Average gasoline prices in Montana have risen 8.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.54/g on Monday, March 25, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 39.0 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 35.3 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has risen 2.0 cents in the last week and stands at $4.02

Rounding out Invest in Veterans Week, Gov. Greg Gianforte highlighted community support for veterans at the Montana Veterans Meat Locker in Billings. “Because of the sacrifices of service members and their families, we live in the greatest country on Earth,” Gianforte said. “While our debt to them will never fully be repaid, we can offer support to and invest in the veterans who make

At the Wolf Point City Council’s regular meeting Monday, March 18, the council heard a presentation from a group called Team Clean Energy regarding a fertilizer plant to be constructed near Culbertson. The site, which is located on approximately 200 acres between Culbertson and Bainville, is expected to generate more than 3,000 jobs, including more than 1,000 permanent jobs. The council

U.S. Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Angus King (I-Maine), and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) recently introduced the Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act, a bipartisan bill to standardize the Transportation Security Administration Security Clearance Process which is used by transportation workers nationwide. Applicants often have to apply multiple redundant security clearance

The Wolf Point High School track team features a turnout of 31 athletes including seven seniors heading into the season. Peyton Summers returns for the Wolves after finishing third in the 3200-meter run and fifth in the 1600-meter run at last year’s Class B state track meet. The senior earned the state cross-country championship earlier this school year. Charlie Page, also a senior, is

With a large group of returning players, Poplar’s golfers are looking to move up in the divisional standings this season. “Most of the kids were out at the course last summer putting in a lot of work in their golf game,” Poplar Coach Brock Copenhaver said. “It showed toward the end of the season where most of them knocked off four to five strokes on their rounds.” Returning senior