For more than 100 years, the Montana State Hail Insurance program has provided vital hail coverage to producers in every corner of the state. With planting season right around the corner, the Montana Department of Agriculture is reminding folks to contact the program and get covered. “The Montana State Hail Insurance Program was established over 100 years ago at the request of producers to

A special session won’t be held as a result of the outcome of recent polling of the Montana Legislature. A tally by the Montana Secretary of State’s Office showed just 44 of 150 legislators voted to approve the special session by April 19, a total that did not meet the required threshold to call the session to order. Sixty legislators voted to reject it. The Secretary of State’s Office

deem necessary. To make a comment Comments will be accepted online at https://fwp. mt.gov/aboutfwp/commission/ meeting in writing sent to the address above, and by email to: For swan introduction and mountain lion quotas: fwpwld@ mt.gov For Rainbow Lake fishing regulations: fwpfishcomments@ mt.gov For pheasant release: fwpgen@ mt.gov Comments on will be accepted until Wednesday, May 19,

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest $420 million in 132 infrastructure projects in 31 states, including a $330,000 investment in six projects in Montana. These projects include rehabilitating dams, flood prevention, and watershed restoration projects, and they are part of the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, building

Wolf Point School’s facilities director Shane Reed said during last week’s school board meeting that work is underway to determine the conditions of the all of the school district’s pipes. “I am working on a large project for the state,” Reed told trustees during the Monday, April 11, meeting. “We are required to do lead sampling of all fixtures in all buildings of our district.

Roosevelt County commissioners Gary Macdonald and Gordon Oelkers attended a Montana Association of Counties conference in Helena last week regarding broadband improvements throughout Montana and the nation. The goal is that all residents will have access to 100 upstream speed and 100 downstream speed through fiber-optic internet. The change is in recognition that broadband usage increasingly

In the first year of legal recreational marijuana sales in the state. monthly sales keep increasing in Roosevelt County and throughout Montana. According to the Montana Department of Revenue, Roosevelt County experienced $174,625 in estimated cannabis sales to adults during March. In addition, there were $204,364 medical sales for a total of $378,990. Those figures are significant increases