American Prairie has announced the purchase of over 1,400 acres of land in two areas. The purchase included tracts situated both near and along the Missouri River. One of the sites is across the Missouri River from the Lewis and Clark campsite at Slaughter River. 

A petition submitted by Lincoln County commissioners to ease selenium standards in Lake Koocanusa met resistance from a group opposed to the petition. The approval of the petition would raise the maximum level of dissolved selenium in the lake. Selenium is considered an essential nutrient; large amounts of it can lead to neurological and reproductive defects in fish. In humans, excess levels of selenium can cause gastrointestinal distress, organ failure and, in rare cases, death. 

The Missoula County Commissioners approved a dredging project recently to remove sediment buildup from a boating and float plane dock in Seeley Lake. The project will remove 600 cubic yards of lakebed to restore space for boats and planes along the shoreline of Lindey’s Prime Steakhouse. Owners of the business said the project is needed to keep the entire marina open. Dredging projects remove sediment, soil or debris from the bottom of a body of water.

Butte-Silver Bow county officials have gotten an OK to seek buyers for its Business Development Center. The building located at 305 W. Mercury St. is costing the county more than it’s collecting in rents. County officials have drawn up a “request for proposals,” or RFP, seeking potential buyers of the building. They would have to honor existing leases, at least until they expired, and it would cost a minimum of $450,000.

This year, Townsend’s health care facility, now known as Billings Clinic Broadwater, marks 120 years of providing high-quality care to Broadwater County and surrounding communities. Like many rural hospitals, the facility has faced its share of challenges.

The Junction Pipeline Company doesn’t just want to build a 30-inch diameter, roughly 30-mile long oil pipeline from Toole County to Canada they want to do it “rapidly.” They plan to complete phase one of the pipeline in the next three to four years. The project would be a $5 billion investment. The pipeline would move oil sands crude oil to refineries in the US.

The steering committee directing use of a multimillion dollar grant for local revitalization efforts has approached the City of Glendive with a proposal to collaborate on a project in downtown Glendive. The goal is to help ...