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PENDLETON — Blue Mountain Community College turned to a familiar face to hold down the fort while it searches for a new president. But Connie Green’s second tenure leading the college will be under very different circumstances. At a special meeting on Monday, Feb. 22, the BMCC Board of Education unanimously voted to appoint Green as interim president starting on March 1. Green will temporarily replace former President Dennis Bailey-Fougnier, who cited a recent cancer diagnosis when he...

State Rep. Mike Sparks of Rutherford County is proposing a State and Symbols bill that would add Dolly Parton’s recorded version of “Amazing Grace” to the list of state songs. The bill has yet to be introduced in the state capitol due to recent weather-related office closures. It will eventually be carried to the Senate floor by State Sen. Raumesh Akbari of Memphis. Sparks says he believes the hymn carries historical significance within the country and the state. It was sung by m...

In Wyoming, COVID-19 case numbers, hospitalizations and weekly death tolls are all down significantly in 2021 from their high points late last year. In Laramie County, active cases are down

After Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality passed selenium standards to prevent a Canadian coal company from damaging fish in Lake Koocanusa, a Libby legislator has introduced a bill to repeal

Unicoi County commissioners voted on Monday to commit up to $50,000 of governor’s grant funds to match the funding of a potential grant to build a new trail system in

BURLINGTON — Rosanne Hahn of the Burlington Area School Board was elected second vice president of the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards Jan. 20.

Former Select Board member Dan Koh is the new chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Labor.

The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is the goal of an Indiana University and Hoosier government partnership that also aims to help communities measure and manage the gases that contribute to climate change.  Nine Hoosier communities and IU have teamed up to carry out such projects this year. This is the third phase of a program started by IU’s Environmental Resilience Institute. “This program is important because it gives local government resources at a low cost, and...

The Norman City Council approved an extension of the city’s mask mandate and expansion plans for Norman Regional Health System Tuesday night.

Special Olympics Montana has surpassed $7 million in its largest fundraising campaign since the non-profit launched more than 50 years ago. That campaign began with donations from two Billings philanthropists.