A former local Montana House member has announced her desire to represent the area in the State Senate. Bridget Smith of Wolf Point filed on March 1 for the Senate District 16 election. The Democrat will face Jonathan Windy Boy of Box Elder in the primary election. Smith served in the Montana House for eight years before being term-limited out. She then was defeated in a close Senate race

Jeri Toavs filed for the position of county clerk of district court and county superintendent of schools because she wants to continue in the roles she has held since 2014. Toavs was hired by retired clerk of district court Patricia A. Stennes to be her deputy clerk of court in 1999. When Stennes retired in June of 1014, Toavs was appointed clerk of district court/county superintendent of schools

tance through a competitive process at the Department of Energy.” “It’s economic development,” Oelkers said of the project. “This will be a major taxpayer in Roosevelt County if it happens.” He added that it would bring good paying jobs to the area. The county commissioner noted the project will be environmentally friendly. “It’s federally backed to move the U.S. to be more

Abby Miller was appointed to the Roosevelt County Fair Board. She will serve in the position of the late Phyllis Sethre. Toavs made a motion to approve storing Girl Scout cookies in the county fair’s office. The motion died from lack of a second. Hired were Amy Keller to the health department, Chrystal DeCoteau of the health department and Logan Nickoloff to the weed district. Tristian

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is calling on Congress to fully fund technology used to scan for fentanyl and other contraband at the southern border as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 Homeland Security Appropriations bill ahead of the March 22nd deadline. Tester’s urgent request comes directly after Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Troy Miller told NBC News this week that scanners used to spot

The Northwestern Division, Missouri River Basin Water Management Division will host a series of public meetings the week of March 25, including one on Thursday, March 28, in Poplar. Additional information, with specific times and venues, will be provided in a future news release and will also be posted to the website at https://www.nwd.usace. army.mil/MRWM/Public- Meetings/. Increased snowmelt

AgWest Farm Credit, a cooperative lending association dedicated to supporting agriculture, has launched the application window for the New Producer Grant program, designed to help motivated producers get started in agriculture. The grant provides $15,000 in start-up funds to successful applicants to support their agricultural ventures. Mark Littlefield, president and CEO of AgWest, said,

A Lewis and Clark County district court judge on Tuesday, March 5, denied a request from Gov. Greg Gianforte to stay enforcement of a prior order directing him to allow lawmakers to override his veto of a 2023 marijuana tax revenue bill. Judge Mike Menahan’s ruling on March 5 does not guarantee that lawmakers will be able to override Gianforte’s veto of Senate Bill 442, legislation that