( Editor’s Note: Fort Peck Housing Authority issued the following statement.) We, the nine members of the FPHA Board of Commissioners or BOC, are releasing a public statement to the members of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes. We are aware that alleged photos of assistance under the Emergency Rental Assistance Program are being shared on Facebook and other social media. We want

Motorists are reminded that the new Montana’s Move Over Law went into effect Oct. 1. Changes to the law include specific speed rules and verbiage pertaining to slowing down upon approach and passing of an authorized vehicle along with the addition of utility workers under the protection of the Move Over Law. Officials note that these changes create a clearer definition of a driver’s

The newly completed 2023 Roosevelt County Community Health Assessment has recently been released. “It is the hope of Roosevelt County Health Department that this compilation of information will assist you in the work you do for the people of Roosevelt County. Use it widely for problem and asset identification, to apply for and secure funding to address health issues, to strengthen partnerships

The Roosevelt County Commissioners approved an action to send a letter to the Montana Department of Transportation to request a speed study be conducted just outside of Culbertson. Commissioner Gordon Oelkers explained some residents would like the speed limit to be reduced from 70 miles per hour to 55 miles per hour between the beet dump and bridge south of the overpass near Culbertson.

The Montana Department of Revenue said last week it received more than 226,600 applications for homeowner property tax rebates during the application period that closed Oct. 2 — a figure that, MTFP calculates, represents about three-quarters of eligible homeowners. The property tax rebates, up to $675 per homeowner, were authorized by this year’s Montana Legislature and Gov. Greg Gianforte,

Approximately half of today’s high school aged students in Montana have tried using electronic cigarettes and nearly a quarter of them are daily vape users. Since July 1, 2019, National Jewish Health, the nation’s largest non-profit tobacco quit line provider together with nine partner states including Montana’s Tobacco Use Prevention Program has implemented an enhanced tobacco cessation

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making more than $3 billion in funding available for agricultural producers and forest landowners nationwide to participate in voluntary conservation programs and adopt climate-smart practices in fiscal year 2024. As first announced in August, Montana private land managers interested in participating in Natural Resources Conservation Service programs must