The Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board held their full board meeting Monday, Dec. 8. The board voted to hereby accepts TPA Funding in the amount of $6,505 for the Housing Improvement Program. Louella Douglas was approved for reinstatement as the director of the Fort Peck Housing Authority with back pay. The board voted to approve the TTP/IRR Roads Dept. to allow each worker a $500 allowance

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is encouraging drivers to be responsible before getting behind the wheel of a vehicle as December is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month. The Montana Highway Patrol will be doing their part to keep the roads safe by increasing patrols to crack down on drunk and drugged drivers. This year, Montana’s roadways have seen 178 traffic fatalities,

It’s going to be a white Christmas at Lustre this year, as the snow piles up. Roads are still treacherous, with the 250 and the 438 both ice covered since last Monday. Great care is a must and speeds around 40 are max on even the gravel. Two-three inches of snow fell this week. On Monday, 31 ladies braved the snowy roads to attend the MB Church Christmas Party, the community’s first event

The Transportation Security Administration will soon charge travelers $45 if they arrive at airport security without a proper form of identification, such as a Real ID or passport. The fee goes into effect Feb. 1, 2026, and follows months of rulemaking in which the TSA originally considered an $18 charge. Officials say higher- than-expected technology and operational costs led to the final

In an exciting first game of the season, Brockton’s boys’ basketball team lost against Plenty Coups, 90-84, on Friday, Dec. 5. Plenty Coups led by a 4328 half-time margin, but Brockton battled back to 5453 with 25 points in the third quarter. Jared Fast Horse hit three three-pointers for the Warriors in the period. Colter Nygard added eight points in the quarter. In the fourth quarter,

Average gasoline prices in Montana are unchanged in the last week, averaging $2.95/g on Monday, Dec. 8, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 2.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 11.6 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has decreased 5.1 cents compared to a week ago and stands at $3.671 per

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission on Thursday, Dec. 4, adopted a handful of new deer hunting regulations aimed at reducing hunting pressure on public land and bringing the state’s flagging mule deer population out of a multiyear decline. During an eight-hour meeting in Helena, the commission voted to reduce available nonresident deer hunter licenses by about 2,500 licenses for the 20262027

Muzzleloader heritage season opens on Saturday, Dec. 13, and runs through Sunday, Dec. 21. This season is for heritage muzzleloaders only; no other means of taking game, such as archery, is allowed. Note that some areas have elk shoulder seasons through Feb. 15, where firearms and archery equipment may be allowed. Hunters should also note that many of Montana’s Block Management Areas, even