Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Region 6 Citizen Advisory Committee will meet from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 31, at Fort Peck Multispecies Fish Hatchery in Fort Peck. The public is welcome to attend. FWP will give updates on current Region 6 fisheries, wildlife, enforcement, education, and parks and outdoor recreation happenings. Each of FWP’s seven administrative

The hunting and trapping of wolves in Region 5, 6 and 7 closed a half hour after sunset Jan. 21. The order halting the harvest of wolves in these regions came after Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials received word that the pre-established harvest quota of five wolves in these regions had been met. With the exception of Wolf Management Unit 313, wolf harvest quotas elsewhere in

more complicated for us,” Gourneau said of the issue. Gourneau said the TEB is discussing the possibility of building a medium security prison facility. Lawrence Hamilton added that it might be a 200-bed facility. Gourneau also reported that TEB is researching ways to provide improved health care facilities. A goal is to have a veterans’ wing in an assisted living facility. She said

Kyle Severson is currently incarcerated in a Montana prison and like so many serving time, he’s waiting for an appeals process to play out at the Montana Supreme Court. That’s not so unlike many appeals to the state’s highest court, which ask the justices to review anything from plea deals to prison discipline. But Severson’s case is unusual because it claims that the former Richland

The Wolf Point School Board gave approval for six staff members to attend professional development training in New Mexico during March 1. The MidSchoolMath National Conference is scheduled in Santa Fe, N.M., from March 1-2. Funding for the trip will be from the Title I School Support grant. Board chair Roxanne Gourneau appointed trustees Michael Turcotte and Mark Zilkoski to the policy committee.

Two individuals filed for Roosevelt County offices during the first day of filing on Thursday, Jan. 11. Tracy Miranda, who was recently appointed to replace retiring clerk and recorder Cheryl Hansen, filed for clerk and recorder. The election is for the final two years of the current term. Jeri Toavs filed for re-election as the county’s clerk for district court. Also on the ballot