The Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board held their regular meeting Oct. 15 in Poplar. The board authorized the Head Start Director to apply for the Zone 8-National Indian Head Start Directors Association Board Elections and if selected, accept the board position. The family of Florence Fourstar was approved for a starquilt and $500 for her lifelong contribution for the Fort Peck Tribes. The

For the last several years, the Optimist Club of Wolf Point has been conducting Halloweenie. The event will again be offered this Halloween. Club members feel that Halloween means a sugar high for many youth. The Optimist feel the children should have a meal before they start to trick or treat and get a bag of candy. Halloweenie will take place at the Catholic stand on Main Street starting

Whether it is a battle over the proposed constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights or the fight over efforts by the legislature to change voting laws, Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen has often been at the center of intense clashes around election security and processes. She argues she is fighting for small businesses and willing to take on political elites. Her opponent, businessman

Following pressure from U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, the Biden Administration’s Department of Education announced it has reversed its decision to defund a critical program for Montana’s rural students, and will award a total of $29,750,000, or $4,250,000 per year for seven years to the Montana University System’s Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program. In a letter to Secretary

Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte and Democratic challenger Ryan Busse met in Missoula Wednesday, Oct. 16, for a one-hour debate, the only forum the two major- party gubernatorial candidates have agreed to share before the Nov. 5 election. The debate, hosted by regional news network Non-Stop Local, was livestreamed on the outlet’s website and is scheduled to broadcast Thursday on Montana PBS at

Neither of the candidates for Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court thought they were destined for the highest court in the state. Instead, Jerry Lynch and Cory Swanson both say they decided to run because they saw the need for a candidate who offered a different judicial philosophy to the ones on the ballot. The campaign has come to symbolize the state of the judiciary in Montana –

Montana State University’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics and MSU Extension will host the 18th annual Agricultural Economics Conference from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, at the Best Western GranTree Inn, 1325 N. Seventh Ave. in Bozeman. The conference is part of the College of Agriculture’s annual Celebrate Ag week, which honors the state and university’s joint agricultural

Don’t wait until it is too late. Hunters who haven’t already asked permission from private landowners to hunt need to do so as soon as possible. Montana law requires hunters to obtain permission for all hunting on private land. Whether pursuing upland game birds, coyotes, gophers or any other wildlife, hunters must have permission from the landowner before hunting on private property. This