investment last year in substance abuse prevention and treatment programs through the HEART Fund. Rather than create bigger government, we designed the program to be community-led, because communities know their local needs best,” Gianforte said. “With these eight grants, the state is partnering with tribal nations to close gaps in treatment and prevention and help those combating addiction regain

On Tuesday, April 19, the Montana Department of Livestock received confirmation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a Glacier County flock. This is the fourth Montana flock confirmed infected and is part of a wave of HPAI infections in the United States that it linked to seasonal migrations of wild birds. Previous detections in domestic poultry in Montana this year were in Judith Basin,

After inviting the public to help name three new publicly released wheat varieties and one new barley variety, the Montana Wheat & Barley Committee (MWBC) and Montana State University Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology Department (MSU) are announcing the highly awaited results. The official winners are: MTD18313 (Semi-Dwarf Spring Durum) – MT Raska MTD18348 (Spring Durum) – MT Blackbeard

For more than 100 years, the Montana State Hail Insurance program has provided vital hail coverage to producers in every corner of the state. With planting season right around the corner, the Montana Department of Agriculture is reminding folks to contact the program and get covered. “The Montana State Hail Insurance Program was established over 100 years ago at the request of producers to

A special session won’t be held as a result of the outcome of recent polling of the Montana Legislature. A tally by the Montana Secretary of State’s Office showed just 44 of 150 legislators voted to approve the special session by April 19, a total that did not meet the required threshold to call the session to order. Sixty legislators voted to reject it. The Secretary of State’s Office

deem necessary. To make a comment Comments will be accepted online at https://fwp. mt.gov/aboutfwp/commission/ meeting in writing sent to the address above, and by email to: For swan introduction and mountain lion quotas: fwpwld@ mt.gov For Rainbow Lake fishing regulations: fwpfishcomments@ mt.gov For pheasant release: fwpgen@ mt.gov Comments on will be accepted until Wednesday, May 19,

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest $420 million in 132 infrastructure projects in 31 states, including a $330,000 investment in six projects in Montana. These projects include rehabilitating dams, flood prevention, and watershed restoration projects, and they are part of the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, building

Wolf Point School’s facilities director Shane Reed said during last week’s school board meeting that work is underway to determine the conditions of the all of the school district’s pipes. “I am working on a large project for the state,” Reed told trustees during the Monday, April 11, meeting. “We are required to do lead sampling of all fixtures in all buildings of our district.