Average gasoline prices in Montana have risen 9.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.87/g on Monday, April 13, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 55.6 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 74.3 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has increased 4.1 cents compared to a week ago and stands

The Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board held its regular, full board meeting on Monday, April 13. The board authorized Councilman Adrian Spotted Bird to resign from the Fort Peck Inc. board effective immediately and appointed Marva Chapman to the Fort Peck Inc. board. The board voted to accept a bid offer of $74,892 from Thomas P Miller and associates to complete the update to the 2017 Fort

The proposed settlement agreement reached between John Deere and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois regarding right-to-repair claims is woefully inadequate, Montana Farmers Union President Walter Schweitzer said. “Montana Farmers Union has long fought for farmers’ right to repair their own equipment. Neither this settlement, nor recent announcements about DEF

The walleye trap netting and egg-taking operation has commenced on Fort Peck Reservoir once again. It’s been an interesting start to the season with the weather. One day, it’s unseasonably warm and, the next day, it’s cold with snow. And, of course, wind has held us back from moving some of our equipment. Compared to last year, lower reservoir elevations have caused us to relocate the

the former United Dakota Presbyterian Church. She has sent a grant request to the government for $33,000. She has also asked Joel Osteen of the televised Lakewood Church located in Houston, Texas, for financial assistance. “They really need a place like that where they can stay,” Hubbard explained about the need for a shelter. In the meantime, she will continue assisting people at “Hubbard’s

There’s a new owner of the abandoned property lots located on First Avenue South in Wolf Point. Local developer Curtis Forrest was the top bidder of the two lots during a tax deed sale held by the Roosevelt County commissioners on Monday, April 6. Forrest’s goal is to improve the properties where fires and violent crimes have allegedly taken place during the last couple of years. “I