What is a senior congregate meal? A senior congregate meal is a program that provides a hot, homecooked meal to adults 60 and older and their spouses in an accessible group setting. Menus are focused on meeting USDA dietary guidelines. Beyond providing nourishing food to eat and options to socialize, congregate meal sites may offer other services to improve participants’ health and wellbeing.

For the 2024 calendar year, Missouri River basin runoff above Sioux City, Iowa totaled 23.3 million acre-feet, 91% of average. Dry conditions continue to affect the upper Missouri River Basin at the start of the 2025 calendar year, so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is forecasting below-average runoff into the mainstem reservoir system. For 2025, runoff in the Missouri River basin above Sioux

The Governor’s Office of Community Service has announced it is accepting nominations for the annual Serve-Montana Awards. In partnership with Montana’s Credit Unions, these awards recognize Montana citizens who embody a strong commitment to others through community volunteerism, exhibit leadership through serving, and impact change outside of paid employment. The public is encouraged

In a sprawling 155-page defense of Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, attorneys trying to stop him from being suspended from the State Bar for 90 days — and, by extension, pause his tenure as the state’s top lawyer — give a multitude of reasons why the state’s Supreme Court shouldn’t punish him, including invoking the First Amendment. They conclude that even if Knudsen did violate

Roosevelt County receives approximately $3 million from oil impacts annually for its budget, but a recent Montana Supreme Court ruling is putting at least some of that funding at risk. In December, the Montana Supreme Court ruled on a 6-1 vote to uphold a lower court’s ruling in the Held v. Montana case. The justices stated that the Montana Constitution includes the rights to a stable climate

The Bainville Town Council was held Dec. 9 at the Bainville Town Hall. Mayor Toby Romo was present, as were Carol Rasmussen, John Gilligan and Will Rathbun, as well as clerk Billie Jo Cochran, Darrel Rasmussen, Cora Norton and David Norton. During the public comment period, Cora Norton asked if the bench that is currently at the park was placed there as a memorial. Gilligan replied stating that

The County Cupboard food bank in Culbertson will be offering ongoing support to area families in need with donation dates in January and February planned and possibly into the summer. “We received end-of-the-year funds that will hopefully help us to be open into the summer,” Ashlee Anderson told the Community News last week. “The next distribution is in January and we will have a freezer