Express to Speak is now accepting entries for their 2020 Envision Youth Poetry call for submissions. Montana creatives age 18 years or younger are encouraged to submit one or more poems of original works for publication. For the past 14 years, Express to Speak’s expressive arts program has empowered thousands of students in Montana classrooms. As an educational nonprofit organization, it

The Poplar School District held its school trustee election May 5. Jestin L. Dupree and Doug Marottek won spots on the board with 111 and 181 votes respectively. Thomas Brown received 85 votes. There were 581 ballots issued overall, with 163 returned. There were 53 individuals listed as having voted in person and three spoiled ballots.

Isaiah 25:1 “Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.” Living according to God’s plan may involve suffering; nevertheless, God always works for our greatest good. God is the One who knows the end from the beginning. He is never caught off guard by our circumstances or bewildered

Writing a will or thinking about doing so is a normal and reasonable response in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Montana State University Extension specialist. Marsha Goetting, MSU Extension family economics specialist, has collected information about the process and Montana law for people interested in getting started with creating a will. A will is a written document

Making sure that Native Americans are accurately counted in Census 2020 is a top focus of the Montana State Complete Count Committee. More than 29,000 reservation- area households in Montana have yet to receive an invitation to respond to the Census. Reservations and rural areas in the state also lack city-style street addresses, which prevents them from receiving Census materials by mail. An

Governor Steve Bullock sent a letter U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue April 27 to allow some local processing of agricultural foodstuffs in order to avoid food waste and to get local meat to Montana food banks for Montanans hardest hit by the impacts of COVID-19. The USDA recently denied a request by the Montana Department of Livestock to consider modified protocols that

A whopping one million pages of Montana’s newspapers, and the stories they carried about lives, deaths and everything in between, are now available with the click of a few computer keys through a Montana Historical Society project. The Digitized Montana Newspapers project involves two free online resources that allows the public to search newspapers dating back to 1864. These titles come from

O pinion During this coronavirus pandemic, access to accurate and trustworthy information in your community is as critical to life under quarantine and as sought after as hand sanitizer and face masks. Your local newspaper provides the news and information unique to your community. Where are the testing sites and who’s eligible, which businesses are open, what is the local online unemployment

While people are urged to stay home to help contain the spread of COVID-19, many are turning to a popular hobby – gardening. Working in a garden can help build up physical and mental strength while passing the time and making the trips to the grocery store less frequent. Baylor College of Medicine experts share important information on gardening. Gardening provides an abundance of health benefits