State Superintendent Elsie Arntzen said on Thursday, July 13, that the state could see 1,000 teacher vacancies going into the upcoming school year — or roughly one in 10 positions. “A thousand new teachers or teachers will be requested within our 928 schools across our state, our 402 school districts,” Arntzen said during the Montana Board of Public Education meeting. Teacher pay has

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, who is leading the Senate’s bipartisan investigation into the Chinese spy balloon that was first spotted over Montana in February, has announced he will offer a bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual must-pass defense bill, to assess commercially available technology that can and is being used in foreign espionage programs. “This

A one-day volleyball camp was held this week for the girls in the community, grades 8-12 in the morning, and grades 5-7 in the afternoon. The guest coach was Becky Hoffman, varsity coach for Plentywood. Mary Zerbe, who organized the camp, said 34 girls participated and that it was a very positive, encouraging day. The first practice for the Lustre Christian High School volleyball team is Aug. 11.

Last week, U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale (MT-02) voted in favor of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. The legislation includes two amendments introduced by Rosendale. The first would prohibit the Department of Defense from using taxpayer dollars for gender reassignment surgery and gender hormone therapy, while the second limits the U.S. military’s ability to detain American

In Montana, the state’s largest newspaper publisher, Iowa-based Lee Enterprises, has announced that it’s cutting the number of days it prints a newspaper to three and switching the delivery from paper carriers to the U.S. Postal Service in most locations, but the corporation promises the three print editions will have a “Sunday feel.” But in Montana, unionized newsroom employees have

Toavs said area residents would be impacted if the Empire Builder’s route is cut or service is decreased in the future. “It would be one more way it would isolate rural areas,” Toavs said. “It’s a safe way to travel and a way to access different parts of the country.” This budget proposal comes at the same time as the U.S. Department of Transportation is overseeing a generational

The Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede Parade Committee would like to thank everyone who helped make the 2023 Wild Horse Stampede Parade a huge success. A special thank you to the parade judges, the volunteers who helped register parade entries, KVCK for airing the parade, the local newspapers for covering the event, Lucas Hall with the City of Wolf Point, our local HUB Insurance, the Wolf Point City