The winners of the Fort Peck Tribes buffalo lottery were announced Monday, Aug. 5. Winners included the following: Robert Richardson, Dolly Tattoo, Lawrence Garfield. Jeff Red Elk, Emerson Boyd Sr, Jessica Gray Hawk, Channing Smith, Howard Azure, Kelsey Strauser, Kristen Crow, Sheldon Pinkerton, Nicole Red Dog, Mike Darin Dimas, Curt Forrest, George Blount, Dale Robertson, AcAcia Black Eagle,

Temperatures were 103-106 degrees in Lustre on Monday July 22, and hit 100 or more every day, coming down to 90 degrees on Thursday evening, and 75 degrees by Friday. What a welcome relief! Fields are ripe as the pea harvest is in progress. Marian (Haber) Johnson died July 9, 2024. She was one of 12 students to graduate from LCHS in the class of 1965. Lustre Christian High School was a

The Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet Aug. 16 at 8:30 a.m. at Montana WILD and via Zoom. The deadline to submit written comments on most agenda items was July 25. However, public comment will be taken during the meeting; those wishing to make a comment must register at fwp.mt.gov/aboutfwp/commission/ august-2024-meeting. Registration deadline is Aug. 15 at noon. Agenda items for

Since 2011, the Montana Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher Hoofin’ it for Hunger Run has raised $87,000 for the Montana Food Bank Network. This year the run will take place on Sept. 21, beginning and ending at Depot Park in Dillon. The event features a 10K, starting at 11 a.m. and a 5K starting at 11:30 a.m. through beautiful southwestern Montana ranch country. If you can’t get to Dillon,

The U.S. Corps of Engineers held its final scheduled conference call of the year regarding test water flows from the Fort Peck Dam on Wednesday, July 31. The average daily release rate from Fort Peck has been increased from 8,000 cubic feet per second to 9,000 cfs, and monitoring of pallid sturgeon will continue. John Remus, chief of the Missouri River Basin Water Management Division, explained

The Glendive district, which includes Roosevelt County, has the second least amount of vehicle fatalities in the state since 2022, according to figures from the Montana Highway Patrol. The data shows the Glendive district with 13 total fatalities including 10 in 2022. As of May 28, there were two fatalities in the district during 2024. The Glendive district includes the counties of Roosevelt,