We’ve heard from several Montana homeowners who are perplexed by the numbers on reappraisal notices mailed to them by the state Department of Revenue over the last month. Those notices, for those unfamiliar, inform property owners that the department has updated the valuations used to calculate property tax bills, something it does on a two-year cycle. Here’s an example of a 2025 notice for

Based on the first quarter of 2025, Roosevelt County ranks fourth in the state as far as the county receiving funds from oil revenue. Roosevelt County’s government received $657,800.00 for the quarter. The top three counties were Richland at $3,907,088, Fallon at $788,979 and Powder River at $698,079. Sheridan County is fifth at $166,995.83. Roosevelt County’s collections were $3,688,043.16.

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