BOZEMAN, Montana, Dec. 5 -- Montana State University issued the following news: Loren BirdRattler, a member of the Blackfeet Nation who coordinated the country's first in-house indigenous agricultural resource management plan, has been appointed the Montana State University Katz Endowed Chair in Native American Studies. BirdRattler will use his organizational development background to help lead an Indigenous Research Initiative that was formally introduced at MSU's Tribal Partnerships event la more PR

HELENA, Montana, Dec. 5 -- Montana Attorney General Tim Fox issued the following news release: At a ceremony this morning in Helena, the Montana Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) graduated 58 new officers who will serve various agencies across the state. The Academy is operated by the Montana Department of Justice; it provides basic and advanced training for state, county, city and tribal law enforcement officers throughout the state. The ceremony took place at the Civic Center in Helena, and inc more PR

HELENA, Montana, Dec. 5 -- Montana Attorney General Tim Fox issued the following news release: Attorney General Tim Fox is urging Congress to ratify the water compact between the state of Montana and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation. "President Trump's administration is backing the CSKT water compact and there is bipartisan support from Montana's congressional delegation, so it's time to get this done. I am grateful to Senators Daines and Tester for their more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Dec. 5 -- Montana State University issued the following news: A Montana State University economist and his co-author were recognized by the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists for the innovative thinking behind their paper on how oil booms influence poverty rates in rural areas. "Left in the Dark? Oil and Rural Poverty" by Brock Smith and Samuel Wills was published in the journal's October 2018 issue and earned the 2018 Ralph C. d'Arge and Alle more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Dec. 6 -- Montana State University issued the following news: A Montana State University economist and his co-author were recognized by the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists for the innovative thinking behind their paper on how oil booms influence poverty rates in rural areas. "Left in the Dark? Oil and Rural Poverty" by Brock Smith and Samuel Wills was published in the journal's October 2018 issue and earned the 2018 Ralph C. d'Arge and Alle more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Dec. 4 -- Montana State University issued the following news: In the Food Product Development Lab at Montana State University, undergraduate students Emily Raber and Cullen Kinnare each hold a small, nutritious bar. Primarily made with peanuts, cowpea, corn and baobab fruit, the bar looks much like a brownie or a breakfast bar that could be bought at a Montana bakery. But researchers in the lab have carefully engineered the product so that it can help people far from where it  more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Dec. 4 -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: A grant-writing partnership between the University of Montana's Center for Children, Families and Workforce Development and the State of Montana has yielded rich results - almost $16 million in new grants to fund programs to support children and families in the state. Beginning in 2018, the center established a partnership with the state to improve Montana's ability to bring in more federal grant dollars  more PR