Your November ballot won’t be filled with ideas to amend the Montana Constitution after all — not even one. This year, Montana Republicans held an historic supermajority at the legislature, and prior to the session, the list of proposed constitutional amendments kept growing. Constitutional right to carry firearms. Constitutional sheriffs. Legislative approval of redistricting. Legislative

The elevation of Fort Peck Reservoir’s water level has climbed 2.4 feet since last month thanks to spring runoff, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports. The runoff into Fort Peck has provided water to all but the highest boat ramps, located at Hell Creek State Park, Rock Creek Fishing Access Site and Crooked Creek. It took about 443,000 acrefeet of water for the lake to climb. An acre-foot

The Montana Department of Agriculture is currently seeking a public representative who is or was actively engaged in agriculture to apply for an open position on the Montana Pulse Crop Committee. The Montana Pulse Crop Committee aims to stimulate and expand Montana’s pulse crop industry through research, promotion, and market development of pulse crops grown in Montana. Those interested

Registration is open now through May 15 for the threeday 406 Grazing Academy workshop to be held June 6-8 in southwestern Montana. Montana State University and the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation will host the workshop, which is aimed at ranchers seeking to hone their grazing management skills and learn new strategies. Classroom activities will take place at the Forge

Former Dawson County Sheriff Craig Anderson was passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday, May 5, on a bipartisan vote to become the next U.S. Marshal for Montana. Anderson had been nominated by U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. “Keeping Montanans safe is my top priority in the United States Senate, and we’ll all be safer when Dawson County’s own Craig Anderson is Montana’s next

these businesses * Taking any action on a loan to an owner or operator of a cannabis-related business. The bill also creates a safe harbor from criminal prosecution and liability and asset forfeiture for banks and their officers and employees who provide financial services to legitimate, state-sanctioned cannabis businesses, while maintaining banks’ right to choose not to offer those services.

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., helped introduce the “Kids Online Safety Act”, a bipartisan bill to protect Montana children online and hold Big Tech accountable. The “Kids Online Safety Act” provides Montanans with the tools, safeguards and transparency to protect against online harms. The bill requires social media platforms to put the well-being of children first, ensuring an environment

The walleye trap netting and egg collection effort has been fast and furious on Fort Peck Reservoir, and we are done in record time. Water surface temperatures have remained around 52-55 degrees throughout our trap netting locations in the upper portion of the Big Dry Arm and the walleye have definitely been in spawning mode. These stable water temperatures have continued to result in a large