Tongue River Electric Cooperative introduces Nick Oelkers as chief executive officer and general manager effective April 22. Oelkers assumes the position following the retirement of the cooperative’s long-time CEO Tary Hanson. After an intense and competitive hiring process, the TRECO board of directors selected Oelkers at its February meeting. The Culbertson native brings a bachelor

Every day, newly appointed District Court Judge Seth Cunningham crosses the street from his temporary chambers to the Yellowstone County courthouse. The building doesn’t yet have space for him, so he borrows different courtrooms and packs his judge’s robe in a tote bag. “It’s non-wrinkle,” he joked. Cunningham’s judgeship was one of two added last year to the 13th Judicial District,

Average gasoline prices in Montana have risen 22.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.57/g on Monday, March 23, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 82.9 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 48.4 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has increased 27.0 cents compared to a week ago