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Professor To Study Sleep’s Effects on Children’s Mental Health
A Montana State University psychologist is embarking on a study to determine whether common sleep habits of preadolescent children contribute to later psychiatric disorders, such as substance abuse and depression.
Cara Palmer, associate professor in the Department of Psychology in the College of Letters and Science and director of MSU’s Sleep and Development Labora...
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George Martell Jr.
George Boyce Martell Jr., 75, of Wolf Point died May 3, 2025, in Billings.
He was born June 8, 1949, to George Boyce Martell Sr. and Lorna (DeLorme) Martell in Poplar, the oldest brother of two boys (Arthur and Kermit) and two girls (Victoria and Debra).
He met Nancy Lee, born in Mason City, Iowa. They later moved to Wolf Point. They had five children: one boy, Eric, ...
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Carol Olson
Carol Valyne (Jeannotte) Olson, 78, of Dagmar died May 2, 2025, in Billings.
She was born on July 12, 1946, in Poplar to Ernestine and Alfred Jeannotte, the youngest of 10 children.
She spent her early years in Medicine Lake, where she attended school. In high school, she was an enthusiastic cheerleader, cheering for the Honkers and twirling her baton with joy. After ...
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Mellon Foundation Donates To Humanities Montana
Humanities Montana announced last week it is receiving a grant of up to $250,000 from the Mellon Foundation following news its budget was slashed as part of recent federal budget cuts.
The contribution is made up of an immediate $200,000 and an additional $50,000 available in matching grants, according to a news release from Humanities Montana.
The money is part of a $1...
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Joseph Yellow Robe
Joseph R. Yellow Robe, 85, of the Assiniboine Peoples and an enrolled member of the Fort Peck Reservation, died April 16, 2025, at Northern Montana Hospital in Havre.
He was born Aug. 29, 1939, to Leo Norman Yellow Robe and Daisy DePasquale. As a young child, he was sent to the Montana Industrial School for wayward boys. He said it was the seven-year discipline of going t...
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