Montana State University and its partners at the Montana Office of Public Instruction and the University of Montana have received a $2.3 million grant for a program that is designed to train high-quality school and mental health counselors to work in rural areas of Montana. The grant, from the U.S. Department of Education, will be used for a five-year project, 'Rural Mental Health Preparation/Practice

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet Monday, Jan. 6, to discuss a few items of official business and to hold a work session. The commission will consider a bull trout harvest closure on Lake Koocanusa and a petition to allow hovercraft on the Bitterroot and Clark Fork Rivers, along with the White Rock Coulee right of way easement and Helena urban deer plan quota ranges. Beyond

( Publisher’s Note: Each week, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office distributes an inmate roster with the names of everyone incarcerated and persons booked into the jail during the previous week and does not necessarily mean there is a new charge or conviction.) As of Dec. 30, 23 prisoners were housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center. Prisoners included: Matthew Wayne Alred, 24, Plentywood,

Another Montanan has died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning following the Dec. 11 death of Lustre resident Kenneth Portra. According to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, emergency crews responded to a report of a strange odor at about 11:15 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 29, in the Bozeman area. One elderly woman was confirmed dead, with the fate of another unknown at press time. An investigation by

U.S. Census Bureau projections released Monday, Dec. 30, put Montana on track to gain a U.S. House seat. If the numbers hold, Montana will have two representatives in the House for the first time in 30 years. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s national and state population estimates, 42 states and the District of Columbia had fewer births in 2019 than 2018, while eight states saw a birth