The desperation of livestock and agriculture producers reflects a broader crisis on the Blackfeet Reservation, where reports of extreme drought conditions led the Tribal Business Council to declare a state of emergency last month
Canadian travel drops as domestic tourism remains flat; Flathead Valley property owners are adding tourism to their crop rotation; plus, Market Metrics and Financial Corner
Cyrus Western assured community leaders that the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company property and other Superfund sites in the "Mountains and Plains" region he now oversees would be protected even as the Trump administration fires thousands of EPA employees and fundamentally reshapes the agency’s mission
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