Two new school board members were voted into office during Wolf Point’s election on Tuesday, May 2. These results are unofficial and have yet to be canvassed. In district 5, Trenton Wemmer received 44 votes to defeat long-time trustee Lanette Clark with 35 votes. Prior to the election, Wemmer said, “I feel I’m a good candidate because kids are important to me! I think with being

The Wolf Point School District was urged to add a home/school coordinator at the high school and junior high school during the Title VI parent committee meeting held on Thursday, May 4. Committee secretary Imogene Lilley said, as a truancy judge, she deals well with the home/school coordinators and principals at Northside and Southside elementary schools. The high school and junior high schools

Voters in the Culbertson Hospital District approved a 9 mill levy request for emergency medical services during an election on Tuesday, May 2. Unofficial results were 325 in favor of the request and 123 votes against the request. The mill levy is expected to be permanent. The hospital currently receives 3 mills annually. The request will be an addition to that amount. Roosevelt County

Montana’s Trail to the Stars has been awarded the Marketing Campaign of the Year award for its outstanding tourism-related marketing campaign executed within the past calendar year. The project is a collaboration among Central Montana, Southeast Montana and Montana’s Missouri River Country along with Montana State Parks to promote and celebrate the region’s wide-open dark skies, which

As a champion for public lands, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., joined the bipartisan Lake Access Keeping Economies Strong Act that ensures fees collected from visitors to the Fort Peck dam and reservoir are retained and used by local U.S. Army Corps of Engineers units to improve Montana recreation opportunities. “Montana’s public lands and waters are critical to the thousands of jobs created

Average gasoline prices in Montana have fallen 0.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.47/g on Monday, May 8, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 21.1 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 72.8 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 6.3 cents in the last week and stands at $4.01

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont.,, has reintroduced a bipartisan bill, the “Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act,” to ensure that legal cannabis businesses have access to banks, credit unions and other financial institutions. Currently, many legal cannabis businesses must conduct all of their business entirely in cash, opening them up to theft, tax evasion and organized crime. “Montanans

As part of his continued efforts to lower costs for Montanans and expand access to reliable air service for rural communities, U.S. Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) have introduced their bipartisan Small Community Air Service Enhancement Act to increase flight options for travelers in rural America. “Expanding reliable air service is essential for Montana so we can lower