Thomas Ivan Reese Larson, who admitted to beating a woman on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in 2021, was sentenced on June 20 to 15 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said last week. The defendant, 25, pleaded guilty in February to assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted its second peak of water flows from Fort Peck late last week. During a conference call on Wednesday, June 19, John Remus, chief of the Missouri Basin Water Management Division, said the flow was at 14,500 cubic feet per second in Wolf Point. The plan was to hit the target of 20,000 cfs starting on Sunday, June 23, and have it last for three days before

The Great Northern Development Corp. has received a $530,000 grant from the Montana Department of Commerce under the Big Sky Economic Development Trust Fund Grant Program. This grant will provide crucial support for businesses in the GNDC region, enabling opportunities for operational enhancements, updates and start-up ventures. Executive director Tori Matejovsky expressed her appreciation, saying,

Attorney General Austin Knudsen has announced appointments to the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force. The task force’s main goals are to break down jurisdictional barriers and identify causes that contribute to missing and murdered Indigenous persons. Stacie FourStar, representing the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, was one of the individuals selected to the task force.

Montana 4-H program displays and events will be on display at the numerous county fairs this summer. Montana 4-H is the youth development program of MSU Extension and, for 4-H youth, the fair is a public opportunity to show what they have learned and to continue developing civil service and social skills while running events like concession stands, petting zoos or exhibits. “Time spent

Over the next two years, dozens of cities and counties across Montana will review their local governments as called for by a voter initiative in primary elections. Once a decade, Montana’s Constitution offers voters the chance to study and potentially change the structure of local governments. The measure appeared on primary ballots across all counties and incorporated cities or towns in the

Australia is poised to be the first country to approach cervical cancer elimination. Through nationally-funded HPV vaccination programs, vaccination programs targeting males, and comprehensive organized cervical cancer screening programs, their National Strategy for the Elimination of Cervical Cancer aims to eradicate this cancer as a public health issue in Australia by 2035. In Roosevelt County,