Planning and practicing a home fire escape plan saves lives and reduces your risk of injury from fire. When the smoke alarm sounds, you may have as little as three minutes to escape. Make and practice your home escape plan with the whole family so you’ll know what to do in an emergency. Make A Home Escape Plan Plan a home escape route that includes two ways out of every room. Draw a floor

The 106th annual firemen’s ball is in the books in Wolf Point. The Wolf Point Volunteer Ball Association hosted the annual event at the Wolf Point Elks Event Center Oct. 9. Doors opened at 5 p.m. A supper of flat iron steak and shrimp was served beginning at 7 p.m. Music was provided by DJ Pippin, who offered dancing and karaoke until late in the evening. Attendees mingled in semi formal

After addressing residents in Circle during a swing of eastern Montana last week, Gov. Greg Gianforte discussed the meth problems that many cities including Wolf Point are encountering. Gianforte said the drug epidemic has been a top priority in his budget. His single largest new expenditure was $25 million into the HEART initiative that address addiction recovery and assistance for law enforcement.

More than 200 Wolf Point students and community members took part in a suicide awareness walk on Tuesday, Sept. 28. The event, which was started at 5:15 p.m., featured a walk from the high school down Main Street. Erin Loendorf, guidance counselor at the high school, said the project was a group effort of all the schools’ guidance counselors with the hope of increasing awareness to the problem.

The Boardworks’ interactive lessons program is benefiting both Wolf Point teachers and their students this school year. Sarah Chambers, Wolf Point’s curriculum director, explains that lessons are available for all age groups in the essential fields of math, science, English and history. The information is based on academic standards set throughout the nation. Chambers notes that teachers