Gary Ervin Munyan

Gary Ervin Munyan

Protecting the right to know in Montana Constitution

I want to know what my legislators are doing and how their choices behind closed doors will impact my life.

FWP northwest Montana citizen committee to meet Sept. 28

The 18-member committee typically meets five or six times a year in Kalispell to discuss a variety of fish, wildlife, natural resource, and outdoor recreation issues in northwest Montana.

Deadline for fisheries improvement grant is May 31

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks reminds landowners, watershed groups and others that this summer’s deadline to apply for Future Fisheries Improvement Program grants is May 31.

Gov. declares State of Disaster due to wildfires

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock on Friday issued an

Remove food items to avoid attracting waking bears, FWP says

As grizzly and black bears emerge from hibernation and look for food, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reminds residents to remove food attractants from their properties by April 1.

Award given for stroke treatment service

Cabinet Peaks Medical Center personnel earned the Stroke Recognition Award at the Montana Hospital Association’s annual meeting last month.

Producers reminded of hail insurance program

The Montana Department of Agriculture is reminding producers to get covered through the State Hail Insurance Program. Montana producers can conveniently access and fill out applications for state hail insurance online by agr.mt.gov/Topics/Hail-Insurance.

Three local students get scholarships worth about $18,000 each

Niklaus Gier and Niklaus Neumann of Libby High School and Sarah Pierce of Troy High School each were awarded a Montana University System Honor Scholarship, it was announced Monday.

Legals for May, 2 2023

Extra law enforcement time helps to increase seat belt use

MDT helps fund program to encourage motorists to buckle up and deter impaired drivers

Trying to save a little piece of heaven

Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness set out three years ago to protect a wilderness mass of 88,000 acres straddling the Montana/Idaho border.

Grant designed to improve health care for veterans

Rural health care in Montana just got a whole lot better based on the approval of a new initiative.

Libby housing proposal up for tax credits

An affordable housing proposal in Libby is among eight projects in Montana selected to be considered federal tax credits.

Comments taken on easement for 114,000 acres of timberland

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials want feedback on a proposed conservation easement to protect nearly 114,000 acres of timberland near the Thompson Chain of Lakes.

Legals for March, 3 2023

Montana FWP seeks comments on grizzly management plan

The statewide plan will serve as a framework for the management of grizzly bears now and into the future.

Big game forecast for Northwestern Montana

In the northwest corner of Montana, the story for 2017’s hunting season was really started last winter with deep snowfall across much to the region.

Tester calls for NPA official to hold public sessions in Libby, elsewhere in Montana

A week after U.S. Sen. Jon Tester called on the EPA’s new regional administrator to hold public listening sessions while in Montana this week, that administrator reported having taken steps in that direction.

Allow businesses to exist in Montana unfettered

Ihave a simple solution for Gov. Steve Bullock’s budget woes. It’s a permanent tax increase, and it should be implemented immediately. Yes, you read that right; I propose an increase in taxes that will come from allowing business to exist in Montana unfettered.