The Scobey City Council held its regular meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 24. Public hearings were held for the 2026-2027 budgets and plans for Street Lighting Improvement District #18, which saw no increase over last year and Street Maintenance District #19, also no increase. A hearing was also held for an increase to the sewer base rate of $1 per customer. During the public works report, director

This September, the Montana Stockgrowers Association is hitting the road to continue the Producer Profitability Initiative conversation. This statewide effort is aimed to bring Montana’s agricultural producers together to share updates, exchange ideas and continue the work of building a sustainable future for the livestock industry. Two years ago, the Producer Profitability Initiative

The Montana State University Extension Pesticide Education Program is offering a pest management tour for pesticide applicators at nine locations across eastern Montana from Sept. 28 to Oct. 2. In order, the tour will visit Scobey, Plentywood, Glasgow, Malta, Glendive, Sidney, Miles City, Broadus and Forsyth. At each stop, speakers will present on a variety of topics, including fire, drought

As airports grow more crowded, U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy told Montana residents on Wednesday, Aug. 26, that passenger rail could help fuel more tourism and economic growth in the Big Sky state. Sheehy, a Republican speaking at the Greater Northwest Rail Summit, also gave an update on legislation that would remove federal match requirements by local governments for long-distance passenger rail corridors

A secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation,

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has announced a landmark settlement agreement with Meta Platforms, Inc. for intentionally designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to minors and for misleading the public about the safety of its platforms. Montana has the potential to receive $127 million from the settlement and is guaranteed to receive $89 million. In 2021, Knudsen launched an

A group of Montana students, families and tribes has reached a settlement with the state Office of Public Instruction that’s set to bring closure to a yearslong legal dispute about how the state implements its constitutional requirement to provide Indigenous education. The settlement, if approved, would resolve a class action lawsuit filed in 2021 in which plaintiffs alleged the state has