U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., announced last week that he has secured $26 million in Bureau of Land Management funding for landscape restoration and resilience projects across Montana. Tester secured the funding from his Inflation Reduction Act, which he was the only member of Montana’s congressional delegation to support. “Healthy public lands are critical to the thousands of jobs supported

The Wolf Point Museum is officially ready for the summer season after county commissioners approved two hirings on Thursday, June 1. Hired to return at the museum were Sarah Wagner as curator and Sandra Woodstock as museum aide. Five individuals were hired for the county’s weed districts. The student employees are Jade Emly, Jesus Guzman, Trever Powell, Hugh Donaldson and Isaiah Bjorge.

Area advertisers and subscribers should be cautious when placing orders or responding to emails from someone claiming to be from the Northern Plains Independent. Last week, Nemont notified the Northern Plains Independent that someone claiming to be one of our employees had attempted to add several email address to our account. The calls came from an unknown number, Nemont said. The Nemont