Gov. Greg Gianforte has submitted a request to President Joe Biden for a presidential major disaster declaration due to flooding in Montana during April. The governor’s request is for the counties of Blaine, Daniels, Hill, Park, Roosevelt, Sheridan and Valley, along with the Fort Peck Tribes. “For the month of March, Montana experienced colder and wetter conditions than usual,” Gianforte

Republican leadership in the Montana State House of Representatives said Saturday, June 24, legislators would not be intimidated by “vague and threatening letters” they received this week with an unknown white powder. Reps. Rhonda Knudsen, R-Culbertson, and Neil Duram, R-Eureka, both received anonymous letters at their homes with local return addresses but post office markings from Kansas

Gaming challenges, housing and donation approvals were among the topics during the Wolf Point Community Organization’s monthly meeting on Monday, June 19. During the Tribal Executive Board report at the meeting, TEB member Marva Chapman reported that two marijuana dispensaries are opening in Poplar. She questioned why the state and not also the tribes receives tax funds from marijuana sales.

Thanks to the Wolf Point Community Organization, singer Terri Anne Strongarm will perform at the pow-wow grounds in Wolf Point on Saturday, July 8. Strongman is from Balcarres, Sask., Canada. She performs a variety of music, including country and gospel songs. Her early achievements included winning the CKRM Big Country Talent Show, earning first in the Dakota Dunes Idol and taking first in the

The public is invited to the free History and Nature Lecture Series program “Confluence Trail Walk” Sunday, July 18, 11 a.m. CT at the Missouri- Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center near Williston, N.D. The half-mile guided walk is along part of the trail at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center. It begins at the Interpretive Center and proceeds westward to the cemetery

Last week, U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale (MT-02) held a roundtable discussion in Great Falls to lay out his priorities for the upcoming Farm Bill and get input from the community. “I’d like to thank everyone who joined me for today’s agriculture roundtable discussion and for sharing their needs for the Farm Bill,” Rosendale said. “Getting Montana’s priorities into this year’s legislation

There were three eager shoppers at Bryan’s in Wolf Point last week thanks to assistance from the Wolf Point Elks Lodge #1764. After the local Elks lodge was a recipient of an Elks National Foundation grant of $1,000, three local veterans each received $333 to shop for items at Bryan’s. The Spotlight Grants shine a light on three issues facing American communities: early childhood literacy,

Fort Belknap Tribal Chairman Jeffrey Stiffarm said he was surprised that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act because of what the justices did to Roe v. Wade. Nearly one year ago, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court reversed landmark abortion protections, and Stiffarm thought the High Court would undo protections for Native American children