A familiar face will be missing from this year’s Roosevelt County Fair, which is scheduled for Aug. 6-9 in Culbertson. Long-time 4-H supporter Phyllis Sethre died last December at the age of 78. She and her husband, Gary, volunteered for the Roosevelt County 4-H program for 35 years. She organized the Frontier club in Wolf Point. She was also a leader in all levels of the horsemanship and

The National Association of County Agriculture Agents held its annual meeting and professional development conference in Dallas, Texas. Wendy Becker and Shelley Mills of MSU Extension for Roosevelt and Valley counties were awarded the national finalists in the agriculture awareness and appreciation award for their work in educating beekeepers across Montana and beyond. Over the course

Sister and brother Elsie and Rowan Wilson of Bainville have been involved in 4-H nearly their entire lives, and they are looking forward to this year’s Roosevelt County Fair scheduled for Aug. 6-9. Elsie, 17, says this is her 11th year as a 4-H member while Rowan, who is entering his junior year in high school, has been involved for 10 years. Becoming members of the Tumbleweed 4-H Club was

Montana Democrats recently completed a series of open public meetings in 13 different towns and rural communities across the state to receive input directly from citizens about how their government can better serve them and help create opportunities for their families and businesses. “Montanans deserve the chance to meet their legislators face-to-face to discuss issues important to them,

A state district court judge on Monday, July 22, sided with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and a coalition of hunting groups in key aspects of a lawsuit where property owners had sought to compel the state to aggressively reduce elk populations. In a trio of rulings, Judge Gregory Todd found that the arguments made by the state and hunting groups that joined the lawsuit were more compelling

Gov, Greg Gianforte has applauded the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education for protecting women’s sports in the face of recent efforts by the Biden administration to upend the fair, level playing field for collegiate female athletes. “In Montana, we’ve made it clear that we will not let a loud vocal minority or the President of the United States prevent us from doing the right

After county election officials processed another 16,000 signatures from inactive Montana voters this week as ordered by a district court in Helena, proponents of three ballot initiatives said Wednesday, July 24, they had easily surpassed the signature thresholds necessary to make the ballot in November. Counties had until noon Wednesday to finish counting the thousands of additional signatures,