In last week’s article regarding Poplar’s Grace Wood being in the Taste of Home’s favorite chef contest, the last paragraph should read, “But she does use her cooking ability in the classroom. She honors birthday students with birthday cakes throughout the school year. “That’s become a thing,” she said. This newspaper regrets the error. People are reminded to keep voting for

Richland County is in Stage 1 fire restrictions due to extremely dry conditions. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks follows the county’s lead in placing fire restrictions on its properties within that county, so campfire and smoking restrictions are also in place at Sidney Bridge Fishing Access Site, Diamond Willow FAS, Gartside Reservoir FAS, Elk Island FAS and Wildlife Management Area, Seven

Montanans rightly take pride in our Constitution’s robust right to know. But as we’ve said before, a constitutional guarantee is only as meaningful as the process available to enforce it. Our state’s enforcement mechanism is lax, despite recent efforts to change public records laws. The result is a system in which the responsibility to gain information falls on the shoulders of records requestors

Montana State Auditor and Commissioner of Securities and Insurance James Brown helped to stop more than $5 million in unsupported payouts by Mountain Health Co-Op, a second health insurer impacted by an Obamacare fraud scheme previously exposed by the auditor’s office. The treatment and billing scheme targeted vulnerable native communities in the Treasure State. The scheme abused an Obamacare

Lustre received 4/10” of rain on Tuesday, July 14, which was welcome for the crops. Lightening storms have been rather bright at night! The EMB Harvest Festival is different this year, on Aug. 30-31. The speakers are Dan and Melody Nickel (Sharon Skillman’s sister), who have been in the states a couple months and will be returning to Ireland shortly after they come here. We extend condolences

Less than a year after graduating from the University of Montana’s Alexander Blewett III School of Law, Ericka Camposan earned admission to practice in every tribal court in Montana. It’s a rare professional achievement that many attorneys never complete. Camposan said the law school’s Indian law curriculum, faculty connections and professional network gave her the foundation to serve

Department of Public Health and Human Services director Charlie Brereton reminds Montanans that new Medicaid Expansion community engagement requirements took effect on July 1. Most Medicaid Expansion members aged 19-64 who are not excluded must complete and document at least 80 hours of qualifying community engagement activities each month, which will be reviewed at their next redetermination