Students deliver Christmas meals to veterans in Great Falls
In the video above, Paul Sanchez reports on students from Central Catholic High School in Great Falls, who provided all of the fixings for Christmas meals for 50 military veterans.
Whether or not you’re searching for journey or searching for tranquility, there’s an simple attract to Large Sky Nation’s beautiful pure panorama with its snow-capped mountains and rolling inexperienced fields.
In spite of everything, it’s right here the place a number of the nation’s most well-known nationwide parks may be discovered, together with state treasures like Lone Pine State Park, Wild Horse Island State Park and Therriault Go. No matter your pace, you’ll be able to get pleasure from an abundance of year-round actions in Montana to maintain you lively outdoor, together with snowboarding, snowshoeing, horseback driving, fly fishing, tenting, mountain biking, climbing, searching, or simply inhaling that clear mountain air.
From an off-the-grid masterpiece at Glacier Nationwide Park to a personal lake retreat, listed here are 4 properties to contemplate transferring to in northwest Montana.
If in case you have at all times yearned for the chance to stay fully “off the grid,” right here is your likelihood. This four-bedroom magnificence is situated simply steps from the Polebridge entrance to Glacier Nationwide Park and sits on 5 personal acres in the course of the wilderness.
Inbuilt 2011, the four-story architectural marvel provides 3,358 sq. ft of area that tops off with a “cupola” the place you’ll be able to soak up 360-degree views of Glacier Nationwide Park, Canada and Flathead Nationwide Forest.
From solar energy and backup mills to a number of wood-burning stoves, the environment friendly and self-sufficient home provides a real likelihood to stay off the land. Luxurious facilities at this distinctive octagonal house characteristic customized tile work, stunning hardwood flooring and a newly constructed in-law unit that could possibly be used for friends, a house workplace or to offer further revenue.
For anybody with a artistic spirit and a need to have your personal personal lake to fish from, this property provides practically 63 vast open acres to construct the house of your goals.
Positioned off a paved county-maintained highway on Lick Lake close to Glacier Nationwide Park, the property provides limitless potential with three wells, two septic programs, high-speed fiber and devoted energy. There’s additionally a newly constructed 1,200-square-foot store on premise.
Think about listening to the serene sounds of a operating creek whereas taking within the spectacular mountain views of Therriault Go out of your newly constructed entrance porch. The property is situated close to 4 ski resorts and about 45 minutes north of Whitefish and quarter-hour south of Eureka.
Nothing says Montana residing fairly like a spectacular log-style lodge, and it’s even higher when it comes with frontage alongside Flathead Lake. The sprawling 9,218-square-foot principal residence is accompanied by a two-bedroom visitor house and three-bedroom cottage.
With 295 ft of lake frontage and an unlimited house designed for entertaining and straightforward residing, it’s simple to see why this mansion was a Parade of Houses winner. From the two-story, light-filled household room with a spectacular floor-to-ceiling fire and partitions of home windows overlooking the lake to the big chef’s kitchen and big pantry, this mega house provides an unimaginable open ground plan.
There are 4 visitor suites, a sport room, bar, sauna, and heated storage whereas the outside options beautiful landscaping, a personal waterfront pavilion, bar, barbecue grill, two docks and your personal personal cherry orchard.
With beautiful views of Whitefish Mountain, this contemporary 5,720-square-foot magnificence is simply 1.5 miles from downtown Whitefish. The five-bedroom modern was in-built 2019 and sits on 2.5 acres.
Stepping contained in the eye-catching design reveals trendy residing areas that includes large floor-to-ceiling home windows that present breathtaking mountain views and an open ground plan. A major suite may be discovered on the primary ground with three extra spacious bedrooms upstairs. There are additionally two chef’s kitchens right here and the completed decrease degree provides an extra en suite bed room.
Head as much as the third ground the place you’ll be able to chill out and take within the 360-degree mountain views from the indoor Sundance spa. The sale of the property additionally consists of authorised plans for a 2,300-square-foot visitor home and airplane hangar.
Nationwide Parks Realty is an unique member of Forbes International Properties, a shopper market and membership community of elite brokerages promoting the world’s most luxurious houses.
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Students deliver Christmas meals to veterans in Great Falls
In the video above, Paul Sanchez reports on students from Central Catholic High School in Great Falls, who provided all of the fixings for Christmas meals for 50 military veterans.
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Gas prices have dropped again across Montana just as drivers hit the roads for one of the year’s busiest travel times.
GasBuddy.com reports average gasoline prices in the state have fallen 4.2¢ per gallon in the last week and are averaging $2.79 per gallon as of Monday.
Gas prices are 20.2¢ per gallon lower than at this time a month ago and 22.7¢ per gallon lower than a year ago.
The national average price of gasoline has risen 3.1¢ per gallon over the last week to $3.01 per gallon, which is 2.6¢ lower than a month ago.
GassBuddy.com reports the cheapest gas in Montana was at $2.56 per gallon on Sunday while the most expensive was $3.06 per gallon.
Montana’s Republican lawmakers may not be swayed by the gravity of climate crisis, but six state Supreme Court justices did not need convincing. Last Wednesday, 16 young plaintiffs won a resounding victory as those jurists upheld a historic 2023 climate decision, with only one dissenting vote among the seven justices. With climate deniers poised to roll back energy and environmental policies in Washington next year, and the U.N. climate conference (COP29) failing to resolve major international challenges, the decision was a bright spot in an otherwise dismal year of climate policy developments.
The case tackled the state’s appeal of Held v. Montana (2023), which found a provision of the Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) unconstitutional. This “MEPA limitation” prohibited environmental studies demonstrating how the state’s greenhouse gas emissions contribute to global climate change. The state Supreme Court agreed with a lower-court ruling that the provision is unconstitutional because it violated the right to “a clean and healthful environment.”
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In the 2023 decision, Judge Kathy Seeley took great care to provide a detailed exploration of the climate issues and give credence to the young people’s fears for their future. While state Supreme Court justices touched on some climate issues, such as increasing global temperatures, they turned their attention to the specific question of climate change as “a serious threat to the constitutional guarantee of a clean and healthful environment in Montana.”
Significantly, the justices pointed to the state constitution’s stipulation that “the state and each person shall maintain and improve” Montana’s environment “for present and future generations.” The legislature, for its part, had the responsibility to protect what they termed the “environmental life support system” from “unreasonable depletion and degradation of natural resources.”
They decided that the framers of the state constitution wanted to carve out “the strongest environmental protection provision found in any state constitution” and agreed with the young plaintiffs that there is ample evidence that the climate crisis has exacerbated wildfires and affected air and water quality in the state. The jurists also noted that the framers “would [not] grant the State a free pass to pollute the Montana environment just because the rest of the world insisted on doing so.”
The single dissent from Justice Jim Rice rested largely on the standing of the young people to bring the initial lawsuit. He argued that there was “no project, no application, no decision, no permit, no enforcement of a statute” that materially affected the group. Their stories were “not legally unique” and no different from other state residents.
Gov. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) argued that the case will prompt “perpetual lawsuits” and increase energy bills for residents. He also echoed the dissenting justice’s contention that the decision was another example of judicial activism with the court “step[ping] outside of its lane” to tread on legislative prerogatives. Not surprisingly, using Held v. Montana as an entrée, Montana Republican legislative leaders—the GOP controls both chambers—have pledged to take up new curbs on the state courts when the legislature reconvenes in January.
But for now, the ruling produces a powerful precedent that citizens, no matter their age, play an important role in shielding the planet from environmental harm, and cannot be easily dismissed.
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