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The Vomela Companies Acquires PFL, Expands Capabilities
The Vomela Companies, a full-service provider of visual communications and specialty graphics, announced the acquisition of PFL, a leading direct mail automation and printing company based in Livingston, Montana. This strategic move enhances...

DNRC files cease-and-desist against Crazy Mountain Ranch over golf course water use
CLYDE PARK, Mont. — The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation has filed a lawsuit against Crazy Mountain Ranch, claiming the private guest ranch is illegally irrigating its new golf course without a valid water right. The...

Eco Material CEO wins EY award
Ernst & Young LLP has named Grant Quasha, CEO of Eco Material Technologies as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2025 Mountain West Award winner. Now in its 40th year, the Entrepreneur Of The Year programme celebrates bold leaders whose innovations...
Kestle, Scott
Scott Andrew Kestle September 29, 1959 - July 5, 2025 Scott A. Kestle passed away on July 5, 2025, with his loving wife, Helen by his side. Scott was the son of Charles A. and Janice P. Kestle who proceeded him in death, as well as his brother,...

Midwest Amalfi: Exploring the Brawny and Beautiful Coast of Illinoia
This story appeared in the July-August 2025 issue of Newcity. The Amalfi Coast is a breathtaking waterfront in Southern Italy about seventy-five miles south of Naples with seaside cliffs that recall Highway One along Big Sur in Northern...

Jefferson River Basin waters warming, in trouble new study says
A aerial view of an algae bloom in the Big Hole River on July 6, 2025, near Pennington Bridge in Madison County. (Courtesy photo, Upper Missouri Waterkeeper and Dan Armstrong) Rivers in southwestern Montana face dangerously high temperatures in...

Read Measles outbreaks in Illinois and North Dakota have ended
States with active outbreaks include Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah. ILLINOIS, USA — Health officials in Illinois and North Dakota say their states' measles...
Who Deserves a Cure? The FDA’s New Gatekeeping Game
Jeffrey A. Singer, Akiva Malamet, and Terence Kealey Last month, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary announced a new initiative: the Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher (CNPV) program. These non-monetary vouchers, valid for...

These 10 states have the worst infrastructure in America in 2025
America's infrastructure, long the butt of jokes and the subject of political wrangling that seemed to go nowhere, has just received its best grade ever in the American Society of Civil Engineers' annual Infrastructure Report Card. Unfortunately,...

Book Review on What If the Indicated Remedy Fails? by Dr Ajay Mishra
Many stalwarts have given us directions regarding how to take a case, how to make totality or how to arrive at similimum, But I think no one has told that If even after spending your precious energy in case taking, even after applying artistic...

First rare earth mineral mine in U.S. in over 70 years breaks ground in Wyoming
The first American rare earth element mine in 70 years broke ground in Wyoming last week. Ramaco Resources bought the mine for $2 million, but it could be worth billions in the coming years. The minerals are necessary for defense systems,...

Gray, Scripps swapping stations to create duopolies as FCC explores loosening ownership rules
Subscribe to NCS for the latest news, project case studies and product announcements in broadcast technology, creative design and engineering delivered to your inbox. Gray Media and The E.W. Scripps Company have entered into agreements to swap...

Dead air: Lifeline or death knell for AM radio?
AM radio harkens back to bygone eras. But could the old-time radio dial also be mothballed and silenced? Automakers continue to look at discontinuing offering AM radios in vehicles and the new media world of podcasts and social media challenge...

Comment: State got cheaper ferries and a policy rebuke
By Bob Pishue / For The Herald Taxpayers across Washington state have had a rough go as of late. New gas taxes, increased capital gains income taxes, and higher B&O taxes are hitting the wallets of many across the Evergreen State. That’s why it...

DNRC files suit against Crazy Mountain Ranch alleging illegal water use
Thank you for being a member of Montana Free Press. This quality reporting was made possible due in part to your contribution. Thank you for supporting in-depth journalism in Montana. LIVINGSTON — Montana’s water rights regulator has filed a...

MSUB's first chancellor, Ron Sexton, dies at 87
Former Montana State University Billings Chancellor Dr. Ronald Sexton has died. The university shared news on Monday of his passing over the weekend. He was 87. Sexton was a native of Billings, growing up on the city’s South Side. He graduated...
U.S. proved reserves fell in 2023 from 2022 record
U.S. proved reserves of crude oil and lease condensate totaled 46 billion barrels at year-end 2023, a 4% decline from the previous year’s record, according to our U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Proved Reserves, Year-End 2023 report. U.S. proved...

Federal judge sanctions Cottonwood Law over 'reckless' water allegations against Big Sky
A federal judge has rejected allegations that the Big Sky Water and Sewer District committed fraud during a 2022 Clean Water Act trial, ordering the Bozeman-based environmental group that brought the claims to pay $7,500 in attorneys fees and...

Grizzly Growing Pains
When Republican President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act in 1973, the country’s wildlife had been in a century-long nosedive. After decades of habitat destruction, unregulated hunting and industrial expansion, federal officials...

Order: Wind, solar projects require secretary's OK
WASHINGTON — All solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters must be personally approved by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum under a new order that authorizes him to conduct “elevated review” of activities ranging from leases to...