News Talk KGVO Radio » state news http://newstalkkgvo.com Missoula's News, Talk and Weather Station Fri, 17 May 2013 20:59:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 MT Farmers Get Help Buying Land http://newstalkkgvo.com/mt-farmers-get-help-buying-land/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/mt-farmers-get-help-buying-land/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:20:44 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=53098 One obstacle new Montana farmers and ranchers face is acquiring land, but now there's a new program through the U.S. Farm Service Agency designed to help find a way around those barriers. Assistant director of the rural policy program with the Center for Rural Affairs Traci Bruckner, says the Land Contract Guarantee program can help both buyers and sellers

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/mt-farmers-get-help-buying-land/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of ianmalcm/Flickr New Non-Resident Pass For State Parks http://newstalkkgvo.com/new-non-resident-pass-for-state-parks/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/new-non-resident-pass-for-state-parks/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:00:25 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=51413 Montana has over 50 state parks and if you’re a non-resident you now have the ability to visit each and every one of those areas with one fee.

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/new-non-resident-pass-for-state-parks/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of Hugo90/Flickr FWP Increases Hunting Numbers For Mountain Lion http://newstalkkgvo.com/fwp-increases-hunting-numbers-for-mountain-lion/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/fwp-increases-hunting-numbers-for-mountain-lion/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:11:21 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=51359 Preliminary approval has been given by Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks to increase the number of Mountain Lion permits in the West Fork Bitterroot areas from 20 to 30.

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/fwp-increases-hunting-numbers-for-mountain-lion/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of Lil Rose/Flickr Baucus Says The Keystone XL Pipeline Fight Isn't Over Yet http://newstalkkgvo.com/baucus-says-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-fight-isnt-over-yet/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/baucus-says-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-fight-isnt-over-yet/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:37 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=50178 Senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus says the Keystone XL Pipeline fight isn’t over yet despite the rejection from the White House.

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/baucus-says-the-keystone-xl-pipeline-fight-isnt-over-yet/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of Getty Images Montana Teachers Participate In Everest Expedition [AUDIO] http://newstalkkgvo.com/montana-teachers-participate-in-everest-expedition-audio/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/montana-teachers-participate-in-everest-expedition-audio/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:42:23 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=49841 Several classrooms across the state will be able to follow an expedition to Mount Everest this spring.

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/montana-teachers-participate-in-everest-expedition-audio/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of rook68/Flickr Energy Conference To Help Create Jobs in Montana [AUDIO] http://newstalkkgvo.com/energy-conference-to-help-create-jobs-in-montana/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/energy-conference-to-help-create-jobs-in-montana/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:55:00 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=49807 The Big Sky Economic Development will bring a new energy conference and trade show to Billings. Director of Business Outreach, Recruitment and Marketing Jeremy Vannatta says the show, Montana Energy 2012 is being organized with jobs in mind

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/energy-conference-to-help-create-jobs-in-montana/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of Metrapark/Facebook Billings Welcomes Former President Bush http://newstalkkgvo.com/billings-welcomes-former-president-bush/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/billings-welcomes-former-president-bush/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:30:08 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=49803 Billings is expecting a special visitor in May; former president George W. Bush will speak in the magic city as the keynote speaker at The Montana Missions banquet, a fundraiser for Provision International.

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/billings-welcomes-former-president-bush/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of Getty Images FBI Seeks Help Finding Montana Teacher's Body http://newstalkkgvo.com/fbi-seeks-help-finding-montana-teachers-body/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/fbi-seeks-help-finding-montana-teachers-body/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:13:33 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=49558 The FBI is asking property owners in parts of North Dakota and Montana to check vacant farmsteads for signs of disturbed soil where the agency says a missing Montana teacher might be buried.

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/fbi-seeks-help-finding-montana-teachers-body/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of Wyoming_Jackrabbit/Flickr Suspect In Custody, Questioned About Missing Montana Teacher http://newstalkkgvo.com/missing-montana-teacher-found-dead-suspect-in-custody/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/missing-montana-teacher-found-dead-suspect-in-custody/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:06:40 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=48981 A Montana school district says a math teacher who went missing last weekend is dead, and the FBI announced it has one man in custody and is questioning another in connection with her disappearance.

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/missing-montana-teacher-found-dead-suspect-in-custody/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of Help Find Sherry Arnold/Facebook Ground Search For Sidney Teacher Suspended http://newstalkkgvo.com/ground-search-for-sidney-teacher-suspended/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/ground-search-for-sidney-teacher-suspended/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:52:53 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=48635 The FBI and local officials say the ground search for a missing high school teacher has been suspended but law enforcement will continue to pursue leads in the case.

