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Montana Renewables, Calumet have pending tax appeals before state board – The Electric

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June 13, 2024

Montana Renewables, Calumet have pending tax appeals before state board – The Electric

Montana Renewables filed an appeal over their tax classification.

The biodiesel production company with a Great Falls facility asked the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to certify the plant as a pollution control facility.

Under state law, air and water pollution and carbon capture equipment certified as such by DEQ is tax exempt.

In November 2021, Calumet Montana Refining spun off some assets to create Montana Renewables, which is a separate company and taxpaying entity.

Montana Renewables asked DEQ to certify the entire facility as an air and water pollution control facility, which would render the entire facility tax exempt, but DEQ certified only certain equipment, representing eight percent of the facility, according to the appeal filed in April with the Montana Tax Appeal Board.

County board upholds state’s revised tax valuation for Calumet

Montana Renewables argued in its appeal that DEQ has made a “mistake of fact and failed to recognize that the MRL facility is a fully-integrated facility which provides identifiable and substantial environmental benefits that can be achieved only by operation of the biomass conversion plant and all of its equipment together as one emissions-reducing unit.”

Montana Renewables argued that the state law changes over the last 30 years showed legislative intent to make refineries that added pollution control equipment eligible for certification, as well as biofuels operations.

Dave McAlpin, chair of the Montana Tax Appeal Board told The Electric that the board recently set a schedule for the appeal.

Unless the case is settled or a motion for summary judgment is filed by March 14, 2025, the board will heard the case May 6-9, 2025 in Helena, he said.

Calumet appeals county tax board denial to state [2023]

During an April hearing at the Cascade County Tax Appeal Board, Jennifer Sadler, sales and property tax manager for Calumet, said the company reported their property values to DOR in March 2022.

The company received and paid its assessments that summer.

DOR had initially valued Calumet at $165 million and Montana Renewables at $195 million, Sadler said.

Calumet has two pending tax appeal cases before the state board and during a hearing last fall, Calumet officials said they weren’t protesting the Montana Renewables valuation or taxes.

Calumet asked the county board in April to reject a reappraisal issued by the Department of Revenue last fall for the company’s 2022 taxes after discovering that $79 million of assets had been missed in the initial appraisal.

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The board voted 2-1 to accept the DOR’s revised valuation.

Kim Beatty, a lawyer for Calumet, told the board that Calumet had paid their 2022 taxes without protest though the company didn’t fully agree with the assessment, but said it had been in range with the 2021 agreed upon value.

Phil Murphy for Calumet said that the company agreed to a $355 million valuation in May 2021 for the entire Great Falls facility.

That case has a scheduling conference set for July 2, McAlpine said.

County tax appeal board denies $189.5 million Calumet protest [2023]

Calumet also has a pending tax appeal before the Montana Tax Appeal Board, asking them to override the county tax appeal board’s denial and lower their taxable value for 2023 by about $189 million.

DOR valued Calumet’s land at $118,944; and the buildings, equipment and improvements at $299,428,094 for a total of $299,547,035.

During a November hearing, Calumet asked the Cascade County Tax Appeal Board to lower their valuation for the buildings, equipment and improvements to $109,881,000 for a total of $109,999,944.

That’s a reduction of $189.5 million.

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The county board denied the request.

In mid-December, Calumet appealed the decision to the Montana Tax Appeal Board as they did in 2018.

McAlpin told The Electric that Calumet is scheduled to update the board by June 18 on this appeal.

The scheduling conference was vacated by stipulation and hasn’t yet been rescheduled since Calumet and DOR are discussing narrowing the issues, settling the case or consolidating the cases, McAlpin said.

County Commission adopts budget [2023}

According to the appeal filed with the state board in December, Calumet is asking for their total valuation to be lowered to $110,000,000.

In their appeal, Calumet states that the county board and the DOR used the incorrect methodology to determine their valuation and that they’d be prepared for a hearing by Sept. 30, 2024.

Until that appeal is finalized, Calumet’s property taxes are held and unusable for the county and city. For the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, city finance officials have said that amounts to roughly $1 million in tax revenue not available to the city for operations.

Local officials waiting for details of potential tax appeal [2023]

During their November hearing, Philip Murphy for Calumet, said that their taxes have quadrupled since the company purchased the refinery in 2012.

He said that in 2012, their taxes were $1.4 million. In 2021, Calumet paid $5.5 million and in 2022, $6.2 million in taxes.

Calumet protested their taxes in 2019, which was a continuation of the 2017-2018 protest case that was settled in 2020.

