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The Biden administration announced Monday the land border with Canada will remain restricted to all nonessential travel through Oct. 21. That’s in contrast with Canada’s side of the border, which since Aug. 9 has been open for U.S. citizens who are fully vaccinated and have tested negative for the coronavirus.
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Montana is slated to welcome 75 Afghan refugees, and reactions from the state’s elected officials are varying about the news.
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Canadians seeking to vacation or travel for business are still not allowed to cross the border into the US. Earlier Friday the Department of Homeland Security extended it’s restrictions on non-essential travel at least to September 21.
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Another Democrat has joined the race for Montana’s new Congressional seat.
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Montana’s congressional delegation is asking the Biden administration to help farmers deal with extreme drought conditions as the state heats up....
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Officials Tuesday held a grand opening ceremony for the long-awaited Southwest Montana Veterans Home. Managers expect to ramp up resident capacity at the facility in coming months.
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Juneteenth in Billings has been a tradition for decades.The 19th of June marks the day enslaved Black Americans in Texas learned slavery had ended, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.
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Montana’s lone U.S. representative Wednesday afternoon voted against a bill to establish June 19 as a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. The proposal passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in the House.
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Montana leaders who have for months been pushing President Joe Biden to give the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline the greenlight are taking stock after Wednesday’s announcement that the developer is ending the project after more than a decade of controversy.
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When Paul Rana’s primary care physician left the VA clinic in Kalispell to open her own practice, he followed her. But instead of picking up a new health insurance policy, Rana and his partner agreed to pay a monthly fee that came with the promise of better access.