The Governor’s Office of Community Service has announced it is accepting nominations for the annual Serve-Montana Awards. This award recognizes Montanan citizens who demonstrate a commitment to helping others and serving their communities. The public is encouraged to nominate individuals and various service groups of all ages and backgrounds across Montana. Both individuals and organizations

Montana State University Extension wants to remind Montanans to open a Montana medical care savings account or make deposits into their account before Dec. 31 to save money on income taxes. A Montana medical care savings account is an account used to reduce the cost of saving for medical expenses and long-term health care. According to Marsha Goetting, MSU Extension family economics specialist,

A U.S. District Court Judge granted Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s request for a preliminary injunction against the COVID-19 CMS vaccine mandate, which was set to take effect Monday, Dec. 6. The vaccine mandate is now stayed in Montana and all other states. “In the past weeks, I’ve heard from health care workers across our state whose jobs were being threatened if they did

The Montana Department of Transportation is committed to keeping the highways cleared whenever winter weather impacts the state. National workforce shortages are affecting MDT, like many other employers. Recruitment efforts for seasonal Maintenance Technicians (snowplow operators) in several areas across the state have been severely impacted. The staffing shortages are greater this year

not use a muzzleloading rifle that requires insertion of a cap or primer into the open breech of the barrel (inline), is capable of being loaded from the breech, or is mounted with an optical magnification device. Use of pre-prepared paper or metallic cartridges, sabots, gas checks or other similar power and range-enhancing manufactured loads that enclose the projectile from the rifling or bore

Roosevelt County reports 25 active cases. There are two current hospitalizations. There have been 61 confirmed COVID-related deaths. Vaccination clinics are scheduled from 3-6 p.m. on Dec. 9, 16 and 30 in Wolf Point and Dec. 22 in Culbertson. Clinics for children are from 1-4 p.m. on Dec. 10 in Wolf Point. Immunizations are by appointment only. For questions or to schedule an appointment, call

In this week’s Fort Peck Tribes chairman’s report, BIA Superintendent Anna Eder spoke to the tribal executive board regarding the need for additional licensed foster homes. There are only 10 on the reservation. Currently, these homes are either full or used as kinship placements. The BIA has been left with no other choice than to place some foster children in homes outside the reservation.