Dept. of Revenue files appeal over Calumet taxes [2018]

The Montana Department of Revenue set Calumet’s value at $538 million for 2017. In February 2018, the three-person county tax appeal board lowered the value to $312.5 million. Calumet had requested their value be lowered to $190.7 million.

Both Calumet and the DOR appealed that decision to the Montana Tax Appeal Board in 2018.

In 2020, the parties settled and according to DoR, of the roughly $17 million paid by Calumet under protest for tax years 2017-2019, about $9.5 million was released to the local jurisdictions and $1.5 million to the state.

Calumet protests taxes, county tax appeal board lowers taxable value by more than $200 million [2018]

Once the protest was settled, the county issued a refund of $4.7 million to Calumet and milled a special levy to recoup $1.2 million of funds the school district had to pay back to Calumet since they accessed their portion of protested taxes.

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Miley Cyrus teases Hannah Montana 20th anniversary: ‘You see the bangs’

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January 7, 2026

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Miley Cyrus teases Hannah Montana 20th anniversary: ‘You see the bangs’

Move over Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana is coming.

The “Flowers” singer is revisiting her Disney Channel roots, donning the signature blonde look of the fictional popstar ahead of the sitcom’s 20th anniversary in March.

At the Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on Jan. 3, Cyrus confirmed she is involved with plans for the milestone date.

“Absolutely. We’re working hard on them,” she told Variety.

While she said she couldn’t say more about what’s in store for fans, Cyrus pointed to her blonde hairstyle, adding, “You see the bangs.”

Cyrus starred in the series alongside Emily Osment, Mitchel Musso and father Billy Ray Cyrus, between March 2006 and January 2011, and starred in the 2009 feature film “Hannah Montana: The Movie.” Under the Hannah Montana persona, she also released multiple platinum-selling soundtracks and headlined the Best of Both Worlds Tour, which grossed over $54 million.

What’s happening for the Hannah Montana 20th anniversary?

The Grammy-winning musician first teased plans for the anniversary in a July 22 interview on SiriusXM.

“I want to design something really, really special for it because it really was the beginning of all of this,” she said. “Without Hannah, there wouldn’t really be this me.”

“It’s crazy to think that I started as a character that I thought was going to be impossible to shed, and now that’s something that when I walk into a space, it’s looked at as this sense of kind of, like, nostalgia or something that you have from your childhood,” she added. “So, that’s exciting to get to celebrate that.”

Will there be a Hannah Montana tour in 2026?

Cyrus has not announced plans to tour as “Hannah Montana” for the show’s 20th anniversary.

While exact anniversary plans remain under wraps, a tour seems unlikely, as Cyrus has previously expressed a lack of interest in touring.

During a May 2023 interview with British Vogue, the “Something Beautiful” singer added that while she enjoys performing for her friends, noting that “singing for hundreds of thousands of people isn’t really the thing that I love.”

Contributing: Edward Segarra, USA TODAY

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Montana State’s Taylee Chirrick earns second straight Big Sky Conference weekly honor

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January 6, 2026

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Montana State’s Taylee Chirrick earns second straight Big Sky Conference weekly honor

BOZEMAN — For the second consecutive week, Montana State sophomore guard Taylee Chirrick has been named Big Sky Conference player of the week, the league office announced Tuesday.

The 5-foot-11 product of Roberts scored the game-winning basket with 1.7 seconds remaining to lift the Bobcats to a 71-70 upset of Big 12 member Colorado on Sunday afternoon at the CU Events Center. Chirrick finished the contest with 21 points, which included a 7-for-7 effort at the free throw line.

Chirrick once again stuffed the stat sheet, pulling down a team-best six rebounds, while adding four steals, three assists and a pair of 3-pointers in the victory.

Chirrick is currently ranked third in the nation averaging 4.5 steals per game, and her 27 total steals rank 14th overall. Her 19.8 points per game rank second in the Big Sky and 28th in the nation.

Montana State opens the Big Sky Conference/Summit League Challenge on Wednesday at North Dakota State in Fargo. Tip is slated for 6 p.m. (MT) in the Scheels Center. The game will air live on the CBS Sports Network.

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Photos: Montana State clips Illinois State to win national championship

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January 6, 2026

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Photos: Montana State clips Illinois State to win national championship

Montana State plays Illinois State in the FCS national championship game at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026.Justin Hosa / MTN Sports

Montana State topped Illinois State 35-34 in overtime to claim their first National Championship since 1984.TOM WYLIE/MTN Sports

Montana State plays Illinois State in the FCS national championship game at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026.Kyle Hansen / MTN Sports

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