The Montana Stockgrowers Association and its partners concluded the first-ever Montana Agriculture Labor Summit on Jan. 22, bringing together producers, agribusiness professionals, policymakers and industry leaders for two days of focused discussion on labor, one of agriculture’s most pressing challenges. The first day of the summit centered on rebuilding America’s rural workforce and

Two Montana State University Extension trainers have been recognized by the MSU Extension Pesticide Education Program for exceptional efforts educating agricultural producers, land managers and pesticide applicators, as well as promoting the proper use of pesticides to protect public health and the environment. The MSU Pesticide Education Program presented the 2025 Early Achievement Award

Registration is open for a pair of July summer camps at Montana State University aimed at helping budding writers explore their craft. The camps are for youth entering third through 12th grades. Campers will participate in field trips, writing games and workshops with local writers from multiple genres. MSU faculty from the Yellowstone Writing Project, a group of educators and writers in the

The Lustre Christian boys’ basketball team won the Eastern C divisional championship held at Miles City on March 4-7! Coached by Randy Reddig and assisted by Justin Klatt, they began Wednesday 3 p.m in a game against Terry, as nine teams were competing for the title. After a half-time score of 36-18, they beat Terry 65-44. On Thursday, they played Brockton Warriors, staying ahead the entire

Montanans love living in the “406,” but Montana could run out of 406 phone numbers by 2033. It’s not because all the numbers will be in use by far. Still, the clock is ticking on assigning a new second area code, and there’s no question Montanans have pride around the 406. “Montana is one of the last states with a single area code,” said Mike Sheard, with the Montana Public

Just before the closure of candidate filing in Montana, incumbent U.S. Sen. Steve Daines withdrew from his re-election campaign for a third term. U.S. Attorney for Montana Kurt Alme filed for office at 4:52 p.m. and Daines endorsed Alme in a statement shortly after. Daines did not give a specific reason behind his retirement, but released a lengthy statement late on Wednesday. “Serving

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