The Malta Mustangs knocked off Harlem, 83-67, in the title game of the Northern B divisional boys’ basketball tournament on Saturday, Feb. 26. After the first half ended in a 35-35 deadlock, Malta struck for 22 points in the third quarter for a 57-45 advantage. Top scorers for Malta were Rex Williamson with 23, Treyton Wilke with 15, Conner Tuss with 15 and Stockman Oxarart with 13 points.

District 2B sports will likely see the additions of Fairview and Plentywood starting in the 2023-2024 school year. The Montana High School Association’s executive board approved a new criteria for reclassifying schools during its November meeting. Under the new criteria, Class C schools will have enrollments of 1-100 instead of 1-107. There also will no longer be a 10 percent range for

The 2022 license year opened March 1, which means that is the day you can buy new hunting and fishing licenses and begin applying for permits and special licenses. The deadline to apply for deer and elk permits is April 1. Applications for most species – deer, elk, antelope, deer B, elk B, antelope B, moose, sheep, goat, bison, bear, turkey – can be made beginning March 1. This spring

Seventeen girls from the Eastern Montana Gymnastics team competed at the annual Yellowstone Invitational gymnastics meet in Billings on Feb. 26. The EMG Team won 31 top three event medals that were awarded in each age group and had four second- place all-around winners and six third-place all-around winners. Out of the total of 21 bronze gymnasts, Gentry Rosaaen, of Circle, had the number one balance

When Paul Johnson woke up on Feb. 18, he saw a Facebook video of a Conrad Town Pump employee denying service to members of the Heart Butte ladies basketball team the night before. As the operations manager of a Valier gas station about 29 miles away from the Conrad Town Pump, Johnson decided to keep the One Stop Cenex convenience store open past normal business hours to accommodate the team and

The family of a Georgia couple killed in the 2021 Amtrak derailment outside of Joplin is alleging gross negligence and wrongful death in a suit filed against the quasi-public passenger rail corporation this week, the fourteenth lawsuit stemming from the deadly crash of the Empire Builder last September. Donald and Marjorie Varnadoe had set out on a 50th anniversary Amtrak trip across the northwest

Last week, U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., released a statement following a Department of Defense Inspector General report on deficiencies in the vetting process of Afghan nationals evacuated and relocated to the United States. The audit published on Feb. 15, found that Afghan evacuees were not properly vetted using all available data, that Afghan nationals with “potentially significant

MSU Extension will be offering an Initial Pesticide Private Applicator Training on Tuesday, March 8, in Glasgow. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with the program starting at 7:45 a.m. and adjourning at 5 p.m. The program will be held at the Cottonwood Inn in Glasgow, 54250 US Highway 2. Initial Private Applicator Trainings are for individuals who want to obtain a Montana Private Applicator