U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins has announced U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency has issued final Emergency Livestock Relief Program payments totaling more than $1.89 billion. Eligible applicants who applied for ELRP 2023 and 2024 Flood and Wildfire (ELRP 2023 and 2024 FW) assistance will receive 100 percent of their eligible calculated payment in a single lump

District Judge Benjamin Fosland presided over four criminal hearings in Wolf Point on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Shadey Ann Marie Wienke had her sentencing hearing for criminal possession of dangerous drugs. Roosevelt County Attorney Thomas Bleicher made the recommendation that Wienke receives a three-year Department of Corrections commitment to run concurrently with two Lewis and Clark County cases.

Gov. Greg Gianforte reminded Montana homeowners that they have until March 1 to apply for the 2026 “Homestead Reduced Rate” for property taxes on their primary home and long-term rentals. “Recognizing the burden of rising property taxes, we worked with the Legislature to deliver permanent and meaningful property tax relief,” Gianforte said in a statement. “Thanks to our reforms, 80