By James Walling The Optimist Club of Wolf Point is moving forward with plans to host a Mile of Pennies event on Sunday, June 7, and a community yard sale Saturday, June 6. Mile of Pennies is an attempt to make a mile of pennies leading up Sixth Avenue North. The first coins along the route will start being placed at 2 p.m. Proceeds from the event will go to the group’s childhood health

By James Walling The Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board met June 2 and set a deadline to accept applications for the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Assistance Payment. According to TEB member Kaci Wallette, this application will be released Thursday, June 4. Wallette said the tribes will have the application available on the their website to download. She added that there will be pick-up locations

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With a wide array of Montana offices up for election this year, the state’s voters have consequential ballots to ponder in the June 2 primary, after which each party’s winning candidates will advance to the general election Nov. 3. Montana Free Press has prepared this guide to help Montana voters with those decisions by collecting links to campaign websites and social media accounts, asking

Montana’s two U.S. senators, Jon Tester and Steve Daines, are behind efforts to boost the prices paid to Montana ranchers, who’ve been hit hard by market forces during the COVID-19 crisis. Tester was a lead sponsor of a bill introduced May 12 to require large meat-packers to buy at least 50 percent of cattle on the cash market, a move he says will make it harder for packers to manipulate

Attorney General Tim Fox announced Friday, May 15, that Montana homeowners experiencing financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic will have a new mortgage payment deferral option available to them this summer. The Federal Housing Finance Agency now says Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will make a new payment deferral option available starting July 1 to help homeowners who are in COVID-19