Montana Highway Patrol troopers will get a 10.5 percent raise under a contract their union recently reached with the state Department of Justice. During negotiations, the troopers eyed joining a national police union and leaving the state’s largest public employees union, but in the end didn’t jump ship. The cohort of the Association of Montana Highway Patrol Troopers filed a petition with

Around 250 people gathered at Montana State University’s American Indian Hall on Monday, Oct. 13, to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day and dedicate a new arbor that completes the vision of the facility. The event, hosted by the Department of Native American Studies in the College of Letters and Science, featured remarks from MSU and tribal leaders and an honor song from musician Chontay Standing

the mission of MSU, said Robert Rides At The Door, a tribal elder performing blessings and prayers, and demonstrates that education is the best way to resist oppression. Cobell was the lead plaintiff in the largest class action lawsuit in the history of the United States, which contested the U.S. government’s mismanagement of trust funds held by more than 500,000 Native Americans and resulted

The Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board held its regular full board meeting Tuesday, Oct. 14. The following actions and descriptions were included in the resolution log. The board approved the Fort Peck Tribes Head Start Pre-K Program to formally partner with Frontier Public Schools under Montana Reads 2025 Grant initiative to strengthen early literacy outcomes across community. The Language

Saturday seemed like the last day for fall work and farmers were busy hauling bales off the fields, putting equipment into sheds and doing the winterizing maintenance needed. It was a day for washing windows, painting fences, mowing road edges in preparation for winter, and bringing in produce. Lustre Christian High School hosted the North Country volleyball team in the afternoon, losing its match.

not into micro-managing,” he said. Buckles said a challenge for the tribes is fighting for federal funding. B.J. Johnson said his first term on the board has been a learning experience. He’s a proponent of economic development. He noted investments such as the tribal farm, a casino and a processing plant. He said it’s important for board members to be serving every day. Rita Weeks

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission voted Thursday, Oct. 9, to limit the number of white-tailed doe tags available for hunters in Region 6 in northeast Montana because of outbreaks of a hemorrhagic virus that is killing deer in pockets across the state but particularly so along the Milk River. Commission Chair Lesley Robinson, representing Region 6, said landowners in the area had already