The Montana Public Service Commission announced last week that Montanans will need to start using the “406” area code more than ever starting in 2021. Beginning Oct. 24, 2021, the 10-digital dialing will become mandatory in the state. That means all calls in Montana, including local calls, will require using the 406 area code. The change is needed because the Federal Communications Commission

The Culbertson Student Council will present the Parade of Lights on Thursday, Dec. 17. The council invites families, clubs, businesses and youth groups to enter a Christmas float for the parade. For more information, contact Christina Olson at 787-6241 or olsonc@culbertson.k12.mt.us. Participants should meet in the front of the school and along the south and east sides of the playground fences

Montana State University Extension will offer its Tuesday Tips webinar series on estate and legacy planning beginning Jan. 5. The series will run from 10 to 10:45 a.m. each Tuesday in January and February, followed by a 15-minute Q& A session until 11 a.m. The series is hosted by MSU Extension educators Marsha Goetting and Emily Standley. Topics will include what individuals can and

The Culbertson Public Library announces an addition of several new books. New to the book shelves are: No Time Like the Future by Michael J. Fox, Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz, Missionaries by Phil Klaky, This Tender Land by William K. Krueger, The Stone Wall by Beverly Lewis, Jingle All The Way by Debbie MaComber, Empty Out the Negative by Joel Osteen, Jack: A Novel by

A 21-year-old Sidney man was sentenced to 40 years in the Montana State Prison for the offense of mitigated deliberate homicide during a sentencing hearing under District Court Judge Olivia Rieger on Friday, Dec. 11. Kyle Lee Severson was found guilty of that charge by a jury trial in December after fatally shooting Tyler Hayden at Sidney’s Loaf-N-Jug convenience store’s parking lot on July