Wolf Point’s girls lost a tough five-set conference match at Malta on Saturday, Sept. 18. Malta earned the victory by a 25-6, 13-25, 22-25, 25-15, 15-7, final. J’Elle Garfield finished with 15 digs and two aces to lead the Wolves. Sierra Hamilton scored 10 kills and had four blocks. Kylie Rodenberg accounted for 22 assists. Leaders for Malta included Kaylee Bishop with 10 digs

Lustre Christian’s volleyball team lost to MonDak by a final of 18-25, 1-25, 10-25, on Friday, Sept. 17. Serving two aces each for the Lions were Aubri Holzrichter and Rachel Pew. Alexa Reddig finished with three blocks and one dig. Holzrichter added a block and four digs. Grace Brown accounted for two blocks and two digs. Sarah Dahl had two digs and Rebekah Jossart added a dig.

Montana’s young hunters will have the state’s waterfowl and pheasants pretty much to themselves Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 25-26. Licensed hunters ages 15 and under may hunt ducks, geese, coots, mergansers and ring-necked pheasants statewide on these two special days set aside for youngsters, but they must be accompanied by a non-hunting adult. While the accompanying adult may not shoot,

Antlers, horns, hides and skulls that were confiscated by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks enforcement will be auctioned on Sept. 25 at the National Auction House in Billings. Items include 50 big horn sheep skulls, 390-plusinch bull elk, moose, deer, elk, bear, mountain goats, mountain lions, martins, antelope, bobcats and more. Most of the items come from poaching incidents. Montana statute

A tipi was put up, under the direction of Lance Four Star, during a ceremony at Southside Elementary School to begin the American Indian Heritage Week Celebration on Monday, Sept. 20. Four Star said that he conducted the programs at Southside and Northside elementary schools on Monday morning to explain the importance of the student’s lives and putting a tipi up. He noted that superintendent

Montana’s unemployment rate hit a 14-year low, dropping to 3.5 percent in August. The national unemployment rate for August is 5.2 percent. “With Montana open for business and more Montanans returning to good-paying jobs, our economic and jobs recovery continues at a strong pace,” Gov. Greg Gianforte said. “Montana is a leader in our nation’s economic comeback, with our state’s