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Ulrich Named President-Elect of the AACI

Ulrich Named President-Elect of the AACI

Newswise — Neli Ulrich, PhD, MS, chief scientific officer and executive director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) and Jon M. and Karen Huntsman Presidential Professor in Cancer...

Owner:  Roger Johnson (daughter Jessica is CEO)
How ‘Wood Vaulting’ Could Help Slow Climate Change

How ‘Wood Vaulting’ Could Help Slow Climate Change

October 16, 2025 5 min read Can We Bury Enough Wood to Slow Climate Change? Wood vaulting, a simple, low-tech approach to storing carbon, has the potential to remove 12 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year—and some...

Owner:  Holtzbrinck Family
How Southern Politics Shaped Trumpism

How Southern Politics Shaped Trumpism

It’s Interesting to me right now watching which Southerners are teeing themselves up to be the country fried steak version of Gavin Newsom, so I’m watching that play out. Country fried steak. Gavin Newsom, I like it. Yeah, that’s pretty much what...

Owner:  The Ochs-Sulzberger Family
3 new inductions into UM Hall of Fame

3 new inductions into UM Hall of Fame

MISSOULA, Mont. — The University of Montana Athletic Training Program inducted three new members to the hall of fame on Friday during a Homecoming celebration. The event honors the program’s history and distinguished alumni. UM was one of the...

Owner:  Smith Family
Construction’s Split-Screen Economy: Resilience at the Top, Strain Below

Construction’s Split-Screen Economy: Resilience at the Top, Strain Below

With federal labor statistics sidelined by the ongoing government shutdown, a trio of new private-sector reports offers one of the few real-time views of construction and design-industry performance heading into late 2025. Taken together, findings...

Owner:  Henderson Family
Senate passes resolution to overturn rule against coal leasing

Senate passes resolution to overturn rule against coal leasing

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KUMV) - Congress passed a bill that would overturn a Biden-era Bureau of Land Management rule and open up more coal development in North Dakota and Montana. Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer claimed the rule, which went into...

Owner:  Gray Television Inc.
What makes a protest turn violent? Experts cite aggressive police, deep anger and more

What makes a protest turn violent? Experts cite aggressive police, deep anger and more

Marc Ramirez and Sarah D. Wire USA Today Hundreds of thousands of No Kings Day demonstrators are expected to take to the streets for what some believe will be the largest day of protest in modern U.S. history. Will historians remember it as...

Owner:  Cowles Family
Municipal general election ballots mailed to voters countywide

Municipal general election ballots mailed to voters countywide

Stay up-to-date on the latest breaking news. Get MTFP's in-depth, independent reporting sent directly to your inbox. Sign up for the free Missoula This Week newsletter and stay in the loop on Missoula city government, public school meetings,...

Owner:  Montana Free Press (Non-profit)
States Jostle Over $50B Rural Health Fund as Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Trigger Scramble

States Jostle Over $50B Rural Health Fund as Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Trigger Scramble

Abe Sutton, director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center, speaks to state officials and corporate sponsors at the Rural Health Transformation Planning Summit in Washington, D.C., in late September.(Health Policy...

Owner:  Kaiser Family Foundation
Court Dismisses Youth-Led Lawsuit Challenging Trump Orders Boosting Fossil Fuels
This Pennsylvania hotel offers the best sleep in America, study says

This Pennsylvania hotel offers the best sleep in America, study says

If you’re craving a full night of uninterrupted rest, you may want to head to the mountains of Pennsylvania. According to a new study by SleepJunkie, Skytop Lodge in Skytop, Pennsylvania, has been named the best hotel in America for sleep....

Owner:  Ian Bell & Dan Gaul
Baby boomers shut out first time homebuyers with slick tactic younger Americans can't compete with
Dickinson State University announces 2025 Homecoming Queen nominees

Dickinson State University announces 2025 Homecoming Queen nominees

Dickinson State University has announced the nominees for its 2025 Homecoming Queen. The group includes students from a variety of academic backgrounds and campus organizations. Each nominee shared thoughts about their favorite Homecoming...

Owner:  Brian Timpone & Bradley Cameron
Why ER Wait Times Are So Out Of Control — And How To Fix Them

Why ER Wait Times Are So Out Of Control — And How To Fix Them

A Colorado woman bled on the emergency room floor while waiting 12 hours for care. A New York man who feared he had appendicitis waited eight hours while repeatedly vomiting and passing out. A cancer survivor in San Francisco waited 28 hours for a...

Owner:  Ben Shapiro, Jeremy Boreing, Caleb Robinson and Farris Wilks
AI isn’t the dot-com bubble, but that won’t stop it from ending badly
Two federal programs to support college students in limbo

Two federal programs to support college students in limbo

This story was originally published by the Daily Montanan. Keila Szpaller Daily Montanan Funding was in limbo Monday for two of the 15 TRIO Student Support Services programs in Montana following initial grant denials from the federal Department of...

Owner:  Indij Public Media
US museum builds 3D replica of 100-million-year-old dinosaur-eating crocodile skull 

US museum builds 3D replica of 100-million-year-old dinosaur-eating crocodile skull 

A never-before-seen massive and ancient crocodile skull — one powerful enough to eat dinosaurs — will be on display this weekend for the first time in Idaho in 3D, highlighting the state’s rich history. An event 20 years in the making, the Idaho...

Owner:  Hüseyin Kilic
Tech giants confronted by officials from 16 US states: 'Questioning the longstanding way we've done things'

Tech giants confronted by officials from 16 US states: 'Questioning the longstanding way we've done things'

Photo Credit: Getty Images Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has teamed up with 15 other Republican attorneys general to tackle what they have said, in a press release, are "misleading and deceptive claims" from tech giants about the...

Owner:  Dave Finocchio & Anna Robertson
Takeaways from Tallahassee — Gotta have faith

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Gotta have faith

When politics and religion collide, it’s rarely pretty — at times it feels like Christian identity is being contorted into something JC wouldn’t abide. But this week brought Floridians a wholesome reminder that when faith leaders and political...

Owner:  Peter Schorsch
Decision-Making About Fertility Preservation After Cancer Diagnosis: A Qualitative Study of Patients’ Experiences and Perspectives

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