Montana State University researchers from the Department of Animal and Range Sciences and the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences have received a $1.5 million grant from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation with funding through the Ranchland Stewardship Program to study adaptive grazing practices with ranchers across the state. The project will

A long-running debate over the role of politics in Montana’s courts has become the central issue in this year’s Supreme Court race between two Flathead County judges. In the nonpartisan race to replace retiring Justice Beth Baker, candidates Amy Eddy and Dan Wilson have both stressed the need to keep politics out of the courtroom, though the two have approached that goal differently.

Voters have an opportunity this fall to endorse an old idea: to keep judicial elections nonpartisan as they have been for almost a hundred years. “The public likes having nonpartisan elections and especially in the judiciary when we want sort of these neutral arbiters of justice,” said Jessi Bennion, a political scientist from Montana State University. But the fight over Constitutional

paraprofessionals, Christopher Sherman as student worker, Judy Holum for adult education quilting, Vivian Schultz for adult education pottery and Andrew Vun for adult education volleyball. Southside after school teachers hired were Camille Artuz, Alexa De La Cerna, Prescilla Mendez and Charissa Zaballero. Substitute teachers hired were Jessica Bauer, Dean Mahlum, Della Pipestem and Zachariah Rodgers.

Also during the meeting, commissioners approved a request for a new pickup for the Disaster and Emergency Services department. Cost of the RAM vehicle is $53,793 from Northern Prairie Auto. The used vehicle will go to the road department. Commissioners are working with Interstate Engineering to expand on the county’s growth policy. Such a process is recommended to be conducted every five years

For years, the psychoactive compound kratom has been sold across much of the United States as an herbal supplement, available in powders, capsules and extracts with few of the restrictions applied to controlled substances. But the market is changing. Products containing a potentially dangerous kratom derivative known as concentrated 7-hydroxymitragynine, or 7-OH, and other chemically modified

“And this [pipeline] is like a pork chop falling on the floor. That’s what it is to us.” Daniels County is also uniquely poised to benefi t from Bridger because it doesn’t have any existing pipelines paying into county tax accounts. In 2025, neighboring Valley County collected more tax revenue from centrally assessed properties, which include everything from pipelines to power lines,

Wolf Point Chief of Police Anthony Cambridge explains the decision not to have an officer patrol during the late night/early morning hours is because of a shortage of staff. “Given the call volume which is extremely low, it doesn’t make sense to do it, at least during this time,” Cambridge said. He explains that the Fort Peck Tribes Department of Law and Justice has two officers patrolling