During a work session on Tuesday, March 3, the Montana Public Service Commission approved, after careful review, a request by Montana- Dakota Utilities (MDU) for an interim electric rate increase in Docket 2025.09.072. In its full rate case submitted last September, MDU requested commission approval of an annual revenue increase of $14.1 million to cover the company’s additional costs of

Clint Whitmer provided this memory after a fire destroyed the A& S Industries’ warehouse building in Poplar on Feb. 23. Sid Morris, a manager of A& S came to Poplar to manage the Industry. His brother Ed was also here, managing the Pine Cone, a Chinese restaurant in the old Cenex building on Wolf Point’s main street. There was a large dining room with a small stage above the floor

Montana State Fund has proposed a 5 percent average rate reduction for Montana businesses. If approved by the state, the new rates will take effect on policies beginning July 1. Montana State Fund is Montana’s only non-profit workers’ compensation insurance company, insuring 24,570 businesses and some 250,000 employees across the state of Montana. This year’s reduction follows a trend