Montana Poet Laureate Chris La Tray will appear at the Roosevelt County Library in Wolf Point on Aug. 28 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. La Tray is a Métis storyteller, an enrolled member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians and a descendant of the Pembina Band of the mighty Red River of the North. He writes the weekly newsletter “An Irritable Métis” and lives near Frenchtown. Children’s

The maximum speed on North Dakota interstates went up to 80 mph on August 1, matching Montana and South Dakota interstate highway speeds. The first 80 mph sign went up last week, with the next due for installation over the next two weeks. Crews will be swapping out 290 signs across the state.

istening People with Medicare may qualify for savings through the Extra Help program. This program helps some people pay their Medicare drug coverage (Part D) costs such as premiums, deductibles and coinsurance. How does Extra Help lower my costs? In 2025, everyone who qualifies for Extra Help will pay: • $0 for your Medicare drug plan premium. NOTE: It’s important that you choose

You’ve likely heard that instead of real property tax relief, the legislature passed a property tax shift this legislative session. Some of that shift is starting to go into effect now, but the biggest changes, including massive tax hikes on thousands of Montanans’ properties, will come next year. A lot has been said about the huge hit coming to family cabins and similar properties, but many agricultural

July runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa was 2.0 million acrefeet, 62 percent of average. Runoff was below-average runoff in the Fort Peck and Garrison reaches with average to above-average runoff in the lower four reaches. The annual runoff forecast above Sioux City, Iowa is 19.2 MAF, 75 percent of average. “Above-normal precipitation occurred in much of the basin, though

A version of this story was originally published in the MT Lowdown, a weekly newsletter digest containing original reporting and analysis published every Friday. The Montana Land Board on Monday, July 21, voted 4-1 to authorize Montana’s water right regulator to file protests on 18 privately held water rights that are used to irrigate State Trust Land. The vote follows last year’s heated

The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) is encouraging students to apply for its 2025 Annual Convention and Trade Show internship program. Applications are due Sept. 15, and the internship will take place Dec. 8-Dec. 13 in Billings. The MSGA Annual Convention Internship program allows students to gain practical experience in association event planning, policy development and social media

An appointment by Gov. Greg Gianforte to the Criminal Justice Oversight Council continues to draw scrutiny, most recently in a letter that 16 Montana organizations and seven state representatives signed. Earlier in July, Gianforte appointed Jessica Flint, who works for Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal advocacy organization, to a position on the council representing the rights of incarcerated

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Hunter Education course dates have been set several for several communities in northeast Montana. In-person, instructor-led hunter education classroom courses are available to anyone age 10 and older and provide new hunters with a hands-on learning experience. There will be three youth classroom courses offered in various communities. The course dates and