Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Mike Poland, geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey and scientist-in-charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, and Wendy Stovall, geologist with the USGS and deputy scientist-in-charge, of the YVO.

Value-added products could help northeastern Montana capitalize on its natural resources even more than it is doing now, Secretary of State Corey Stapleton suggested during a business round table Thursday in Sidney.

Last in a three-day series

Dr. Judy Hayman will be moving from one leadership post with the Department of Veterans Affairs to another in a different state. 

An oil and gas firm secured Friday the last of its necessary Wyoming permits for a 730-mile-high power transmission line to connect the largest proposed onshore wind development in the Rockies with power customers in the Southwest and California.