teacher will receive an individual contract. If a change of assignment is to be made, the change will be discussed with the teacher involved as soon as the need for the change is evident. Teachers should be notified no later than the last working day of the school year. If a teacher is involuntarily transferred or assigned to a different position, the district must pay the teacher for five additional

In response to COVID-19, Great Northern Development Corporation has partnered with Headwaters RC& D, America’s Small Business Development Center of Montana, Big Sky Economic Development and the MDT Small Business Enterprise Program to present the Rise & Restore Small Business Summit. This event will take place on April 12 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Richland County Event Center in

Yellowstone Park has drawn millions of people since its establishment 150 years ago. More recently, however, the park’s offering of peace may be its biggest lure. A recent Gallup poll stated the world was a sadder, angrier, more worried and more stressed-out place in 2020 than at any point in Gallup’s global tracking. How did we all cope? Yellowstone recorded its greatest number of recreational

A new entry and a withdrawal from the Democratic Congressional primary in Montana’s second district has shaken up the budding election in the state’s eastern half. In February, state Sen. Mark Sweeney, D-Phillipsburg, announced that he would enter the fray, even though the district he currently represents in the state Legislature lies in Montana’s first Congressional district. And last

manages DEQ’s new monitoring program, said he’s still reaching out to schools that haven’t finished sending in water samples. “This rule rolled out right as COVID hit,” Montgomery said. “And schools have also had a lot of turnover. I’ll get calls from new facility people saying they just heard about the program and how do they get started.” Although DEQ helps oversee the program,