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The number of Montana high school seniors submitting an application for federal student loans is down sharply from last year, according to national data.
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Montana State University broke ground Friday on a new nursing school in Missoula.
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Montana State University will soon help communities and tribes in six states obtain environmental and energy related grants.
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Rural communities across Montana have long been affected by “brain drain,” where the younger generation moves away for college and a career and never moves back. But, that's not the whole story. MTPR's Ellis Juhlin spoke with some new and returning residents and found optimistic visions for what the future of rural Montana could look like.
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News briefs: A trout population study, noise pollution inside Glacier National Park, UM wins discrimination case.
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Montana’s Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted new fishing regulations for the coming year.
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Multiple efforts are underway to study the historic population crash among trout in the Jefferson Basin. One non-profit is starting a private research effort at the Big Hole River that they hope will supplement work being done by the state.
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Montana wildlife officials will begin studies this year to get to the bottom of a historic trout population crash in the Jefferson Basin. Montana wildlife officials have also created a new web portal for residents to submit reports of dead and diseased fish.
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Baristas at a Missoula Starbucks will be voting Friday on whether to unionize. The state’s first report of rabies has led to a countywide quarantine for some pets in southeastern Montana. Montana’s Department of Agriculture is asking residents along the Rocky Mountain Front to lookout for a newly detected noxious weed.
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Voters on the Blackfeet Nation have elected a replacement for a council member who recently resigned following his arrest. Montana State University has a likely building site for a new nursing school in Missoula.