Garfield County: Promoted value-added ag and the state’s investments to increase meat processing capacity at Ryan Grocery and Processing Inc., a meat processing plant, Jordan. Glacier County: Discussed the importance of closing the digital divide with Siyeh Corporation and Blackfeet tribal leaders and met with Cut Bank High School students participating in the school’s Career and Technical

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire departments Sept. 19-25. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) September 20 Tyler Lilley, 26, male, 200 block of U.S. Highway 2 East, fleeing or eluding peace officer, tribal court. Fifteen-year-old male, 200 block of Sixth Avenue South, carrying concealed weapon, tribal court.

( Publisher’s Note: Each week, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office distributes an inmate roster with the names of persons incarcerated at the jail and does not necessarily mean there is a new charge or conviction.) Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center included: Javian Azure, 21, Wolf Point, hold for Fort Peck Tribes. Daniel Baca, 32, Williston, N.D., warrant.

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, along with Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and a coalition of 22 other states, is alerting the chief executive officers of three major credit card companies that the recent creation of a Merchant Category Code for the processing of firearms purchases from gun stores is potentially a violation of consumer protection and antitrust laws. In

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., continued his push to fully reopen the northern border last week by urging the Biden Administration to end the vaccination mandate for truck drivers from Canada and other travelers entering into the United States after reports indicated that Canada is planning to terminate its vaccination requirements for foreign travelers entering its borders as early as this month.

Fewer than half of Montana students are reading at or above grade level, at 46.1 percent, and just 36.5 percent are proficient in math, according to data released this month from the Montana Office of Public Instruction. The low scores reflect national trends following the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing classroom shutdowns or periods where schools operated remotely off and on. The Montana scores

The Montana Supreme Court released an opinion Wednesday, Sept. 21, reinstating Election Day voter registration and blocking new voter identification requirements in advance of this year’s Nov. 8 general election. The opinion, authored by Justice Laurie McKinnon and concurred by three other justices, upheld an injunction issued by Yellowstone County District Court Judge Michael Moses in March,