Tuesday, April 16, as part of National Work Zone Awareness Week, Governor Greg Gianforte joined the Montana Department of Transportation to honor department employees who have tragically passed away in service to the state of Montana. “It is an honor to recognize this tribute to the men and women who have passed away while doing this noble job,” Gov. Gianforte said. “No words can fully

Monday, Nov. 13, 1980, started like many others for Gary Flaten of Wolf Point ... until an explosion at the Montana State Highway Department took his life and the life of truck driver Raymond Morgan of Billings. The explosion took place at about 9:25 a.m. and occurred while Morgan was offloading two tanks of MC 250 liquid asphalt into storage tanks at the highway department, reported The Herald-News

Two Montana State University professors, in cooperation with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, recently updated the Fishes of Montana app used by anglers who want reliable information about Montana fish species. The updates were made to the five-year-old app by Christopher Guy and Alexander Zale, both professors in MSU’s Department of Ecology in the College of Letters and Science and leaders

A solid day by senior Kessee Erickson led Poplar’s track efforts at the Sidney Invitational on Saturday, April 20. Erickson earned fifth place in the discus with a mark of 94-4. The senior took eighth in the shot put at 30-4. Other highlights for Poplar’s girls included Blake Follette placing 11th in the 1600 and Alara Parshall finishing 17th in the 800 and 20th in the 400. In the