TC Energy said March 11 that it has started preliminary work along the route of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline in anticipation of construction in early April. Opponents await a judge’s ruling on their request to block work on the pipeline. TC Energy spokeswoman Sara Rabern said the Calgary-based company was moving equipment this week and will begin mowing and felling trees in areas

Valley County Sheriff Tom Boyer told the Northern Plains Independent that authorities recovered a body from Fort Peck Lake on Sunday, March 8. Boyer said the victim was recovered from the lake after an ice fishing accident over the weekend. According to Boyer, Ronald George Spomer, 79, of Cody, Wyo., was fishing alone when his all terrain vehicle fell through the ice. Spomer was not participating