A Glasgow couple that had their child removed by employees from the State of Montana’s Child and Family Services have cleared their first legal hurdle in federal court with charges that those same employees engaged in “judicial deception” in order to convince a state court judge to remove the child to psychiatric care and later transfer her to the care of another parent living in Canada.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will hold an informational fisheries meeting at the Sheridan County Library Jubilee Room on in Plentywood Tuesday, Feb. 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. Regional fisheries biologist Jared Krebs will provide an overview of pond and small reservoir sampling in 2024. For more information, contact 406-228-3700.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration is reviving efforts to do away with a panel that hears appeals from people who were denied public assistance to afford basics such as food and health care. The effort, billed as a way to reduce red tape in government, would leave district court as the only option outside of the state health department for people to fight officials’ rejections

There are four Medicare Enrollment Periods. In this month’s Senior Listening, I will cover two of the four. In March’s Senior Listening, I will cover the last two: Open Enrollment and Special Enrollment. Initial Enrollment: Medicare Initial Enrollment Period is the seven-month period that begins three months before your 65th birthday, the month of your birthday and ends three months

Montana State University Extension has released volume two of a magazine on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The free magazine is designed for Montana agricultural producers facing the early to middle stages of Alzheimer’s disease, as well as their families and family caregivers. “Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias: Support for Montana Farmers and Ranchers” includes six articles.

Feb. 16-22 is “Through with Chew Week” and Roosevelt County Health Department is encouraging people who use smokeless tobacco to set a quit date and quit for good. Over half of the smokeless tobacco users who used Quit Now Montana in 2023 were able to successfully become tobacco-free! Quit Now Montana coaches can help you, too. Smokeless tobacco, or chew, contains at least 28 compounds that

January runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City was 0.7 million acre-feet, 92 percent of average. Runoff was near or below average for most of the Missouri River Basin, and most of the upper basin had below-normal precipitation. “Runoff into the reservoir system was below average for the month of January and conditions across the basin remain dry,” said John Remus, chief of the

Montanans have just a few more weeks to report the number of each type of livestock they own and to pay the per capita fees set yearly by the Montana Board of Livestock. Livestock reports and payments are due March 1. Owners can report and pay online through the department’s TransAction Portal at https:// MTRevenue.gov/livestock. Livestock owners must report what they owned as of Feb.

Transparency? Conservative? Fairness? Equity? It was interesting to read Sen. Greg Hunter’s “Trial By Fire” article recently. Sen. Hunter first claimed the virtue of transparency. He then mentioned his first vote, a few minutes into the first day of the 69th Montana Legislative Session. This vote upended the Republican caucus majority vote in November to elect leadership and adopt

The Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas State Office has opened a 30day public scoping period to receive public input on 29 oil and gas parcels totaling 9,102 acres that may be included in a September 2025 lease sale in Montana and North Dakota. The comment period ends March 3. The parcels the BLM is analyzing, as well as maps and instructions on how to comment are available on the BLM’s