A Helena judge has ordered that the state Public Service Commission cannot charge fees to conduct legal reviews on documents produced as part of public records requests. The decision came after a lawsuit regarding a request for public information was made last year by a reporter for The Billings Gazette. The newspaper sued the PSC objecting to the charging of legal fees. According to the

Fields across Montana may be under-fertilized if fertilizer rates were based on drought conditions, since snow and rain this spring increased potential yields in some areas, according to Clain Jones, a soil fertility specialist with Montana State University Extension. Jones said that this year, producers may have fertilized less because of very high fertilizer costs combined with early-season

Former congressman and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke narrowly won the Republican primary last week in the inaugural race to represent Montana’s Western congressional district. He will face off against Democrat Monica Tranel on the November ballot. The results, posted Thursday evening on the Montana secretary of state’s website, came almost two days after polls closed due to a physical error

The Wolf Point School Board approved recruitment and retention incentives for classified workers during its meeting Monday, June 13. All classified staff members who work the entire school year will receive $1,500 by Nov. 20, 2022, and another $1,500 by June 20, 2023, for a total of $3,000. For employees to receive the full incentive, they must be hired and working for the school district by Oct.

Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester joined his colleagues at the White House for the signing of nine veterans billslast week including three bills authored by Tester to strengthen oversight for veterans, expand veterans’ access to lifesaving breast cancer screenings and care, and improve the Department of Veterans Affairs’ facility- naming process. Tester said, “these new

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced June 10 that Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Arthur B. Summers, 27, of Poplar, Montana, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Oct. 17, 2019. To identify Summers’ remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence. According to a press release, Summers was a member of Company

The 119th annual Red Bottom Celebration is set for June 16-19 at Frazer. Categories include golden age men and women combined; adult men’s and women’s fancy, grass and jingle; teen boys’ and girls’ fancy, grass and jingle; and junior boys’ and girls’ fancy, grass and jingle. The Thursday youth session sponsored by Kill Eagle Promotions will begin at 7 p.m. Friday’s session