Each year at the Brawl of the Wild, MTCC’s CEO Council honors student athlete volunteers with its Montana Athletes in Service Award. This year, the selections included: Jessica Pipe, Fort Peck Community College, Volleyball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Track and Field. Pipe is a tribal governance and administration freshman volunteer with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints serving

The Frazer Bearcubs dropped both of their basketball games against MonDak on Saturday, Dec. 10. In the girls’ contest, the Bearcubs lost by a 60-21 final. The Bearcubs trailed by only a 7-5 margin at the end of the opening quarter, but the Thunder struck for 22 points in the second quarter for a 29-11 lead. MonDak added 20 points in the third quarter for a 4917 lead. Top scorers

A Helena judge reinstated the 2022-2023 wolf hunting and trapping regulations passed by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission Tuesday, Nov. 29, in a ruling that rejected environmental groups’ request for an order halting wolf hunting and trapping while the larger issue of Montana’s wolf management is weighed by courts. Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Christopher Abbott’s

The Montana Parks and Outdoor Recreation Board and the Fish and Wildlife Commission will both meet on Dec. 20 at the Montana State Capitol. Each will hold a separate meeting, as well as a short joint meeting. The Parks and Outdoor Recreation Board will meet at 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 20. The joint Parks and Outdoor Recreation Board and Fish and Wildlife Commission will start at 9 a.m., and the Fish

American Prairie is pleased to announce it has relocated 45 bison from its conservation herd in north central Montana to Native Nations in Montana and Washington State. As part of the nonprofit’s ongoing work to return bison to their native lands, it has now distributed more than 500 bison to tribal and conservation herds around the country. In the past two weeks, the Montana-based non-profit

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester (DMont.) joined his colleagues Sens. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), in introducing the National Advisory Council on Indian Education Improvement Act. The bill would give Tribal Colleges and Universities greater input over federal funding discussions that impact them. “Tribal colleges and universities play a

Seventeen state attorneys general has joined Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen in asking major shipping companies to clarify new policies that allow them to track firearm sales with unprecedented specificity and bypass warrant requirements to share that information with federal agencies. Reports from Montana federal firearm license (FFL) holders made to Knudsen’s office indicate that

As of presstime, winter weather warnings and advisories from the National Weather Service in Glasgow were projecting a snowstorm across the region, with accumulations building into Wednesday. Frazer School’s Cody Larson said school was canceled Monday in anticipation of the inclement weather. At press time, NWSG meteorologist Ryan Bernhart told the Northern Plains Independent that accumulations

The Montana Stockgrowers Association continues to look for the assistance of donations in its battle to appeal the Bureau of Land Management’s decision that approved bison grazing leases in north central Montana. “We’re absolutely are still taking donations. This could be a long process before the issue is resolved,” Jim Steinbeisser, president of the Montana Stockgrowers Association,