Average gasoline prices in Montana have risen 9.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.55/g on Monday, May 18, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 70.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.38/g higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has decreased 0.5 cents compared to a week ago and stands at $5.618

NEMHS ambulance service, Commissioner Gordon Oelkers spoke against the resolution because he doesn’t feel the county has the authority to run the service. He said if the county doesn’t have control of a board, the county’s insurance company won’t cover the county in a possible lawsuit. “It’s a lawsuit ready to happen,” Oelkers said. Toavs explained that such a resolution would

A Missoula judge has ordered the Montana Department of Justice and its Department of Motor Vehicles to pay more than $70,000 in total attorney’s fees to three different sets of attorneys, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Montana, because it won a case that showed the state was wrong by refusing to grant a driver’s license to a nonbinary resident. In court, Missoula County

Director Jillien Streit and the Agriculture Development Council announced recipients of the state’s $806,596 investment in innovative, value-added agriculture projects through the Montana Department of Agriculture’s Growth Through Agriculture program. From Nashua to Noxon, a total of 17 agricultural businesses throughout the state were awarded funds to advance Montana’s agricultural economy.

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.