The U.S. Senate passed Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester’s bipartisan resolution marking Sept. 20 as National Service Dog Day in honor of service dogs in Montana and across the nation. The resolution received unanimous bipartisan support. “For thousands of veterans and servicemembers across the country, service dogs play an incredible role helping our fighting men and

September was National Suicide Awareness Month. In observance of this, the Fort Peck Tribal Health Department sponsored the Healthy Mind & Emotions - A Social Emotional Event held from Sept. 10-14 on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northeastern Montana. The five-day event featured four keynote speakers, Darnell Jackson, Elwoods Pipestem-Ott, Joshua Stewart and Dr. Joseph P. Gone. Activities

Last week, U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale (MT-02) introduced the Path to Independence Act. His new legislation will allow states to impose work requirements on able-bodied adults enrolled in Medicaid to help lift millions off government reliance and into self-sufficiency. Under current law and unlike most other welfare programs, the Medicaid program has no mandated work requirement. Thirteen states

Jordan “J.D.” Hall, once a prominent religious and political figure in Montana right-wing circles, was ordered earlier this month to pay more than $15,000 to the Sidney church he once led after a Richland County District Court judge found him guilty of felony embezzlement. As part of a deferred sentencing agreement filed Sept. 10, Hall, who was ousted from Fellowship Baptist Church in 2022

Reading through our nation’s history from about 50 years ago, it made me feel that our country better handled problems and challenges of those times than our current leaders are doing. It seemed that our nation was more united for the common good during those earlier days. For example, in 1974, the Supreme Court ruled in the United States v. Nixon case that “the president cannot shield himself

Montana’s rural counties and tribal communities will receive a $2.5 million infusion to implement “locally developed solutions” to behavioral health needs, Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Thursday, Sept. 26, in a news release. The investment was recommended by the Behavioral Health System for Future Generations Commission, according to the news release. It represents the next allocation

The Montana Department of Transportation and its partner, Sletten Construction, have the following planned for Sept. 23 to Oct. 4. All work is dependent on weather and other unforeseen factors. Mooney Coulee Bridge on US Highway 2, 6 miles northwest of Glasgow. Traffic is traveling on the two-lane detour. Work on the bridge deck continues. On Monday, Sept. 30, crews poured concrete for the