Sisters Mary Buckles and Cathryn Wylie have been working in flowers since high school. Along with brother Pat, who moved on more than 15 years ago, the sisters took over for parents Harriet and Blackie after they added the floral business in 1979. Blackie bought the greenhouse in the late 1970s. “We love what we do,” said Friesen. The flower shop specializes in gifts and arrangements for celebrations,

The Wolf Point Elks Lodge #1764’s annual awards banquet will be held in conjunction with their A Night At The Elks fundraiser banquet this year. Set for Saturday, Feb. 1, in the Wolf Point Elks Event Center upstairs ballroom, the evening’s festivities include a dinner catered by the Optimist Club of Wolf Point. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. Prize drawings will be held

The Little Shell Chippewa Tribe celebrated the tribe’s federal recognition Saturday, Jan. 25, in Great Falls with a dinner. A large crowd gathered at the Holiday Inn to celebrate finally becoming the nation’s 574th federally recognized tribe. During the dinner, chairman Gerald Gray recognized the many people who have fought for federal recognition over the years. The tribe has been seeking

On Wednesday, Jan. 22, the Trump administration approved a right-of-way allowing the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline to be built, pushing the controversial $8 billion project closer to construction. Court challenges still loom. The approval covers about 45 miles of the line’s route across land in Montana controlled by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said

The Roosevelt County Commissioners held their regular meeting Tuesday, Jan. 28. Minutes for the Jan. 21 meeting were approved, as were minutes for a special administrative meeting to discuss a new diesel engine for the weed district Jan. 22. The commissioners approved changes to the county’s credit card purchases policy. Employees will no longer be able to shop on Amazon with county resources.

Congressman Greg Gianforte recognized Elizabeth Rink and Monica Skewes of Bozeman and Adriann Ricker of Poplar with the Spirit of Montana commendation for their dedication to and pursuit of finding solutions to public health issues confronting Montana. Rink, Skewes, and Ricker, an enrolled member of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, have spent years working with members and leaders