BOZEMAN, Montana, Nov. 3 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: As a graduate student at Montana State University, Chidimma Ifeh has helped smallholder women farmers in Senegal develop Indigenous fermented beverages. She also previously collaborated with rural West African farmers to address post-harvest crop losses through actions such as developing biscuits made with high-quality cassava flour. This summer, Ifeh continued to build on her efforts related to fo  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: Today the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) is announcing a new, initial investment to open command center offices in five battleground Senate states: Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Additional offices and funding will be announced as the cycle continues. The Command Centers will serve as a hub for on-the-ground staff, organizers and voluntee  more

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct. 31 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2023: Governor Greg Gianforte on Sunday arrived in Taipei for a trade mission to strengthen Montana's longstanding relationship with Taiwan, a hub for democracy and technological innovation in East Asia. Representatives of Montana's agricultural, semiconductor, photonics, and bioscience industries joined the governor on the trade mission. "Taiwan is one of Montana's most important trading   more

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Nov. 1 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2023: Governor Greg Gianforte today met with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan to strengthen Montana's relationship with its longstanding partner and ally. "Montana and Taiwan share nearly four decades of history as trading partners and friends, built on our common values of individual liberty, innovation, and free enterprise," Gov. Gianforte said. "It was an honor to meet with President Tsai  more

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 1 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2023: Governor Greg Gianforte today praised wildland firefighters and staff and leadership at the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) for its effective response during the 2023 Fire Season, keeping 96% of fires under the state's direct protection to 10 acres or fewer. "With every fire, we respond with one goal - put out the fire as safely and as quickly as possib  more

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct. 31 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: Meeting with representatives from Taiwanese trade associations and importer groups, Governor Greg Gianforte today promoted Montana's high quality commodities and growing industries to expand economic opportunities for Montanans in Taiwan. "Taiwan is home to some of the most quality-driven buyers in the world, and Montana delivers - whether our superior grains and beef or world-class s  more

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 1 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following agency statement on Oct. 31, 2023: * * * This month, Halloween came early for Montana as transplant Tim Sheehy terrified the state with his call to transfer public lands. Sheehy recently claimed that we should transfer control of public lands to states, counties, or even a "local landlord," making it easier to sell off Montana's public lands to private interests. As Matt Rosendale knows, this is an unwinnable positio  more

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 2 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Dysfunction is at the helm of the Montana GOP with two Republican central committees losing longtime leadership. In Missoula, the entire Republican central committee board resigned en masse, refusing to say why or what had caused them to step down. And 45 miles away in Ravalli County, Republican Central Committee members expelled longtime chair Terry Nelson, who served for 15 years, and replaced him wit  more

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 2 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Yesterday, Senate Republicans attacked Senator Tuberville's blockade of more than 350 critical military nominations, calling it a "national security suicide mission" and accusing Tuberville of "endangering the nation."Meanwhile, Montana transplant and Mitch McConnell recruit Tim Sheehy supported and raised money off of Senator Tommy Tuberville's blockade. In the midst of the crisis in the Middle East, th  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Nov. 2 -- Montana State University issued the following news release: By Diana Setterberg Julius Caesar said experience is the teacher of all things, and after conducting scientific experiments on the edge of space during the recent annular solar eclipse, members of Montana State University's Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project engineering team couldn't agree more. Earlier this month, the 13 members of the team - all undergraduate students in the Norm Asbjornson College of  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Ongoing research at Montana State University that examines the relationship between grizzly bears and the army cutworm moth received national attention earlier this month in The Guardian. The article, published Oct. 8, is titled "'Like butter for bears': The grizzlies who dine on 40,000 moths a day" and features Clare Dittemore, who received her master's at MSU in 2022, and Bob Peterson, head of MS  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 31 -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Brian Gillespie, associate professor and associate dean of the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Montana State University, has been selected as the new dean of the college. He will begin his new position on Jan. 1, 2024. The Jabs business college is the third largest college at MSU, with an enrollment of nearly 2,200 students. The business school offers four undergraduate degrees -- acc  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Nov. 2 -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Language is a meaning-making tool, one that educates and informs, persuades and dissuades, connects and divides. At Montana State University, Michelle Miley has devoted her career to ensuring that students develop the skills to use that tool, along with an understanding that the writing process itself can forge connections between people with vastly different viewpoints. As director of the MSU Writing Cente  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued the following news release: This week Jon Tester joined Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats to kill an amendment introduced by Ted Cruz that would have defunded Joe Biden's radical highway administrator--despite the fact the Senate had already rejected her nomination. Ann Carlson--serving as acting director of the NHTSA in violation of federal law--is leading the Biden administration's crackdown on gas cars and once prais  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Montana State University will host a presentation, "The Future of Zoning in Bozeman," during its monthly Friday Forum on Nov. 10. The event will take place via Zoom from noon to 1:30 p.m. Data from the 2020 U.S. census showed that Bozeman was one of the fastest-growing small cities in America. Bozeman's growth comes with potential challenges related to envi  more