Wolf Point’s Peyton Summers was the overall eightmile winner at the Chief Joseph run held in Laurel on July 4. Summers, who is entering his senior year at Wolf Point High School, finished first with a time of 50:39.07. The second-place finisher was Caleb Burton of Laurel at 50:57.12. Tyler Hutton of Laurel took third at 53:12.11. Stacey Summers placed 19th overall in the women’s four-mile

HELENA – Working with the 68th Legislature, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) and the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) simplified licensing requirements on state lands as part of Gov. Gianforte’s Red Tape Relief Task Force. The two agencies consolidated the conservation license and state lands recreational use license into one annual conservation license,

Theatre for Young Audience is designed to educate young people in the performing arts. Their latest production is Sally Forth. Written and directed by Fort Peck Summer Theatre artistic director Andy Meyers and produced in partnership with emerging company AM Theatrical, the production stars Jenny Smith and Jill Tieskoetter. Shy Iverson also designs the production’s set and props. Sydney

Volunteer instructors are hosting a Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Bowhunter Education in-person classroom course in Glasgow July 25-27. The course will be held at the Glasgow FWP office Quonset from 5:15 to 9:15 p.m. All first-time bowhunters in Montana must complete a bowhunter education course or show proof of a prior year’s archery license from another state or province. Students

What began as a minor traffic stop in eastern Montana became a drug bust three years ago. But a recent Montana Supreme Court ruling has overturned the conviction, and put more safeguards in place, saying a minor — nearly trifling —stop can’t transform into a search-andseizure operation without clear probable cause. The case, State of Montana vs. Noli, also was key because it leaned heavily

As a result of taxpayers’ concern about the impacts of the new appraisal values of property that will go into effect this fall, the Montana Department of Revenue is holding public meetings across the state. Meetings in the area will include: Tuesday, July 18, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Richland County Fair Event Center in Sidney. Wednesday, July 19, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the McCone County Fairgrounds

In an effort to protect Montana’s farmers and ranchers from the economic impacts of animal-borne diseases, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., backed the bipartisan Animal Disease and Disaster Prevention, Surveillance and Rapid Response Act. The bill would reauthorize and increase funding for U.S. Department of Agriculture programs that prevent and manage animal- borne illnesses. “As a third-generation