By the time many Montana families begin looking at nursing home care, they are already facing medical stress, emotional strain and rising costs. In Montana, the average nursing home stay can exceed $10,000 per month, quickly putting long term care out of reach for many households. For this reason, Medicaid remains the primary public program that helps seniors pay for extended nursing home care

As school election ballots started coming back to the Yellowstone County Elections Oce on Tuesday, May 5, it was clear that voters are still getting the hang of Montana’s new voting laws — especially that mail voters must now write their birth year on their ballot’s return envelope. Yellowstone County elections administrator Dayna Causby said her oce sent more than 1,500 notifications

A coalition of indigenous, conservation, and community groups have sounded the alarm on the proposed Bridger Pipeline Expansion, which could transport more tar sands oil per day than the controversial, and now defunct, Keystone XL project if approved. The project would be capable of providing up to 1.13 million barrels of oil per day. Opponents claim tar sands oil is one of the world’s dirtiest

in Wolf Point for district 1. Paulson received 85 votes while Darryl Ricker Sr. had 12 votes. In Frazer, Michael Cole won election with 80 votes. Yancey Beston and Angie M. Toce tied for second with 39. Other candidates were Chris Miller with 33 and Dorian Talks Different with 20 votes. Because of the tie between Beston and Toce, a recount was conducted. Vote totals in the recount included