The Montana Department of Labor and Industry reminds Montanans that workers earning minimum wage should now be getting paid $8.75 per hour. The rate increase became effective on Friday, Jan. 1. An estimated 8,000 to 10,000 Montana workers, or 2 percent of the workforce, received hourly wages less than $8.75 per hour in 2020 and are likely to receive higher wages due to the 2021 minimum wage

The Montana State University Extension series is offering a free soil fertility webinar series this winter. The seminars will run Wednesdays from Jan. 6 through Feb. 17 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Registration is encouraged. Each week, Clain Jones will cover a new topic with time for questions specific to your farming system. Recordings will be available after the live date at https:// landresources.montana.edu/

During a press conference at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte revised the vaccination plan and stated he wanted to move from directives to incentives. Gianforte said at the press conference that no changes will be made to mask mandate restrictions at present, despite signals that a repeal is in the works. He said he will be willing to repeal the mask mandate when

As the new year is about to start, Roosevelt County is without a county attorney and there’s no time frame as far as appointing a new individual to the position. After Austin Knudsen was elected as the state’s new attorney general in November, commissioners began advertising to fill Knudsen’s position as county attorney. Commissioners need to appoint someone to serve in the position

Area health officials are stressing that flu shots are more important this year than ever because the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to keep the community safe, health officials offer advice and information on these two infections are related. COVID-19 and the flu are each highly contagious respiratory infections, but have some key differences. They are caused by different viruses. COVID-19