During a conference call with rural media members last week, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said he was pleased with the National Defense Authorization Act which was passed on Wednesday, Dec. 13. Tester said the 5.2 percent pay raise for troops was the largest in two decades. “This bipartisan bill will give our military some much needed certainty and allow them to plan for the future,”

American Prairie announced Thursday, Dec. 14, that 107 bison from its bison herds have found new homes with tribal nations in Montana, South Dakota and Washington. “This represents one of the conservation organization’s largest transfers of bison since returning this keystone species to its lands in 2005,” American Prairie said. American Prairie said the shipments took place in November

During the Wolf Point City Council’s regular meeting Monday, Dec. 18, Mayor Chris Dschaak said an additional $2.5 million is being made available for phase 2 of the project thanks to applications made by the Fort Peck Tribes. Approval for the funding passed at the Dec. 11 full Tribal Executive Board meeting in Poplar. Greg Lukasik with Great West Engineering provided a written report about

Brockton came up short in two basketball games in Savage on Friday, Dec. 15. In the girls’ contest, Brockton lost by a 49-18 final. Savage led 14-6 at the end of the first quarter and by a 28-11 half-time margin. Savage increased the gap to 40-13 during the third quarter. Tamryn Bauer and Taylor Cummins led Brockton with seven points each. Ava Lone Bear and Clara Clampitt added

The Brockton Warriors defeated Richey/Lambert, 5345, in boys’ basketball play in Brockton Saturday, Dec. 16. The Warriors took a 15-14 lead in the first quarter but trailed 28-25 at intermission. Brockton accounted for 19 points in the third quarter to earn a 44-37 advantage. Quannah First That Walks led the Warriors with 15 points. Josh Firemoon and Kameron Rattling Thunder scored nine

Despite being told repeatedly that it would lead to instant litigation and the likely rescinding of any hunting and fishing rights for non-tribal members on Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes lands, all eight Republican legislators on the Environmental Quality Council voted recently to support a ballot initiative that seeks to give landowners in Montana broad access to hunt deer, elk and black

Nearly a year after Montana began receiving millions of dollars to invest in efforts to combat the opioid crisis, much of that money remains untouched. Meanwhile, the state’s opioid overdose and death counts continue to rise. The money is part of the approximately $50 billion that states and local governments will receive nationwide in opioid settlement funds over nearly two decades. The payments