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Wyoming Business Council Offering Scholarships to National Main Street Community Transformation Workshop

Professionals from across the country will come together to learn how strategy, through the lens of the refreshed Main Street Approach, guides successful efforts to transform and sustain our communities.  

MSU Extension accepting applications for Reimagining Rural virtual gathering

The virtual gathering is a series of three evening events where people come together in their communities to listen to virtual speakers discuss positive examples of successful rural communities.

The Pacific Northwest Rural Broadband Alliance, a Missoula-based nonprofit co-op is bringing high-speed internet service to Lake County

They have developed a successful network of this type in the Grant Creek area north of Missoula, proving the system can offer at least 100 mbps for both upload and download speeds affordably. They will soon expand that system as far as Hamilton, Frenchtown and Bonner.

Montana Governor Gianforte puts entire state under fire emergency status

Citing nearly 1,400 wildfires that have burned more than 141,000 acres in the state, Gov. Greg Gianforte on Wednesday issued an executive order declaring a wildland fire emergency across the entire state.

Bozeman commissioners OK affordable housing levy ballot question

Bozeman voters will be asked in November whether to increasing property taxes to support housing projects and work on a handful of city facilities.

Who’s leaving California?

“The empirical data will be, at once, disappointing to those who want to write California’s obituary, as well as a call to action for policymakers to address the challenges that have caused some to lose faith in the California Dream.”

Newness of Autonomous Vehicle Technology Insists Upon Public, Private Collaboration

“The coordination that we have with our cities, towns and counties, from the first responders to the elected officials in Arizona, has been phenomenal.”

Here’s what happened when this company banned meetings

“Work has to deliver joy, and we’re just trying to design the processes in such a way that is both joyful and efficient, so people can concentrate on things that they’re best at,” he says. “Once they start doing more of what they’re good at, they become happier in general.”

Close the digital divide in rural areas first

It’s our hope that Montana’s congressional delegation stands up for rural communities. It would be a darn shame if Congress were to send critical resources to America’s largest cities while the rural divide grows in places like Montana. Prioritize rural broadband.

New Montana Wildfire Smoke Site – Climate change is bringing more wildfire smoke. How do we prepare?

CLIMATE CHANGE is bringing more wildfire smoke. how do we prepare?

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