BILLINGS, Mont., May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PPL Montana's 12 hydroelectric facilities across the state are operating in anticipation of the many rivers and streams running high from a combination of rain and a heavy mountain snowpack. "Our dams and facilities are designed to handle the kinds of runoffs we're seeing across Montana this spring," said David Hoffman, director of External Affairs for PPL Montana. "We do remind the many people who use the rivers and streams around PPL Montana hydroelectric facilities for recreation to use common sense and caution around high, fast-running water," he said.

Gatehouse Academy has opened a new facility in Idaho. The new facility is located 3.5 miles north of the mountainous city of Clark Fork, Idaho and 38 miles from the Canadian border. Our new campus borders the National Forest.

SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Avista will celebrate both the 50th anniversary of the first power generated at its Noxon Rapids hydroelectric dam and the first 10 years of successful implementation of the Clark Fork Settlement Agreement Thursday, Oct.

By Justin Post, The Montana Standard, Butte Jul. 1--Butte-Silver Bow could receive the lion's share of the $20 million available this year through the state's Natural Resource Damage Program for restorations in the Upper Clark Fork River Basin.

By Justin Post, The Montana Standard, Butte Jun. 13--Butte officials are rallying the community to attend a Thursday public hearing on a proposed spending structure for a major restoration fund.