A new resource available through Montana State University Extension focuses on teaching children about Alzheimer’s disease. Extension Family Economics specialist Marsha Goetting and MSU graduate student Jennifer Munter are making available a series of reading guides for five storybooks designed to approach the subject in a youth-appropriate way. Goetting referred to caregivers of both children

Nonresident hunters who registered to be placed on the Alternates List can now check their status on MyFWP: myfwp.mt.gov/ fwpExtPortal/myDrawResult_ input.action. Every year, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks gets several unused nonresident combination licenses (big game, general elk and general deer combination licenses) returned by customers. FWP resells these returned licenses through the Alternate’s

A popular Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 6 program that allows kids and their friends or families to check out free fishing rods and tackle is in full swing again this year. FWP staff has restocked and maintained more than 350 fishing rods in most of the 41 different location sites across Montana’s Hi-Line. The “Kids to Fish” program lets anglers check out fishing rods and reels

A Catholic-run Indian boarding-school group in southeastern Montana has commissioned an investigation into student deaths and unmarked graves at its three schools during their century-plus history. The three schools are St. Labre Indian School, a pre-K through 12th-grade school in Ashland, just beside the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation; Pretty Eagle Catholic Academy (previously called St.

In an effort to recruit and support volunteer firefighters and first responders in Montana, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., recently introduced the bipartisan Volunteer First Responder Housing Act to expand affordable housing options for volunteer firefighters and first responders, especially in rural and under- served communities. The bill is also supported by Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.),