Working in support of eastern Montana’s agriculture, U.S. Rep. Troy Downing, R-Mont., testified in support of his bill, the Lower Yellowstone River Native Fish Conservation Act, before the House Committee on Natural Resources on Wednesday, Feb. 4. The bill seeks to have the Bureau of Reclamation retain exclusive ownership, operational control and financial responsibility for the Lower Yellowstone’s

Lustre Christian stepped up defensively in the fourth quarter and posted a 48-33 win over Circle in a District 3C boys’ basketball battle on Friday, Feb. 6. After trailing 12-7 at the end of the first quarter, the Lions put up 14 points in the second period for a 21-17 lead at intermission. The Wildcats closed the margin to 33-29 in the third quarter. Lustre held Circle to only two points

January runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, was 1.0 million acre-feet, which is 132 percent of average. Runoff was above average for all of the reaches in the upper Missouri River Basin, even though most of the upper Basin had below-normal precipitation. This was due to above average temperatures causing early snowmelt. The updated 2026 calendar year runoff forecast for