For some reason, people actually want to leave Montana every now and then. Montana is beautiful, but a change of scenery is nice on occasion. So, where do Montana residents travel to the most when they leave the state? According to new data, we have the answer.

Where Do Montanans Travel to The Most on Vacation?

I have always told my friends that there’s no place that I’d rather spend a summer than Montana. Literally, it doesn’t get much better. However, if you feel the need to travel, and soak up the sun on a sandy beach somewhere, that’s fine as well.

Travel experts at Cloudwards have revealed where Montanans travel to the most when they go on summer vacation. The website listed the top international destinations as well as destinations within the United States. After analyzing Google search data and considering other factors, here’s what they found.

Top International Travel Destination For Montanans

Viva La Mexica! The most popular international summer travel destination for Montanans is Cancun. It’s also the top summer vacation destination for Americans overall. Montana is nice, but so is sipping margaritas on the beach.

Top U.S. Vacation Destination For Montanans

The top summer vacation spot for Montanans in the U.S. is Las Vegas, Nevada. So, why do Montanans love Vegas so much? Flights are super cheap, and there’s a lot to do in Sin City. To learn more about the date, click here.

What is your favorite travel destination outside of Montana? Send us a message on our station app and let us know!

Press Release

Fiber expansions in the Montana cities of Billings and Great Falls have been announced by Ziply Fiber.

News provided by: Ziply Fiber

Ziply Fiber today announced a bold expansion throughout major cities in Montana, including Billings and Great Falls, which both have new, ultra-high-speed, 100-percent fiber-optic networks ready for service to thousands of residential and business customers. Installations are underway in Billings and will begin in Great Falls later this week. These are the first two cities of at least five in the state with brand new, state-of-the-art fiber infrastructure being built by Ziply Fiber, which previously had only offered service in the communities of Libby and Troy.

When construction is complete, Ziply Fiber’s new network will serve nearly 19,000 homes and businesses in Billings and nearly 10,000 addresses in Great Falls.

Ziply Fiber is at work on network expansion efforts in Missoula, Helena and Butte, as well. The company expects to launch those markets, with an additional 26,000 addresses, in the next few months.

Residential customers in all fiber markets can access speeds ranging from 100 Mbps to 50 Gig. All Ziply Fiber plans offer symmetrical download/upload speeds and the company’s entry-level Fiber 100 plan exceeds the minimum residential broadband speed required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with no contracts or data caps.

This means that as of today, both Billings and Great Falls now have the fastest household internet speeds in the nation. Customers at every speed tier can be confident they’re on the best and fastest network available, giving them great speed and reliable service for everything they want to do online today and into the future.

“Expansion in Montana has been a long time coming and I’m so thankful that the day is finally here,” said Harold Zeitz, CEO of Ziply Fiber. “I can’t tell you the number of people and business owners who have reached out to us asking when we’re coming and telling us stories of the limited options they have and what fast, reliable fiber will mean to them. Today we help fulfill that wish.”

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Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) – This week, the Montana Food Bank Network, along with partners Albertsons and Safeway introduced their Campaign for Bigger Impact to help raise the $3 million left in their $15 million capital campaign.

I spoke with Bill Matthews, Chief Development Officer about the continuing fundraising campaign.

The Montana Food Bank Network hopes to Raise the Remaining $3 Million

“At the Montana Food Bank Network, we’ve been working on a project for the last few years,” began Matthews. “It’s actually a silent phase of our capital campaign to build a new facility here in Missoula, to really expand our operations across the state, to have more food storage and more food distribution across the state, to our food banks and food pantries in every nook and cranny of the state of Montana in all 56 counties where we operate.”

Matthews detailed the impact that the Montana Food Bank Network has on the hungry in Montana.

Matthews Detailed the Alarming Statistics on Hunger in Montana

“One in nine Montanans don’t have enough food on the table, and that includes one in six children, so the need is just getting greater all the time,” he said. “The Montana Food Bank Network is the only statewide food bank in the state, and we distribute food to over 360 network partners that and that includes food banks, food pantries, schools, senior centers, shelters, and tribal centers.”

Along with shopping at participating Albertsons and Safeway stores in Missoula and throughout the state, Matthews provided more ways to help the MFBN reach its goal.

READ MORE: Montana Food Bank Network Receives Large Food Donation

Visit the Montana Food Bank Network’s Website for more Details

“People can go to our website,” he said. “We’re going to have posters up in all 40 stores across the state, and they’re going to help out through social media and their own websites to direct people to our donation page for the project itself. So, that’s what’s really going on over the next three months, which will really help out.”

The new facility is expected to be completed by July, 2025.