( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department Oct. 7-13. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Oct. 10 Ray O’Ryan, 44, male, 300 block of U.S. Highway 2, owner permitting operation of vehicle without insurance, municipal court. Oct. 11 John Bauer, 33, male, 100 block of Benton Street, warrant, tribal court.

More than 80 people from industry, government and academia gathered Oct. 11 at an event hosted by Montana State University to promote career paths and job creation in the emerging field of quantum devices and systems. The New Frontiers in Quantum and Emerging Technologies meeting in Bozeman was the result of MSU’s strong leadership in developing new technologies and in workforce development,

Cannabis sales seems to be hitting new height in Roosevelt County. For the month of September, the Montana Department of Revenue reports $515,811 in estimated cannabis sales in the county. That translates to $17,193 spent in the county daily on legal cannabis sales. Sales in Roosevelt County were $441,671 in March, $413,116 in April, $439,639 in May, $403,732 in June and $416,713 in July.

With political polarization strengthening across the country, even the races far down on Montana’s ballot are feeling the heat of identity politics. The state auditor is arguably the lowest-ballot race there is, but the position is responsible for supervising the state’s insurance and securities industries and investigating fraud. Two years ago, Republican Jim Brown mounted a campaign for

Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Montanans will vote on whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. Constitutional Initiative 128, advanced by a group called Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights, would create a new section of the Montanan Constitution establishing “a right to make and carry out decisions about one’s own pregnancy, including

Registration is now open for middle and high school teams for the Montana Science Olympiad state tournament, which is scheduled for Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at Montana State University. MSU’s Science Math Resource Center, which is part of the College of Education, Health and Human Development, runs the annual statewide competition and will host an online presentation from 4:15 to 5 p.m. Wednesday,