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

In consideration of the health and safety of its audiences and artists during the coronavirus pandemic, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks has announced it will postpone its 2020 season to 2021. Organizers said that the two plays scheduled for this season, Cymbeline and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, will be performed instead in 2021. A Midsummer Night’s Dream was to be performed in Faith

N ews Roosevelt County Aging Services is happy to report that we are able to continue to safely serve the older adults in our County during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though we are not able to have group gatherings in our Senior Centers (Bainville, Culbertson, Froid and Wolf Point), our Congregate Meals continue to operate at all 5 meal sites (Bainville, Culbertson, Froid, Poplar (Buckhorn),

Wolf Point Congregate Meals April 30: Hot pork sandwiches, mashed potatoes, carrots and dessert. May 5: Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, green beans and dessert. May 7: Baked chicken, baked potatoes, broccoli and dessert.