The climate in northeast Montana the last few years hasn’t been the best for our area fishing ponds. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking anglers to help identify ponds that may have winterkilled. Following a very dry winter in 2020-2021, the summer of 2021 was one of the driest on record and was followed by another winter of less than average precipitation. This has left fish populations

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., visited Ukraine last week to meet with Ukrainian officials and see first-hand the aftermath of Putin’s atrocious war crimes against the people of Ukraine. “While meeting with leaders in NATO countries bordering Ukraine, I was invited to meet Ukrainian officials in Kyiv and Bucha and see firsthand the butchery and war crimes committed by Putin,” Daines said.

Central Oregonian Local resident Arlene Birge has lived through two tornadoes, two trainwrecks, a natural gas explosion and she endured Montana and Minnesota winters with temperatures -40 degrees and snowdrifts as high as the windows on their barn. Even more remarkable about Birge is that she recently celebrated her 100th birthday. She has seen a century of change and lived to talk about