With Fairview joining the Class B ranks, the Montana High School Association has approved new alignment for basketball, volleyball and track competitions. Starting in the 2023-2024 school year, District 2B will consist of Fairview, Glasgow, Harlem, Malta, Poplar and Wolf Point. District 1B, also in the Northern Division, will feature Chinook, Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Fairfield, Rocky Boy

Forty of Montana State University’s extraordinary students and their faculty and staff mentors will be recognized Thursday, Feb. 16, at the 41st annual Founders Day Awards for Student Excellence, which will be held on the MSU campus. The students include Lauren Crawford Bleazard for elementary education of Wolf Point. Marcie Reuer is her mentor. Students are nominated by faculty in their

Dear Editor, I have just come back from giving testimony on the Medicaid rates for nursing homes in Montana. It was a well-run hearing. The governor presented his budget proposal. There were over 40 opponents stating that their nursing home or assisted living facility would be closed or stop providing for Medicaid residents if they didn’t get more help than the governor is proposing. The

The Montana State University-Northern’s fall semester dean’s list contains 364 students. To be included in the dean’s list, students must carry a minimum of 12 credits and earn a grade point average of 3.25 or better. Students that received an incomplete or “F” during this semester are not included on the honor roll listing. Area students include: Bainville: Braeden Romo and Jesse

The University of Montana has nearly 800 students who are degree candidates for fall semester 2022. The students listed in the links below are UM degree candidates or have been awarded their degrees. Students with “cum laude” after their name indicate a GPA of 3.40 to 3.69. “Magna laude” indicates a 3.70 to 3.89 GPA, and “summa laude” is 3.90 and above. Fort Peck: Susan Hoyer,