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

By James Walling Longtime Wolf Point Stampede parade leader Ken Heser has been selected to serve as Grand Marshal for 2020. He has been helping to line up the parade at the high school for more than 50 years, following in father Frank’s footsteps. “About the time the new grandstands went in,” said Heser, “my dad started helping line up the parade. I took over from him.” Heser

By James Walling Lustre Christian High School has scheduled commencement activities for Sunday, June 28. The event will take place at the LCHS gym. Start time is 3 p.m. Eight graduates will take the stage, including Terry Allmer, Olivia Brown, Megan Fast, Diego S. Froiland, Kyle Pederson, Amber Reddig, Lily Short and Hannah Thomas. Olivia Brown has been named class valedictorian. Megan Fast is

Amtrak will cut service later this year on most of its long-distance routes nationwide to three times a week instead of the current daily service because ridership has fallen significantly during the coronavirus pandemic. Amtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods said June 17 that the cuts will take effect Oct. 1 and remain in place until at least the summer of 2021. Woods added that daily service