Wolf Point’s AAU wrestlers competed at the Mon-Dak Open in Williston, N.D., during the weekend. Placing for Wolf Point were: 6 and Under: Kwynn Paulson, first. 7-8: Kye Paulson, first. 9-10: Maxton Macdonald, second. 7-8 Girls: Addison Matejovsky, first. 11-12 Girls: Anna Matejovsky, first. 13-14 Girls: Iyerlee Paulson, second. Wolf Point’s AAU wrestlers also competed

Poplar native Myltin Bighorn will be on the sports world’s biggest stage on Sunday, Feb. 12, as part of the Kansas City Chiefs’ organization at the Super Bowl. Bighorn works as an intern for the Chiefs. He was the team’s inaugural recipient of the Lone Bear/H. Roe Bartle Rotational Internship. He is a graduate student in sports management at the University of Kansas. The Chiefs’ program

A bill to cement existing federal protections in state law for Native American children, families and tribal nations navigating child welfare proceedings received broad support from Indigenous child welfare advocates during a packed hearing last week at the Montana Legislature. House Bill 317, sponsored by Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, would create the Montana Indian Child Welfare Act, a

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., helped introduce two bills to fight back against the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) recently announced unconstitutional federal registry for firearms with stabilizing braces. “The ATF has proven time and time again that they are hellbent on carrying out President Biden and Senate Democrats’ unconstitutional gun grabbing agenda. I will not

As a direct result of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s continued push to increase cattle pricing transparency and fight consolidation in the beef industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture this week announced the launch of its pilot Cattle Contracts Library. Tester worked with his colleagues on both sides of the aisle, including Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.), to secure this program, which was funded

Last week, U.S. Sens. Steve Daines and Jon Tester, and Congressmen Ryan Zinke and Matt Rosendale, announced that Montana’s congressional delegation will restart Montana Coffee on March 1. The bipartisan weekly meeting provides an opportunity for Montanans visiting Washington D.C. to meet face-to-face with their representatives over a cup of coffee. “Meeting with Montanans is always the best

The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) Aeronautics Board approved over $2.85 million in funding during its Helena meeting Jan. 17-18. The requests were for a variety of improvement projects that focused on runway, taxiway and apron reconstruction, master plans, lighting enhancements, land easements, perimeter fencing, building construction and snow removal and weather equipment.

House Republicans advanced a six-bill package Wednesday, Feb. 1, that would put more than $1 billion of the state’s historic budget surplus into rebate checks and other spending, pushing the measures through debate and initial floor votes. In their current forms, the bills would authorize per-taxpayer rebates of up to $1,250 on 2021 state income taxes and up to $1,000 on 2022 and 2023 property