The Montana Department of Commerce announced last week that 32 Montana towns, cities and counties — including Wolf Point, Culbertson and Richey — will share more than $1 million of grant funding to help develop and plan infrastructure projects to increase the health and safety for those communities and their residents. The funding is through Commerce’s Montana Coal Endowment Program. “It

Beginning in April, a confidential space is being hosted for teens to speak freely about school pressures, relationship problems, peer pressure, family struggles or whatever is on your mind. The group will meet at the Culbertson Town Hall on the second and fourth Tuesdays monthly starting at 6 p.m. Two adults certified in mental health first aid will be available to help facilitate discussions.

Montana is changing requirements around teacher licensure in order to fill vacancies in the state. The Montana Board of Public Education voted unanimously last week to approve an alternative path to teacher licensure in the hopes it will help get more teachers in the classroom as the state struggles with vacancies. The largest union in the state opposed the decision to approve alternative

Incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte outraised Democratic challenger Ryan Busse by about $350,000 in Montana’s gubernatorial race so far, filings show. Gianforte raised a total of more than $1.2 million to Busse’s $897,000 total to date, according to the latest campaign finance reports submitted to the Commissioner of Political Practices on Wednesday, March 20. Both gubernatorial candidates