A U.S. District Court Judge granted Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s request for a preliminary injunction against the COVID-19 CMS vaccine mandate, which was set to take effect Monday, Dec. 6. The vaccine mandate is now stayed in Montana and all other states. “In the past weeks, I’ve heard from health care workers across our state whose jobs were being threatened if they did

The Montana Department of Transportation is committed to keeping the highways cleared whenever winter weather impacts the state. National workforce shortages are affecting MDT, like many other employers. Recruitment efforts for seasonal Maintenance Technicians (snowplow operators) in several areas across the state have been severely impacted. The staffing shortages are greater this year

not use a muzzleloading rifle that requires insertion of a cap or primer into the open breech of the barrel (inline), is capable of being loaded from the breech, or is mounted with an optical magnification device. Use of pre-prepared paper or metallic cartridges, sabots, gas checks or other similar power and range-enhancing manufactured loads that enclose the projectile from the rifling or bore

Roosevelt County reports 25 active cases. There are two current hospitalizations. There have been 61 confirmed COVID-related deaths. Vaccination clinics are scheduled from 3-6 p.m. on Dec. 9, 16 and 30 in Wolf Point and Dec. 22 in Culbertson. Clinics for children are from 1-4 p.m. on Dec. 10 in Wolf Point. Immunizations are by appointment only. For questions or to schedule an appointment, call

In this week’s Fort Peck Tribes chairman’s report, BIA Superintendent Anna Eder spoke to the tribal executive board regarding the need for additional licensed foster homes. There are only 10 on the reservation. Currently, these homes are either full or used as kinship placements. The BIA has been left with no other choice than to place some foster children in homes outside the reservation.

The company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, TC Energy, is seeking $15 billion in compensation from the United States via a formal request for arbitration. The case will proceed as a legacy NAFTA case, as the trade agreement was in place at the time of initial agreements. Montana and Texas have also filed suit over the issue, along with 21 other states located along the proposed pipeline route.

As the calendar turns to December, thoughts of snow storms and blizzards begin to creep into our minds. When snow removal from roads is necessary, the city of Wolf Point has a policy it follows to best serve the community. “The ambulance route is the most important,” Ward Smith, Wolf Point’s director of public works, said. “We make sure the main arteries like Fourth Avenue are open

In preparation for the start of negotiations with the Wolf Point Education Association, the school board’s negotiations committee held a meeting with superintendent Loverty Erickson and district clerk Cheri’ Nygard on Monday, Nov. 29. Nygard explained simply moving teachers to the next step on the salary schedule would cost the school district about $66,000 for next year’s budget. She