You may recall that I wrote an article not long ago that exposed the attempt by the Montana Department of Natural Resources to illegally give our ranchers’ vested stockwater rights to the Bureau of Land Management. Well, we are not alone! I just read an article in the June 20, 2020, Tri-State Livestock News by the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation that detailed what was happening with stockwater rights

Wolf Point Youth Sports shortened seasons were scheduled to end with oneday, single-elimination Hi-Line softball tournaments in Plentywood this week. The Lady ‘Jackets major fast pitch team for girls ages 13 through high school played their Hi-Line tournament Tuesday, July 7, after the Northern Plains Independent went to press. If weather permitted on Tuesday, the Lady ‘Jackets played

A three-day tennis camp for boys and girls ages six through 12 will be held at the Borge Community Park tennis courts Monday through Wednesday, July 13-16. Coach Dan Horsmon organized the camp and will run the program. He is running his first tennis camp in Wolf Point since 2013. The 12-year Lady Wolves head tennis coach left WPHS for a position in Minnesota seven years ago. He is returning

Montana Free Press Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Montana has been the safest state in the Lower 48. Despite early projections of hundreds of deaths and a shortage of ICU beds, the state’s initial outbreak peaked with a daily caseload of 23 on April 1. The state was able to not only flatten the curve, but also go farther than any other state in stalling the virus’s spread, with