Farmers have eyeballed their crops to gauge how well they are doing since the dawn of time. Though it may not seem too trustworthy or scientific, new research from the University of Montana and the Spanish Research Council suggests this type of evaluation can produce a lot of high-value information for crop monitoring and yield production. Marco Maneta is a UM geosciences associate professor and

Hebrews 6:9-15 Picture yourself waiting in a checkout line that has not moved for ten minutes. Many of us would feel frustrated. We live in a generation that expects instant results. Everyone struggles with some degree of impatience. We’re born with this trait — think about a three-month-old who wants milk in the middle of the night. The inborn reaction is to fuss at the first hint of discomfort

The City of Wolf Point has updated their website. According to city clerk/treasurer Marlene Mahlum, the site is a work in progress. Visitors to the site will find many sections accessible and updated. Hosting and support have been provided by Municode. “It will allow us to update the website here within my office and not have to have someone else do it,” said Mahlum. She said that updating

To get the word out, Howard advertised her services with posters, an open house, and on her vehicle. She spoke at local meetings, attended senior lunches in Condon and at the senior center in Seeley Lake and started writing a monthly newspaper column in the Seeley Swan Pathfinder. Her outreach, coupled with word of mouth, built relationships and quickly increased her hours to full-time. “The

fraud goes down substantially when the service provider knows a trusted friend or family member is taking an interest in the senior's affairs. Older Americans are becoming more comfortable with evolving technologies, such as social media. Unfortunately, that gives scammers another means of taking advantage. Phishing scams linked to COVID-19 have been a major threat this filing season.

( Publisher’s Note: This week’s issue of the Northern Plains Independent is the first issue being printed at the Helena Independent-Record. The move was made after the Gannett corporation made the decision to shut down the press shop at the Great Falls Tribune, where we’ve printed since our first issue rolled off the presses in May 2019. Our deadlines are a little earlier and we’ll