Wolf Point special education teacher Patricia Payne has been recognized as being the top of her profession as she recently received two education honors for the state of Montana. Payne, who has taught in Wolf Point for eight years, earned the Distinguished Service Award from the Montana Council of Administrators of Special Education and the Teacher of the Year honor from the Montana Council for

Winter weather hit northeast Montana last week, with snow and gusty winds wreaking havoc on the area. The National Weather Service in Glasgow issued a Winter Storm Warning for southern Valley, Phillips and Roosevelt counties March 10. NWSG meteorologist Grant Hicks told the Northern Plains Independent that the blizzard was effectively over by Saturday at 6 p.m. “We faced off with a blizzard,”