Area students recognized Red Ribbon Week with various activities last week. Students at Frontier Elementary School heard a presentation from Marianne Zilkoski early in the week. Zilkoski urged students to live a substance-free lifestyle. She noted that students only should take pills that are given to them from their parents. Each of the students received a Red Ribbon Week ribbon

A good-sized group of Poplar elementary students had an enjoyable race and came away looking a little different after a color run on Tuesday, Oct. 22. The event was for elementary students in grades kindergarten through fourth grade. Their cross country coaches Rolfe Schwarzkopf and Kenda Stuehm organized the activity. About 30 to 35 students went the distance. Throwing the chalk at the runners

Sen. Jon Tester shakes hands with supporters at a campaign event at the Poplar Cultural Center on the Fort Peck Community College Campus Oct. 24. (Photo by James Walling)