U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., announced last week that he has secured $26 million in Bureau of Land Management funding for landscape restoration and resilience projects across Montana. Tester secured the funding from his Inflation Reduction Act, which he was the only member of Montana’s congressional delegation to support. “Healthy public lands are critical to the thousands of jobs supported

The Wolf Point Museum is officially ready for the summer season after county commissioners approved two hirings on Thursday, June 1. Hired to return at the museum were Sarah Wagner as curator and Sandra Woodstock as museum aide. Five individuals were hired for the county’s weed districts. The student employees are Jade Emly, Jesus Guzman, Trever Powell, Hugh Donaldson and Isaiah Bjorge.

Area advertisers and subscribers should be cautious when placing orders or responding to emails from someone claiming to be from the Northern Plains Independent. Last week, Nemont notified the Northern Plains Independent that someone claiming to be one of our employees had attempted to add several email address to our account. The calls came from an unknown number, Nemont said. The Nemont

The 60th annual Frontier Days in Culbertson is set for Friday, June 9, and Saturday, June 10. Rodeo action starts at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and 7 p.m. on Saturday. Featured rodeo events will include bull riding, bareback, calf roping, saddle bronc, steer wrestling, barrel racing, team roping, ladies breakaway, junior barrels, junior breakaway, a wild calf race and a senior men’s breakaway.

The Fort Union Rendezvous is set for June 15-18. The National Parks Service is hosting a 19th Century Fur Trade Fair that includes a variety of period arts, crafts and music. Members of the public are invited to come and participate in the upper Missouri fur trade fair reenactment at one of the West’s most imposing historic sites. The annual gathering is the site’s largest event. Fort Union

The Montana Department of Transportation and Knife River crews continue work on underground storm drainage installation in Culbertson, beginning at Fourth Avenue East, heading west. Curb and gutter installation will continue on the east and west ends of the project. Crews will finish placing aggregate to build up the driving surface and repair any soft spots in the gravel. Aggregate is a broad

A Wolf Point man who was arrested after leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase throughout Cascade County admitted last week to trying to steal a vehicle from a man near Ulm and to brandishing a gun while carjacking a vehicle from a woman in Billings, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Santana Cruz Ledeau, 27, pleaded guilty to attempted carjacking and to using, carrying and brandishing

Every week is an adventure in the newspaper business. Some weeks, I’m off to a state track meet. Other weeks, I’m watching a couple of eighthgrade graduations. As they say, variety is the spice of life. We at your newspaper are hoping that you, our readers and advertisers, can help make our lives a little less stressful though. More and more pressure from our printers as far as deadlines

The Montana Pulse Crop Committee will meet in-person on Thursday, June 8, beginning at 9 a.m. to review budget, grant proposals and address general updates. Meetings will take place in-person at the Sheridan County Courthouse, Bicentennial Room at 100 W. Laurel Ave, in Plentywood, To request more information, please email Dani Jones at danielle.jones@mt.gov. The Montana Pulse Crop Committee’s