Sidney Mayor Bret Smelser said Wednesday's decision follows an "exhaustive" search for 43-year-old Sherry Arnold in the eastern Montana town and surrounding areas

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/ground-search-for-sidney-teacher-suspended/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of Help Find Sherry Arnold /Facebook Missing Teacher Search Draws Tips, No Answers http://newstalkkgvo.com/missing-teacher-search-draws-tips-no-answers/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/missing-teacher-search-draws-tips-no-answers/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:30:31 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=48357 Authorities are considering scaling back their search for a missing Montana teacher who left her home for a pre-dawn run and never returned.

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/missing-teacher-search-draws-tips-no-answers/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of Help Find Sherry Aronold/Facebook Red Cross Aid Firefighters and Others During Wildfires http://newstalkkgvo.com/red-cross-aid-firefighters-and-others-during-wildfires/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/red-cross-aid-firefighters-and-others-during-wildfires/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:45:45 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=48150 The American Red Cross of Montana responded to the recent grass fires that torched over 16,000 acres on the Blackfeet Reservation near the town of Browning. The fires broke out nearly a week ago. Investigators believe a downed power line and a spark from a chimney caused the two wildfires

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/red-cross-aid-firefighters-and-others-during-wildfires/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of Ozarks Red Cross/Flickr State Trying To Revoke Bar's Liquor License http://newstalkkgvo.com/state-trying-to-revoke-bars-liquor-license/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/state-trying-to-revoke-bars-liquor-license/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:03:03 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=48010 The state Department of Revenue is seeking to revoke the liquor license of a Columbia Falls bar where a man drank heavily before causing a crash that killed a 19-year-old woman.

The state filed a notice of revocation against the Blue Moon Nite Club in September

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/state-trying-to-revoke-bars-liquor-license/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of aileron/Flickr Montana Not Following National Price Of Gas…Yet http://newstalkkgvo.com/montana-not-following-national-price-of-gas-yet/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/montana-not-following-national-price-of-gas-yet/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:26:05 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=47865 Gas Prices in Montana took another dip, quit the opposite nationally. Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan says to expect prices in Montana to follow suit eventually with the nation.

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/montana-not-following-national-price-of-gas-yet/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of The Alliance For Biking and Walking/Flickr Snowpack Levels In Montana Below Average http://newstalkkgvo.com/snowpack-levels-in-montana-below-average/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/snowpack-levels-in-montana-below-average/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:27:18 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=47831 Montana is experiencing a mild winter with warmer temperatures and less than average snowpack. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service says mountain snowpack is below average and below last year.

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/snowpack-levels-in-montana-below-average/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of NC in DC/Flickr Hundreds Turn Out To Search For Sidney Teacher http://newstalkkgvo.com/hundreds-turn-out-to-search-for-sidney-teacher/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/hundreds-turn-out-to-search-for-sidney-teacher/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:30:35 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=47674 Hundreds of people are assisting in the search for a Sidney High School teacher who did not return home after going for a jog.

43-year-old Sherry Arnold was last seen at 6:30 a.m. Saturday.

More than 200 people participated in the initial search Saturday, finding a shoe believed to belong to Arnold near one of her regular jogging routes

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/hundreds-turn-out-to-search-for-sidney-teacher/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of SherryWhited Arnold/Facebook Montana Tech Probe Finds Altered Grades http://newstalkkgvo.com/montana-tech-probe-finds-altered-grades/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/montana-tech-probe-finds-altered-grades/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:05:06 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=47659 Officials at Montana Tech say an investigation has revealed a former employee made more than 100 unauthorized changes to grades given to 36 former or current students, who now face potential disciplinary action.

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/montana-tech-probe-finds-altered-grades/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of J. Stephen Conn/Flickr Northern Plains Hit Hard By Deer-Killing Disease http://newstalkkgvo.com/northern-plains-hit-hard-by-deer-killing-disease/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/northern-plains-hit-hard-by-deer-killing-disease/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:58:24 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=47656 Photo courtesy of gm_pentaxfan/Flickr
Wildlife officials and outfitters say it could take several years for white-tailed deer populations to recover from a devastating disease that has killed thousands of the animals across parts of eastern Montana and elsewhere in the Northern Plains

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/northern-plains-hit-hard-by-deer-killing-disease/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of gm_pentaxfan/Flickr Safe Winter Travel in Montana http://newstalkkgvo.com/safe-winter-travel-in-montana/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/safe-winter-travel-in-montana/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:11:52 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=47646 Winter at its worst may still be yet to come in Montana, where the season has been fairly mild so far.

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]]> http://newstalkkgvo.com/safe-winter-travel-in-montana/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of dmealiffe/Flickr Wildfires On Blackfeet Res. Force Evacuations http://newstalkkgvo.com/wildfires-on-blackfeet-res-force-evacuations/ http://newstalkkgvo.com/wildfires-on-blackfeet-res-force-evacuations/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:26:25 +0000 jannettemcdonald http://kgvo1290.com/?p=46981 Blackfeet tribe officials say firefighters are starting to get a handle on two wind-fueled fires that have burned buildings and forced evacuations on the northwestern Montana reservation.

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