The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting offers for nearly 2.7 million acres from agricultural producers and private landowners through this year’s Conservation Reserve Program Grassland signup. This program allows producers and landowners to continue grazing and haying practices while protecting grasslands and further CRP conservation efforts. Grassland CRP is part of the Biden-Harris

Gov. Greg Gianforte has announced his appointments to serve on the Behavioral Health System for Future Generations Commission. The commission will provide recommendations for allocating the governor’s historic $300 million investment to reform and improve Montana’s behavioral health and developmental disabilities service systems. Charlie Brereton, director of the Department of Public Health

neighbors, the entities of Roosevelt County and the City of Wolf Point can work together. He feels the quicker that the properties are addressed, the sooner the county can re-coup taxable value. “I think it’s a good thing. We need to figure out how to get it to work,” Toavs said. Dschaak said he hopes that every municipality can work on a separate MOU with the county regarding the

The Montana Public Service Commission should approve a rate for Montana-Dakota Utilities that translates to a 9.1 percent increase for residential customers, or $96.09 more a year, according to a PSC staff recommendation released last week. The recommendation, not yet scheduled as an action item for the PSC as of Monday, came on the heels of another listening session where customers, including

Roosevelt County commissioners approved resolutions regarding salaries of elected officials during their meeting on Tuesday, July 25. Under one of the resolutions, the county attorney will have a salary of $119,215.60 and the deputy county attorney will have a salary of $101,333.26, which is 85 percent of the county attorney’s salary. Recently, commissioners agreed to make the county attorney

Average gasoline prices in Montana have risen 10.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.86/g on Monday, July 31, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 15.1 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 56.0 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has jumped 15.5 cents in the last week and stands at $3.99

• A series of tidal waves strike the western coast of Korea on Aug. 15. At least 346 people are killed and an additional 1,000 are considered missing after 25,000 homes are submerged in waves and flooding. • Thousands of Canadians lose their savings when the Home Bank of Canada closes its doors on Aug. 17. • Ada Delutuk Blackjack is rescued on Aug. 19 after being marooned on Wrangel