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,

Montana is poised to become the latest state to increase scrutiny of how its nonprofit hospitals deliver community benefits in exchange for their tax-exempt status. Under proposed rules, the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services plans to collect data on nonprofit hospitals’ charitable acts, such as discounting prices, providing health education, or conducting free screenings.

The Wolf Point Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire on East Edgar Street at about 11 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23. (Photo by Darla Downs)

with some of the tools that are used like ship-andslaughter. And we’re committed to continuing to work together basically in the same paradigm that we’ve been in. I would think that the state would recognize that and see what happens as we move forward.” Sholly said. “… I appreciate the partnership with the state; it’s something we’ve got to work on together. This does not dramatically

The Wolf Point swimming pool has been a busy place this summer, and new pool manager Tiffani Darby has liked all of the activity. “I’ve enjoyed teaching swim lessons and being around all the kids every day,” Darby said. A difference this summer is that Wolf Point is using the American Red Cross’ full lesson program. The process included having the pool being registered with the American