Daily News Roundup
April 5, 2024
Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary Open This Weekend - Opportunities to Paint, Sip and See the Wolves!
Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary celebrates spring with a full line-up of fun and fascinating activities. For complete details on any event below, please visit www.yellowstonewildlifesanctuary.org. Friday April 5, and Saturday April 6: The Sanctuary will open to Members Only at 10:00AM to meet and greet our two new gray wolves, a species with a dynamic history in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. They are named Pilot and Index (male and female), after two well-known peaks in the nearby Beartooth-Absarokee Mountains. If you’re not already a YWS member, you can purchase a membership online or buy one at our Gift Shop.
After ‘Staggering’ Loss in Medicaid Coverage, Insurance Campaign Launches in Montana
By Keila Szpaller for the Daily Montanan A record number of people are using services at the Missoula Food Bank and Community Center, and medical costs are the No. 2 reason they need help, according to the food bank director. “Thirty percent are saying medical costs are the reason they are experiencing food insecurity today,” said Amy Allison-Thompson, executive director of the food bank; she said housing is the No. 1 reason.
Jacobsen Sends Group Ballot Petition to Start Collecting Signatures for Abortion Initiative
By Blair Miller for the Daily Montanan Following a week of court challenges and back-and-forth arguments about court procedure and orders, Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen sent the group behind a proposed abortion access constitutional amendment its
Snow Accumulation Predictions for This Weekend Much Reduced
By Denise Rivette Carbon County Snow Accumulations Through Monday are Predicted as Follows: Bearcreek: approximately 1 inch (Saturday overnight low temperature 34°, Monday night 30°) Bridger: little to no snow accumulation expected (Saturday overnight low temperature 37°, Monday night 33°)
Montana GOP Says Proposed Primary Change ‘Destructive,’ Advocates Say It Tempers Extremism
By Nicole Girten for the Daily Montanan CHOTEAU– Election reform advocates said passing two initiatives that would change how primary and general elections are conducted in Montana would reduce extreme political rhetoric and “brutal” primaries– the same afternoon the Montana Republican party disavowed one of the initiatives as “destructive.”