Now has never been a more important time to quit smoking. Start with day one. Let the Great American Smokeout® event on Thursday, Nov. 19, be your day to start your journey toward a tobacco-free life. COVID-19 made its official appearance in Montana last March and, since then, a lot of things in our daily lives have become uncertain. As we have learned more about COVID-19, one thing has become

Lee Harrison Damm, of Culbertson, made a guilty plea to the charge of sexual intercourse without consent as part of a plea agreement in district court on Thursday, Nov. 12. The incident is alleged to happened on Aug. 3, 2018, in Roosevelt County. As part of the plea agreement, Damm provided an account of what happened regarding the charge. He said he asked a girl, who he knew was underage,

enus Froid Senior Congregate Meals Nov. 23: Ham and cheese quesadillas (not spicy) and dessert. Nov. 25: Hot pork sandwiches and dessert. Nov. 30: Meatball marinara sandwiches and dessert. Bainville Senior Congregate Meals Nov. 19: Tator tot casserole, vegetable and dessert. Nov. 24: Biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, fruit salad and dessert. Nov. 26: No meal. Happy Thanksgiving!

Four players from the state champion Froid/Lake Red Hawks have been selected to the Eastern C All-Conference six-man football team. Red Hawks selected included senior Issac Johnson, senior Colt Miller, junior Ashdyn Hobbs and freshman Mason Dethman. Bainville’s junior Jesse Strickland was also voted to the All-Conference team. Other players selected included Savage’s senior Sloan McPherson,

Froid/Lake senior standout Sydney Dethman was one of eight District 1C players voted to the Class C All-State team this season. Dethman led the Red Hawks to a second-place showing in the district for both the regular season and for the district tournament. Plentywood, which placed third at the state tournament, had junior Liv Wangerin, Donn Longan and Ashtyn Curtiss as All-State selections.

The high school basketball season will start a little earlier than anticipated and there will be a high school wrestling season, according to a news release from the Montana High School Association last week. The MHSA earlier announced that basketball games won’t start until the week of Jan. 4, 2021. Now, it’s been changed the games can be held on Jan. 2, 2021. Schools are allowed to schedule

COVID-19 Task Force Governor-elect Greg Gianforte has named members of a task force that will help inform the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic when he assumes office in January. Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board member Kaci Wallette and Poplar School District superintendent Dan Schmidt are on the list, representing the area. Also representing eastern Montana will be Sidney Mayor

Partners from the Headwaters Food & Ag Development Center are offering two free webinars to individuals and businesses interested community supported agriculture and/or sales techniques for food producers. The first program, Trends in Online Selling for Food Producers, is designed to support farmers, food producers and other farmers’ market vendors and is intended to cover the logistics