Twenty-three voter records in Montana have been confirmed as potential instances of non-citizens registering to vote and casting ballots in the state, according to the Secretary of State’s office. In a Tuesday, March 17, press release, Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen said her office had utilized the SAVE tool — an online service administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

The Montana Stockgrowers Association has joined a coalition of businesses and nonprofits to petition the Supreme Court to block I-194 from the ballot, citing the initiative is unconstitutional. I-194 would ban businesses and nonprofits from spending money or providing “anything of value” to influence the outcome of ballot measures or other political races. As written, it would ban all

A Wolf Point resident was recently diagnosed with active tuberculosis. The individual has started treatment, and there is no ongoing risk of exposure to the public. Fort Peck Tribal Health, Roosevelt County Health and Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services are working together with a health care facility in another state to manage the individual’s illness and to stop the spread

Montana State University Extension’s soil fertility specialist suggests considering how a warm, dry winter might affect farmers’ fertilizer decisions for the upcoming growing season. According to Clain Jones, MSU Extension soil fertility specialist and a professor in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, most of Montana is considered to be abnormally dry or in moderate