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Pacific Source to end Montana insurance operations
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (455+ words) Pacific Source Health Plans, one of Montana's three primary health insurance providers, will cease its Montana operations and exit the marketplace by the end of the year. The health insurance company has operated in Montana'since 2012, providing individual, small and large…...
Private equity companies buy more apartment units
2+ day, 1+ min ago (285+ words) (Stateline) Private equity firms own nearly 3 million apartment units, about 13% of the total apartments across the country, according to a new'analysis'from watchdog group Private Equity Stakeholder Project. And most have been fairly recent purchases. The companies acquired more than 1. 7 million…...
Viewpoint: Support for Reggis Spaulding in HD 92
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (103+ words) Gary and Judy Matson We strongly support Reggie Spaulding for Montana State House District 92. Reggie is out in our communities listening and learning about what matters to residents. Her background in science, her public service, and her collaborative approach will…...
Viewpoint: A letter from Humanities Montana
2+ day, 11+ min ago (181+ words) This spring, I spent time on the road visiting communities where Humanities Montana programs are taking place and reconnecting with the partners who make this work possible. There is also exciting news from the Montana Center for the Book. The…...
Judge lets California cardrooms keep dealing blackjack
2+ day, 52+ min ago (652+ words) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) " California cardrooms facing dire changes to blackjack rules got dealt a good hand Thursday by a San Francisco judge. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Darwin issued a preliminary injunction stopping Golden State officials from enforcing new…...
Conservation groups, USFS add public land near Yellowstone Nation
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (424+ words) (Daily Montanan) A tract of land near Yellowstone National Park which had been identified as a potential gold mining site in 2023 has been added to the roster of public lands after The Conservation Fund, the United States Forest Service and…...
Mountain Line receives national "System of the Year" award
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (240+ words) (KPAX) Missoula's free bus line, which has a dozen routes around the city, has been named the 2026 Community Transportation System of the Year. Mountain Line's recognition is through the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) for the "Large System" category....
Missoula Marathon sells out with a record-breaking numbers
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (361+ words) (KPAX) The Missoula Marathon is officially sold out over a month before race day. According to organizers, a record-breaking 1, 700 runners signed up to cross the starting line. The 26. 2-mile race is drawing people to Missoula from all over the world....
City adopts voluntary energy conservation standard
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (440+ words) (Missoula Current) Citing Missoula's appetite to pursue a clean energy future, members of the City Council on Wednesday adopted a new energy conservation standard, setting out best practices in pursuit of a greener future. Devin Filicchia, a transportation planner with…...
Four Mountain West states push geothermal energy development
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (540+ words) (Utah News Dispatch) With a newly established Mountain West Geothermal Consortium, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico are joining forces to tap what could be hundreds of gigawatts of always on, clean energy lying underground in the Mountain West region....