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Montana Gas Prices Skyrocket as Memorial Day Approaches, Dakotas See Record Highs
With just a week to go till Memorial day, gas prices are skyrocketing in Montana at a rate not seen for many months.
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Economy
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Missoula’s Neptune Aviation Loses Expected Forest Service Contract, Millions Already Spent
Missoula's Neptune Aviation heard bad news this week when the U.S. Forest Service announced the winners of lucrative contracts for developing the next generation of firefighting air tankers.
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Federal Government Unexpectedly Takes Millions in Mineral Payments, Montana to Lose Over $2.5 Million
This week, March 24, news broke that the federal government would be keeping nearly $53 million in mineral payments that would normally have gone to Wyoming. It now appears that cuts could be coming to Montana as well.
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Montana Gas Prices Rising at Slow Pace
Gas prices keep climbing in Montana, here's what to look for in the week ahead.
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The Learning Tree in Missoula is Closing
Since 1986, The Learning Tree has been one of the only locally owned toy stores in Missoula. In mid-April, though, The Learning Tree will be closing its doors for good.
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Montana Unemployment Rate Shows Slight Rise in January to 5.7%
With a .01% rise in the unemployment rate, Montana is back to a 5.7% unemployment rate, right where things stood in November 2012.
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Scam Uses Fake Department of Labor Letter to Target Montana Businesses
The Montana Department of Labor and Industry has seen an usually high number of scams targeting Montana business over the past few months. Now a new deception has been discovered.
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Montana Gas Prices Still Rising, End of Climb in Sight
At $3.34 per gallon, Montana's average gas prices are up again this week. They have been climbing for over three weeks now, but hope for motorists could be on the horizon.
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Enrollment Stories Very Different at University of Montana and Montana State University
Enrollment is quite literally the lifeblood of a university system and over the past year Montana's two big public universities, Montana State University and the University of Montana have very different stories to tell when it comes to new enrollment.
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Under Three Dollar Gas Still Available in Montana, But in Just a Few Places
Gas prices climb nearly 8 cents, but there are still great deals to be had if you know where to look.
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Sequester Could Cut Missoula Aging Service’s Budget by 50 Percent
The sequester is scheduled to occur as February comes to a close. For some agencies, the cutbacks will be minimal, but for others, like Missoula Aging Services, the cutbacks will be significant.
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School Board Votes to Close Historic 1889 Grantsdale School in Hamilton
The school bell outside Grantsdale Elementary in Hamilton has been ringing for classes and recess since the school's founding by Henry Grant in 1889. After a school board decision on Monday, February 25, however, Grantsdale's bell will ring to let children loose for the last time on June 6 of this year.