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The University of Montana’s push to be the region’s cybersecurity hub took another step forward this week after the National Security Agency officially redesignated Missoula College as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense.

County employees who are gone for more than three weeks or moved on to another job could be listed as an inactive account user under a proposed new policy.

The Justice Department said on Tuesday that it has taken down a so-called botnet that was responsible for dozens of ransomware attacks in the past 18 months alone and caused tens of millions of dollars in losses.

Oregon has tens of millions to spend on the industry while colleges and other programs offer training opportunities to increase the workforce.

More than 15,000 Lyft drivers were paid less than required under new pay standards Washington enacted this year for the app-based ride-booking sector, a recent investigation by the state Department of Labor & Industries found.

Efforts to rein in the executive branch agency that currently has the power to unilaterally approve hundreds of millions of dollars worth of tax abatements without input from elected officials fell short.

New research from the University of Montana and its partners suggests artificial intelligence can match the top 1% of human thinkers on a standard test for creativity.

The new hires at TDS include five construction technicians and two field technicians. They also include a network specialist and a sales supervisor.

Federal land managers auctioned off thousands of acres in Nevada’s Amargosa desert for solar development, resulting in the highest-yielding onshore renewable energy auction in the agency’s history.

Sen. Jon Tester voted in favor of the legislation. Republicans Sen. Steve Daines and Rep. Matt Rosendale voted against the measure.