COVID-19 Round-Up According to Montana health officials, another 90 COVID-19 cases in the state have been confirmed, according to test results reported from Saturday through Monday. The weekend bumped the state’s total number of known cases over 900. Twenty-three new cases were reported on Saturday, 11 on Sunday and a one-day record of 56 Monday. Nearly 300 people in the state are known

(Submitted Lustre Christian High School held commencement activities for eight graduates Sunday, June 28. The list of honorees includes Terry Paul Allmer, Olivia Pearl Brown, Megan Elizabeth Fast, Diego Scott Froiland, Kyle David Pederson, Amber Ann Reddig, Lily Elisabeth Short and Hannah Ellen Elisabeth Thomas. The class verse is Psalm 46:1-2. The class quote is “The people that get to where

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Jalissa Haley Fern Spotted Bird, 31, of Wolf Point, appeared in Missoula before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen L. DeSoto June 25 and pleaded not guilty on charges of robbery and assault with intent to commit robbery. She pleaded not guilty and a trial date of Sept. 1 in Great Falls was set. According to court documents, Spotted Bird allegedly assaulted a clerk at the Sherman Inn on Sept.

Montana is the oldest state west of the Mississippi, and demographic projections show the state growing collectively older as more Montanans enter their senior years. The economic, cultural and personal impacts of that trend present the state and its residents with new challenges and, with those challenges, opportunities. Graying Pains is a six-month series of weekly stories and broadcasts exploring