -- Montana State University-Billings issued the following news: Montana State University Billings Chancellor Stefani Hicswa was recently appointed to the Board of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Hicswa will serve as one of the board's Commissioners representing Montana higher education institutions and will replace Montana State University President Waded Cruzado, who has stepped down from the board, serving out her two-year unexpired t more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Aug. 16 (TNSfund) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A $6 million gift from Patt and Terry Payne is helping fund a Montana State University program that provides pathways to higher education for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities as well as a new MSU program that supports Montana students in their junior and senior years at the university. Terry Payne is the founder and longtime chairman of PayneWest Insurance, a Marsh McLennan  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Aug. 19 (TNSper) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Much of a Montana State University student's college experience takes place outside the classroom - in residence and dining halls, in the stadium and Strand Union Building, in the fitness center and in the fieldhouse. In September, the man who has overseen the operations of all those venues will retire after more than 20 transformational years dedicated to improving the MSU student experience. Mu more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: Two recent University of Montana graduates will continue their educational adventures abroad as Fulbright English teaching assistants. Dante Filpula Ankney, who graduated in May with a journalism degree and wilderness studies minor, will use his award from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to teach in Bulgaria. Camryn Vaughn, who earned degrees this past December in political science and Russia more PR