Federal grants, local transportation, aerial mapping and revenue projections will occupy the attention of city commissioners this evening. At a 5:30 p.m. work session in the Gibson Room, commissioners will hear recommendations on how the city should spend federal Community Development Block Grants and HOME program dollars. The CDBG program this year includes an extra $248,811 in federal stimulus dollars for Great Falls through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. City action on the

The glaciers of Glacier National Park are disappearing quicker than expected. Due to greater than anticipated warming, U.S. Geological Survey ecologist Dan Fagre is predicting that the park’s glaciers could be gone by 2020, in just 11 years. Th...

The Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership is inviting legislators and the public to a free workshop on carbon sequestration at 1 p.m. Friday in Room 303 of the Capitol in Helena. The workshop will cover carbon-sequestration technologies, including terrestrial and geologic carbon sequestration, carbon markets, benefits to the state and issues related to proposed legislation. After an introduction and presentation, audience members will have the opportunity to ask the Big Sky Carbon

The glaciers of Glacier National Park are disappearing quicker than expected. Due to greater than anticipated warming, U.S. Geological Survey ecologist Dan Fagre is predicting that the park’s glaciers could be gone by 2020, in just 11 years...

WASHINGTON (AP) Countries buying Chinese goods should be held responsible for the heat-trapping gases released during manufacturing in China, one of its top officials said Monday. The argument could place an even greater burden on the U.S. for redu...