About 12.6 million nonresidents visited Montana in 2019 and spent around $3.6 billion in the Treasure State, according to preliminary estimates by the Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research at the University of Montana. The number of travelers visiting the state in 2019 appears to have increased slightly, up 2 percent compared to 2018. Despite the higher number of individual travelers,

The Fort Peck Summer Theatre is holding auditions for various roles in four upcoming productions Sunday, Feb. 9 at the Irle School in Glasgow from noon to 2 p.m. Limited roles for all ages are available for FPST productions of Seussical and Sister Act. There are also significant roles for teenagers in productions of Working and Wait Until Dark. Rehearsal schedule: Seussical begins May

Great Northern Development Corp. will host a Montana Food and Agriculture Development Network workshop Feb. 12 discussing the 2015 Montana Food Policy Modernization Act. The workshop is free of charge and will be held Wednesday, Feb. 12, from 9 a.m. to noon at the GNDC office at 233 Cascade St in Wolf Point. The 2015 Montana Food Policy Modernization Act (Cottage Food Law) is a real opportunity

Wolf Point's Angelica Sutton and Daniel Sears traveled to Bigfork last weekend to compete in the state speech and drama tournament. Through some tough competition, Sutton placed 11th in Lincoln Douglas Debate and Sears placed third in spontaneous oral interpretation. This gave Wolf Point enough points to place 14th in State B Speech out of about 30 teams. Both competitors have stated

Acts 16:1-13. Closed doors can be frustrating. Paul knew exactly how that felt. On his second missionary journey, during which he had hoped to tell the good news in Asia, the apostle repeatedly found his way blocked by the Holy Spirit. It must have seemed strange that God would prevent him from sharing the gospel. The Bible doesn’t say how long Paul and Timothy remained in Troas, but we