On Monday, June 24, alongside wildlife manager Brett Dorak, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks director Dustin Temple held a press conference to address the status of eastern Montana’s mule deer. “Our job at FWP is to manage Montana’s wildlife resources by providing full contextual, transparent, accurate data with full context,” Temple said. “Across the state, we are making the effort

all, participants and coaches alike felt Dan always showed integrity and placed the highest value on getting the call right. He was a dedicated family man. He read nightly to his children at bedtime, was the main homework helper, coached youth soccer teams, volunteered time to read to children at local elementary schools and was always available to help with youth wrestling in many different capacities.

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, DMont., commented about the proposed Eastern Montana Fertilizer Project during a conference call with rural state media members on Thursday, June 20. The fertilizer project is planned to be constructed near Culbertson by Cyan H2 LLC, The project is estimated to cost about $1.6 billion. The hope is that the lone public assistance will come from a loan from the U.S. Department

The Northern Plains Independent and Community News received a series of awards, including 10 firstplace plaques, during this year’s Montana Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. The selections were announced on Saturday, June 22, during the organization’s annual convention, held this year in Kalispell. The Northern Plains Independent, based in Wolf Point, competed in

Joseph Dale William Miller was sentenced for three charges during a hearing in district court on June 12. Miller made guilty pleas on March 13 to the felony charges of assault of a peace officer and criminal possession of dangerous drugs, and the misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants, first offense. For the assault of a peace officer count, Judge David J. Cybulski