The Montana Department of Agriculture has announced the opening of the FY2024 funding cycle for the Growth Through Agriculture Program. Montanans interested in innovating or expanding agricultural businesses are invited to apply for funds through the state grant and loan program. “The Growth Through Agriculture program continues to help Montana businesses and agricultural operations add

To promote the importance of hunter ethics and improved hunter behavior, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is partnering for a second year with several hunting and agriculture organizations to “protect the hunt.” While the campaign encourages hunters to always practice conscientious behavior, it focuses particularly on showing respect for private land and the access landowners provide.

Montana game wardens from around the state, including Kalispell, Billings and Miles City, recently traveled to Michigan, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Wyoming and Kentucky to follow up on long-term investigations of violations committed in Montana. Violations included license fraud, hunting without licenses, hunting during a closed season, over-limits of game animals, waste of game animals, tag transfer

Fort Peck Community College was recently selected as a grant recipient of the American Indian College Fund’s TCU Native Arts Learning Together award. The total award is $65,000 for a 2½ year period beginning in October. The Yupiya Wakagapi (Making Excellent Things) project activities will enhance intergenerational transfer of Native artistic and cultural practices with tribal community members

Every year, 2,100 North Americans are killed or seriously injured when they engage in unsafe behavior around tracks and trains. Montana Operation Lifesaver is joining Operation Lifesaver Inc., Operation Lifesaver Canada and the Mexican Association of Railroads from Sept. 18-24 to observe Rail Safety Week in North America and urging the public to help #STOPTrackTragedies. “Rail Safety Week

The Wolf Point City Council held its regular meeting Monday, Sept. 18. Brianna Vine from Great Northern Development Corp. gave the council an update about Custer Street improvements. She suggested the council pass a six-month extension on grant funding expenditures. Council members suggested a nine-month extension. Vine said she would inquire about the plausibility of a nine-month

Our sympathies are extended to the family of Wayne Dahl in his death Sept 7. Sarah, his youngest daughter, is one of the Lustre Christian High School students. His funeral was Saturday at the Gospel Fellowship Church in Wolf Point. An alumnus of LCHS, Abby Curl gave her testimony at the gazebo in Wolf Point at an event held in the park. She attended LCHS as a freshman student “just when COVID

Joining students at Bryant Elementary School, Gov. Greg Gianforte celebrated a new law to promote early childhood literacy through voluntary screening and targeted intervention programs in Montana public schools. “Literacy is critical for our kids and their development,” Gianforte said. “With the funding for early childhood literacy we secured this spring, we’re empowering parents and