Reach Higher Montana, a leading non-profit organization dedicated to supporting education and empowering Montana students, announced Jan. 3 that they have launched their “It’s Scholarship Time” application for high school and college students across the state. The “It’s Scholarship Time” initiative simplifies the application process by offering a single, comprehensive application

College News Recent graduates from the University of Montana in Missoula included Ramey Growing Thunder of Poplar with a doctor of philosophy degree in interdisciplinary studies.

The New Year is all about creating a new you. One of the best ways to be a “new you” is to become tobacco or nicotine-free. Quitting the use of commercial tobacco or nicotine products in any form is the best thing you can do for your health. If you’re considering quitting, now is a great time to take that step. If you’ve already stopped even for one day, congratulate yourself and take

School Menus Frontier School Jan. 8: Chicken fajita rice bowls, fruits and veggies. Jan. 9: Vegetable beef soup, fruits and veggies. Jan. 10: Fish patties, scalloped potatoes, fruits and veggies. Jan. 11: Chili, cornbread, fruits and veggies. *** Wolf Point School Jan. 8: Breakfast: French toast sticks. Lunch: Stuffed shells with marinara sauce, garlic bread, steamed broccoli

Wolf Point Congregate Meals Jan. 4: Roast pork, mashed potatoes, green beans and dessert. Jan. 9: Tacos with all the fixings, spanish rice and dessert. Jan. 11: Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetable and dessert.

Sweet potatoes and yams may seem similar but they are not one and the same. Even though the names for these foods are used interchangeably, yams and sweet potatoes actually are two distinct foods. Yams and sweet potatoes differ in flavor and appearance and come from different plant families. Sweet potatoes are in the morning glory family while yams are from the lily family. Yams are starchier,

The students of Northside Elementary School celebrated the season with A World of Christmas musical program at the school on Wednesday, Dec. 20. Fourth-grade students opened the program by singing A World of Christmas. The fourth-graders went on to sing three selections from different areas. The numbers included O Christmas Tree (from Germany), Zumba, Zumba (from Spain) and Joyous Hanukah