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University of Montana Launches Workshop and Coworking Space in Downtown Missoula to Boost Startups

The VBX Entrepreneurship Workshop Series offers mentorship and practical training to local entrepreneurs. A new downtown coworking space provides a hub for startups to collaborate and grow.

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Is the Age of Reading over and, if so, what has it done to our country?

Over the past 18 months, scholars have debated—and likely will continue to long into the future—why voters returned Donald Trump to the presidency. One intriguing theory: It’s because Americans don’t read books anymore.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) Downtown Tourism Infrastructure — Planning & Engineering Services – City of Dillon, Montana

Headwaters RC&D, serving as the Lead Organization for the Dillon D-Tour initiative under the Montana
Tourism Development Grant (MTDG) Program of the Montana Department of Commerce, is seeking
proposals from qualified firms to provide planning and engineering services in support of downtown
tourism infrastructure improvements in the City of Dillon, Montana.

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Study Finds No Link Between Cell Phones and Brain Cancer Risk

A comprehensive analysis of 63 studies found no increased brain cancer risk from cell phone use, even after ten years. This challenges ongoing public concerns and offers reassurance for Montana’s telecommunications users.

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Headwaters RC&D July 2026 Newsletter

Serving Southwest Montana: Anaconda-Deer Lodge, Beaverhead, Butte-Silver Bow, Granite, Jefferson, Madison & Powell Counties

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Over Half of Retirees Leave Workforce Earlier Than Expected and Wish They’d Saved More

A recent TIAA Institute report reveals that 52% of retirees retire at age 57 on average, five years earlier than planned. This highlights the need for more aggressive saving and planning for multiple retirement scenarios.

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Forever chemicals are hidden in farm soil. Scientists found a new way to remove them

Existing methods of PFAS cleanup are expensive. A new approach is an order of magnitude cheaper—and could also help fight climate change.

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Logan Utah’s Fare-Free Buses Serve Over One Million Riders Annually

Logan’s Connect Public Transit system proves that dependable, easy-to-use service drives success in smaller cities.

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Trump Administration is the sole vote in the UN against cutting road deaths in half by 2030 .

The U.S. was the single country to cast a vote against. Even Argentina, which has followed the U.S. lead in attempting to pull out of the UN’s World Health Organization, voted for the declaration

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Montana’s Future Is All About Water

Montana’s population growth and widespread exempt wells are straining water resources and senior water rights. For the past 30 years, agriculture and other groups have worked to find a way to curb overuse and protect senior water rights while still allowing the exemption. Not a single bill that would have limited the exemption has passed.

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