Fields across Montana may be under-fertilized if fertilizer rates were based on drought conditions, since snow and rain this spring increased potential yields in some areas, according to Clain Jones, a soil fertility specialist with Montana State University Extension. Jones said that this year, producers may have fertilized less because of very high fertilizer costs combined with early-season

U.S. Senator Jon Tester today announced $46,426,937 for Montana public lands, including funding for conservation, land acquisition, and deferred maintenance work in National Forests Across the state. The funding comes from Fiscal Year 2022 allocations of Tester’s bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act. “Montana’s public lands power our $7.1 billion outdoor recreation economy here in the

Heavy rain on top of deep snowpack resulted in “unprecedented” flooding in parts of southern Montana on Monday, June 13, forcing the evacuation and temporary closure of Yellowstone National Park. Dan Borsum, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Billings, said most of the flooding was taking place in and around the Beartooth and Absaroka mountains, impacting communities including

Area Santa Jimmy Due is hosting a poker run June 25 to fund gift bags for Santa to give out during a free photo event in December in Wolf Point. Motorcycles, cars, truck and vehicles of all types are invited to participate. The cost is $20 per hand. Registration begins at 9 a.m. at Harry’s Night Club south of Wolf Point and will include stops at the Corner Bar in Circle and the Stagecoach in

Roosevelt County’s commissioners struggled with a tough choice on Thursday, June 2. During the compensation board meeting, commissioners faced the challenge of increasing salaries while not creating budget issues. The meeting dealt with the salaries of elected officials and their deputies. By state law, all elected officials’ salaries are based on the clerk and recorder’s salary, In

Great Northern Development Corporation is seeking community input in developing its next fiveyear Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy. GNDC is a nonprofit Economic Development District and Certified Regional Development Corporation based in Wolf Point. For the past 26 years, GNDC has provided professional business counseling, community development technical assistance, and economic

Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and John Hoeven, R-N.D., led a bipartisan group of senators last week urging the leaders of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Committee to provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with the necessary resources to properly staff and secure the U.S.-Canada border in fiscal year 2023. Tester and Hoeven outlined the importance of providing CBP with sufficient