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Feb 12, 2021 Montanas chief medical officer, Greg Holzman, has turned in his resignation. While possibly coincidental, the resignation comes on the heels of Governor Greg Gianfortes termination of Montanas mask  mandate. Read about it here. The resignation came on Thursday. Governor ended the mask mandate Wednesday, The East Oregonian reported. City Desk Big Sky Connection Helena, MT – Retired public employees say their pension money goes back into Montana communities, and theyre on the lo...

AARP seeks Community Challenge applicants Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. -- Applications are open for AARPs Community Challenge grant program. The program provides funds for projects that can be produced quickly and make cities and communities more livable for people of all ages. That includes making public spaces more welcoming, increasing transportation options or supporting local recovery from the pandemic; something especially important this year. Edward Brewington, vol...

ButteNews.net A member of the order of The Daughters of Charity in Toulon, France, has recovered from COVID-19. She is 117, and she lived through the flu pandemic of 1918, The Washington Post reports. Her name is Sister Andre. City Desk Big Sky Connection Helena, MT – Sen. Jeff Welborn, R-Dillon, has introduced a resolution (SJR 7) that would remove Wilderness Study Area designation from land in southwestern Montana. Opponents see it as the first step in a top-down effort to remove more stu...

Credit Olena Shvets / Adobe Stock A new documentary in Idaho looks at childhood trauma and how building resiliency can help protect people in adulthood. "Resilient Idaho: Hope Lives Here" explores adverse childhood experiences such as abuse, neglect or other serious household dysfunction. Jean Mutchie, community health manager for St. Lukes Health System, said those experiences are common, and more common in Idaho than other states. But she noted there are ways to protect children from the effe...

Wildfire relief fund helps recovering Oregon communities ODOT file By Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The 2020 wildfires devastated Oregon communities, burning more than a million acres and destroying many homes. Grants from the AARP Foundation are helping some Oregonians get back on their feet. Noreen Dunnells, president and CEO of the United Way of Lane County, which received one of the grants, said the September fires displaced 1,200 people in the community and t...

Credit Sam Beebe / Flickr An Idaho congressman may have taken the first step in untangling the tricky knot of dams in the Northwest and their effects on salmon. Representative Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, laid out a $33 billion Columbia Basin Fund. While it includes breaching the four lower Snake River dams, it also addresses replacing their benefits, such as energy and irrigation for local agriculture. Brian Brooks, executive director of the Idaho Wildlife Federation, said its a critical lifeline f...

As COVID-19 hits Oregon economy, apprenticeships could boost jobs auremar/Adobe Stock/Oregon News Service A bill in Congress could add 1 million apprenticeship opportunities in the United States. Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Apprenticeships could play a key role in placing people in good-paying jobs, especially with high unemployment from the pandemic. An analysis from the Brookings Institution urged the U.S. to expand its apprenticeship offerings as the count...

To kick off the Idaho legislative session, Gov. Brad Little gave his 2021 State of the State and Budget address on Monday. The coalition Close the Gap

1:30 Credit Ken Wilcox/FLickr Scenes of supporters of President Donald Trump breaking windows and breaching the U.S. Capitol shocked the nation this week - and were reminiscent of protests in Boise last summer. In August, protesters of a special session in Idaho on COVID-19 safety measures shattered a glass door and rushed into the state Capitol. Some in the crowd were armed and included far-right anti-government activist Ammon Bundy. The Executive Director of the progressive group United Visi...