Nicole Girten

Helena

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Bitterroot Pride 2025 events: A bike ride, picnic and a parade float

1 week ago | ravallirepublic.com | Nicole Girten

The Bitterroot Diversity Group is hosting a series of events the next two weekends as part of its Pride month celebrations. This includes a group bike ride, a picnic, a church service and a float in the Missoula Pride parade. Montana lawmakers have passed numerous pieces of legislation aimed at the LGBTQ+ community in recent years. Republican Gov.
High court affirms decision siding with UM in decade-long student loan dispute

1 week ago | wvnews.com | Nicole Girten

Montana’s high court sided with the University of Montana in a decade-long legal battle over the school’s student loan repayment process with a third party. In an opinion released on Tuesday, Montana’s Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s ruling siding with UM in a case surrounding the university’s loan repayment process through a third party called Higher One between 2010 and 2015.
New Missoula private school looking to increase enrollment, hosting open house

1 week ago | missoulian.com | Nicole Girten

A new Missoula private school taking shape in the former library building downtown aims to take a local, "place-based" approach to educating young people and is hoping to enroll enough students to open this fall.
High court affirms decision siding with UM in decade-long student loan dispute

1 week ago | missoulian.com | Nicole Girten

Montana’s high court sided with the University of Montana in a decade-long legal battle over the school’s student loan repayment process with a third party. In an opinion released on Tuesday, Montana’s Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s ruling siding with UM in a case surrounding the university’s loan repayment process through a third party called Higher One between 2010 and 2015.
The Decennial Study: Determining how Montana education is funded, and who will pay for it

1 week ago | missoulian.com | Nicole Girten

Is Montana providing an adequate and equal education for its students? How much money does it take to ensure children across the state have equal access to a quality education? Who pays for it? These are some of the questions the School Funding Interim Commission — made up of 20 members, including legislators and education leaders — will study and make potential recommendations for changes before the 2027 legislative session.
How is the STARS Act influencing teacher union negotiations?

1 week ago | missoulian.com | Nicole Girten

Teachers' unions across Montana have been coming to the negotiating table with a collective $100 million incentive to raise starting teacher pay through a law passed this spring known as the STARS Act, but teachers in some better-paying districts are negotiating to be able to put more of the funding toward all of their salaries.
UM law grad recognized for mentorship of fellow Native American students

1 week ago | missoulian.com | Nicole Girten

University of Montana President Seth Bodnar recognized UM law school graduate LaRenzo Roanbear for his work as a peer mentor in the Indigenous First Year Experience program. Roanbear won the 2024-25 Leadership & Service in Inclusive Excellence Award for his work with the program, which aims to help students navigate the college experience and connect them to campus resources, according to a Monday press release.
Bitterroot Health Women’s Health team adding two OB/GYNs this summer

2 weeks ago | ravallirepublic.com | Nicole Girten

Bitterroot Health Certified Nurse Midwife and Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Amber Lavin is accepting new patients, offering full-spectrum care in Stevensville and delivering at Bitterroot Health’s birthing center. The health nonprofit is also bringing on two new OB/GYN physicians this summer. Dr. Nick Chobanian will join the Obstetrics and Gynecology team in mid-June, followed by Dr. Jordan Albreicht, who is set to arrive later this summer.
Florence school board takes step towards eliminating pass/fail grades in high school

2 weeks ago | ravallirepublic.com | Nicole Girten

The Florence-Carlton School Board took a step towards changing the policy towards pass/fail grades, which could close a "loophole" and make it harder for students to achieve valedictorian status. The board voted unanimously on second reading, meaning it’s not the final vote, to eliminate the pass/fail option with no impact to GPA or valedictorian status. The board will likely take a final vote at their next meeting and would be implemented before the upcoming school year.
'Grown so much': Bitterroot High Schools celebrate the Class of 2025

2 weeks ago | ravallirepublic.com | Nicole Girten

Renee Ratkin and Audrey Meyer both had tears in their eyes as Victor High School graduate Christopher Betts handed them each a rose as part of the commencement ceremony Sunday afternoon. Graduates give roses to people who have made an impact on them as part of the “Recognition of Roses” tradition. Ratkin and Meyer were two of Betts’ first bosses at The Hopps taphouse, Betts told the Ravalli Republic. “I’ve grown so much and they’ve watched it all,” Betts said.