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PORTLAND, Ore. - A program that helps Oregonians eat fresh food could expand with an assist from lawmakers. Double Up Food Bucks matches Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, purchases up to $10 so that people can buy fresh fruits and vegetables. ...

SALEM, Ore. - Getting higher education to people in prison is a struggle for many reasons - chief among them, cost. But Congress has made it easier for people behind bars to receive financial help for their schooling. ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Oregon, Washington and the Yakama Nation are asking the Biden administration to list one stretch of the Columbia River as a Superfund site under the Environmental Protection Agency. Contaminants known as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were found at high levels in the early 2000s above the Bonneville Dam. ...

Food banks have seen increased need since pandemic-related food benefits expired in Idaho. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare decided not to extend

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte's announcement in early May that the state would stop paying the higher, pandemic-related federal unemployment benefits set off

MT Sets Off Wave of States Ending Fed Unemployment Benefits

1:26 Credit Blake/Adobe Stock Idaho lawmakers are among the first in the country to attempt to ban critical race theory in public schools. Conservatives across the nation have seized on the term over the past year, although the concept has been around since the 1970s. Its a theory underpinned by the idea systemic racism continues to exist in the United States and impacts opportunities for and treatment of people of color. Adrienne Evans, executive director of United Vision for Idaho, said when ...

SEATTLE -- May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and as life returns to normal, many people are coming down from more than a year of anxiety. A Census Bureau survey found symptoms of anxiety or depression had increased among adults from 11% in 2019 to 41% in 2021. Dr. ...

MT University System holds hearing on concealed carry on campuses ButteNews.net There is an argument in the nations capital over the extent of extremism in the US military, Roll Call reports. ButteNews.net The United States Postal Service will issue layoff notices to some of its workers later this month, ButteNews.net Montana gained a seat in the US House of Representatives, the census bureau reports. Montana lost a seat in 1990. ButteNews.net Optics not reality prevails in the Whitman-Biden ...

Petition proposes change for MT sites named after Confederate leader ButteNews.net The United States Postal Service will issue layoff notices to some of its workers later this month, ButteNews.net Montana gained a seat in the US House of Representatives, the census bureau reports. Montana lost a seat in 1990. ButteNews.net Optics not reality prevails in the Whitman-Biden fight over Michigans brutal COVID infection rate, the New York Times reports. April 7, 2021 As variants of the virus establ...