Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, along with cohost Fort Belknap Fish and Wildlife, are holding a public meeting on bear awareness, including how to minimize conflict. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 27, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the community Bingo Hall at 400 Agency Main Street in Fort Belknap. The event is open to the public. Anyone interested — whether they are a hunter, landowner,

Approximately 200 Montana middle school and high school students gathered at Montana State University in April for a three-day event focused on curating and sharing Indigenous knowledge and supporting Native American youth. The RISE Native Youth Leadership Tribal Education Summit was hosted and sponsored by MSU. Montana’s Office of Public Instruction selected MSU to host the summit because

Grey Bear, Eljin Grey Bear, Cammie Martell and Brae-Lyn Nordwick for the Elijah Grey Bear Memorial; Stacey Simons for the Patty Bird Memorial; Alara Cooper and Roseanna Youpee for the Poplar Education Association; and Rilley Smith for the Warhoop Basketball. Graduates were Caidryn Archambault, Kyle Arthur, John Azure Jr., Wilder Bear Cub, Victor Boyd, Bree Brown, Toni Brown, Christopher Browning,

The Department of Public Health and Human Services recently hosted its fourth annual Disability Employment Summit in an effort to increase job access for Montanans. DPHHS reported there are around 79,000 Montanans with disabilities aged 18 to 64. There are about 41,000 Montanans with disabilities in the workforce and an additional 3,000 that are in the labor force but are currently unemployed.

The Interagency Fish Consumption Advisory Group, consisting of representatives from the Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services, Montana Department of Environmental Quality and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, has issued an updated consumption advisory for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in fish. The new PFAS fish consumption advisory is listed in the Montana Sport Fish

Wolf Point Mayor Chris Dschaak reminds residents to be patient during the current road construction on Main Street because the long-term benefits to the community will be worth the current minor driving challenges. “We’re replacing sewer pipes that have been potentially in the ground for 100 years,” Dschaak said. “We’re doing giant infrastructure repairs for the betterment of everybody

Prior to announcing his decision for the sentencing of Wolf Point’s Brianna Jensen-Rowe, District Judge Benjamin Fosland related how difficult the process in the deliberate homicide case was for him regarding the length of jail time to be served. “This is a very hard case,” Fosland said. He pointed out the case’s huge contrasts. On one side, Jensen-Rowe’s young age and her lack of