The Bureau of Land Management has fired up its oil and gas leasing system again in Montana. The restart follows a hiatus that was initiated last January when President Joe Biden placed a moratorium on federal oil and gas leasing while the White House reviewed the practice’s contribution to climate change. BLM’s regional office announced the new sale April 18, characterizing the move as a response

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has joined a lawsuit against the Biden administration to block it from rescinding the Title 42 public health policy during the worst border crisis in decades. The lawsuit asks the court to move swiftly to keep the policy in place and prevent the influx of illegal border crossings that will result if it is lifted next month. A deepened crisis at the border

Average gasoline prices in Montana have risen 5.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.08/g on Monday, April 25, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 1.4 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.29/g higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Montana was priced at $3.82/g on Sunday,

As a part of the bipartisan infrastructure law, U.S. Senator Jon Tester announced that he secured more than $30 million for Montana rural and urban public transit. Earlier this year, Tester announced $11 million in partial-year transit funding for Montana — this new figure represents the total amount for Fiscal Year 2022 designated for Montana public transportation in the infrastructure package.

Culbertson native Lucas Oelkers has been elected the new president for the Associated Students of Montana State University. Oelkers, a junior studying mechanical engineering, served as the ASMSU Supreme Court Chief Justice and is involved with engineering clubs, Lutheran Campus Ministries, Cross-Life and was a Montana FFA state officer. He and vice president Isabella Roccisano said their

After inviting the public to help name three new publicly released wheat varieties and one new barley variety, the Montana Wheat & Barley Committee and Montana State University Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology Department are announcing the highly awaited results. The official winners are: MTD18313 (Semi-Dwarf Spring Durum) – MT Raska MTD18348 (Spring Durum) – MT Blackbeard MT16F02902

Conditions were a mix of snow, precipitation and wind for the last blizzard event April 22-24 in Northeast Montana. Many locations further west were passed over for measurable snow but precipitation and high winds caused power outages throughout the area, affecting customers region wide. At press time April 26, Montana- Dakota Utilities show more than a dozen outages remaining north of Poplar near