The average person will spend around eight hours at work each day, and do so roughly five days a week. Over time, relationships with coworkers may grow and many people become friendly with their colleagues. In such settings, it can be customary to celebrate holidays with coworkers at company-sanctioned events. Personnel tasked with organizing the sharing of gifts across departments or the company

The holiday season is a festive time of year filled with plenty of opportunities to socialize with friends and family. Parties abound this time of year, and many people may find themselves hosting everything from intimate gatherings to large family dinners. As people will be attending many different events in the weeks to come, savvy hosts and hostesses may want to set their occasions apart

The joyous holiday season is enhanced by the beautiful and festive decorations that adorn homes and businesses during this special time of year. Twinkling lights are part of the holiday decorating equation. However, tangled lights in storage bins and boxes can sap anyone’s holiday spirit. Christmas lights can turn into a tangled mess no matter how hard people work to avoid such an outcome.

Hanging Christmas stockings is just one of the many traditions that fill the days leading up to Christmas. One theory regarding the origins of stockings says the tradition began when a poor widower who had three daughters worried over having enough money for their wedding dowries to help secure the daughters’ futures. The women, who had hung their stockings by the fireplace to dry, woke up to

The Red Bottom Celebration committee believes in honoring veterans and to show its appreciation served full breakfasts to area veterans on Saturday, Nov. 11, in recognition of Veterans Day. Larry Wetsit, cultural advisor for the committee, said, “We have always honored veterans for the service that they’ve done. We look at our Indian people in other countries, and we’re fortunate that

An exciting addition to Frontier School this year is an Native American studies program. Each student in grades 6-8 takes the new class subject. Frontier superintendent of schools Patrick Drapeau said the state has helped the school district develop a curriculum for the studies. “It was my heart and desire to bring this to the school,” Drapeau said. A highlight of the program is a

Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board member Bryce Kirk stressed the need for federal support in the battle against fentanyl use during his testimony in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Kirk noted, “Fentanyl has no boundaries. It’s affecting men, women, children and elderly of all walks of life.” He explained that people deal