Pre-K classroom programs across Montana showed promise in their first year. Out of the 2,025 students across the state who participated, 57% learned enough in the program to no longer be eligible for it. The post Aimed at improving student reading skills, free preschool in Billings shows promise appeared first on Montana Free Press.| Montana Free Press
The Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter has been remediated following a state plan to deal with a drug incineration gone awry, but shelter staff aren’t working out of the facility and the long-term location of the facility is in flux. On Oct. 24, the City of Billings issued a press release saying remediation had been completed […]| Daily Montanan
The Interior Department is moving forward with the first onshore sales of public oil and gas drilling leases under President Joe Biden, but will sharply increase royalty rates for companies that extract oil.| AP News
