U.S. officials said they will consider in coming years whether to reintroduce wild bison to a million-acre federal wildlife refuge in central Montana, a move that would be at odds with Republicans in the state who want to limit where bison can roam. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is planning beginning in July to engage Tribes and stakeholders on the topics of bison and bighorn sheep reintroductions

The Roosevelt County Library Board held their regular meeting May 15. The meeting was conducted via Zoom. Board chairperson Beth Hekkel was in attendance, as was vice chair Gloria Mason, trustees Helen Welte and Perry Lilley and director Janet Livingston. Montana statewide consulting librarian Suzanne Reymer was also on the call. The Roosevelt County Commissioners appointed Lilley to the

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen today issued an Attorney General’s Opinion, holding the use of “Critical Race Theory” and so-called “antiracism” programming in many instances is discriminatory and violates federal and state law. The AGO, which carries the weight of law in Montana, was issued after a May 12 request from Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen. The

Livestock producers in 14 Montana counties are eligible to apply for 2021 Livestock Forage Disaster Program benefits on small grain, native pasture, improved pasture, annual ryegrass and forage sorghum. LFP provides compensation if you suffer grazing losses for covered livestock due to drought on privately owned or leased land or fire on federally managed land. County committees can only

The Montana Department of Agriculture is reminding producers to participate in the upcoming Wheat and Barley Varieties Survey conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. “This year’s varieties survey will give our breeding program unique and widespread insight into the characteristics that are truly important to Montana farmers,”

The Montana State University College of Agriculture and Montana Agricultural Experiment Station have announced the dates for their annual agricultural field days, which will return as in-person events after being hosted virtually in 2020. “We are so excited to be bringing back our in-person field days this year,” said Darrin Boss, head of the Department of Research Centers and superintendent

The Montana Department of Transportation recently issued new load postings for the Timber Creek Bridge 19 miles south of Brockway in McCone County. The postings are part of a multi-year effort to update load ratings and postings on Montana bridges as mandated by the Federal Highway Administration. The FHWA mandate is in response to changes in the trucking industry over the last decade. Truck

This past week brought some much-needed good news for the folks who live and work in Wolf Point and across the Hi-Line. On May 24, full, daily Amtrak service returned to the Northern tier of our state after painful, short-sighted cuts imposed last year furloughed employees and reduced service to just three days a week. The cuts to Amtrak were a punch in the gut, and an attack on Montana’s

Montana’s unemployment rate declined from 3.8 percent in March to 3.7 percent during April. The unemployment rate for the U.S. was 6.1 percent for the month. “Montana’s economic recovery depends on getting Montanans back to work into good-paying jobs, allowing our businesses to fill open jobs and meet their growing customer demand,” Gov. Gianforte said. “By ending the pandemic-related