One of the strengths of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is their over 11,000 volunteers throughout the country, including over 1,000 here in Montana.
A group of Montana lawyers says it is giving a lifetime achievement award to a state judge for his many years of service, despite the judge being censured last year for comments about a 14-year-old girl raped by her teacher.
16 Montana schools were awarded grants today to help take a very important first step towards the health and future of their students and their communities.
The Montana Department of Transportation awarded more than $143,000 in equipment grants for law enforcement jurisdictions to support Vision Zero, the initiative to eliminate deaths and serious injuries on Montana roads.
On Tuesday, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald awarded nearly $93 million in Supportive Services for Veteran Families three-year grants that will help approximately 45,000 homeless and at-risk veterans and their families. Six million dollars of that was awarded right here in the Treasure State.
Colleen Windell, a Washington Middle School 7th grade teacher, is one of two state finalists for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
The former director of the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Paul Polzin, recently received a national award from the Association for University Business and Economic Research.