06 February 2025
Smoker Named Walter Grant Recipient
The Walter Dean Myers Grant program has announced its recipients for 2024. Poplar’s Lori Smoker was named to a list of 18 recipients. The program was established to provide grants of $2,000 each to promising diverse writers and illustrators who are currently unpublished. Since 2015, the organization has awarded over 55 grants.
“I broke down in tears when I was notified that I was a Walter
Montana Farmers Union Members Talk Family Farms, Ranches At Capitol
The spotlight was on agriculture and rural communities during the Montana Farmers Union Drive-In held the second day of the Montana Legislative Session in Helena.
During the event, MFU members from across the state spent the day at the capitol speaking with legislators about how MFU’s priority issues of truth in labeling, data harvest, local and Montana food systems and right to repair impact
30 January 2025
City Will Pursue Sale Of Triangle Park
The Wolf Point City Council voted on a 6-2 margin to pursue the sale of Triangle Park during its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
The issue arose after Town Pump expressed a desire to purchase the park in order to expand its business on U.S. Highway 2 in Wolf Point.
Councilman Dean Mahlum made the motion, which was seconded by councilman John Plestina.
Carrie Manning and Craig Rodenberg
School Reaches Final 10 For Grant
The list is now down to 10 for the national Catalyze Challenge grant, and Wolf Point is one of the final 10 schools.
“We will now get an award, sometime in February,” Wolf Point Superintendent of Schools David Perkins said.
The top four or five finalists will receive a grant between $400,000 and $1 million. If selected, Wolf Point will be the first Montana school district ever to earn
