Hospital project gets $600,000 boost

The Montana Department of Commerce recently allocated $1.3 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) money split between Dahl Memorial Hospital and Silver Bow County's historic Hotel Finlen in Butte.

The goal of the funding is to generate new jobs, and keep current jobs in the Montana communities.

Butte-Silver Bow County was given $700,000 of the share to cover the cost of Hotel Finlen's restoration, and is expected to generate thirty-five new jobs. The hotel accommodated former presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, among other prominent world leaders after it was erected in...