Coaches from Circle, Glasgow, Sidney and Scobey were among the winners when the Montana Coaches Association released its selections for winter coaches of the year. Coaches of the Year for wrestling included Sidney’s Guy Melby for Class A, Glasgow’s Jory Casterline for Class B, Circle’s Ty Taylor for Class C, and Kalispell Flathead’s Jeff Thompson for Class AA and for girls’ wrestling.

In committee resolutions, debate sparked over a resolution for a burn ban on the reservation. Controversy came with the inclusion of fireworks sales and bringing fireworks onto tribal lands. Councilman Terry Rattling Thunder was disappointed how the resolution and similar acts by the board affect tribal members. “I don’t like this because everything we do is so one-sided,” said Rattling

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking public comment on Elk Management Guiding Principles developed by the Elk Management Plan Initial Guidance Citizens Group. This process was the first step in the revision of Montana’s Elk Management Plan. FWP is interested in comments regarding whether the guiding principles are adequate in describing what the department should be striving to achieve

In observance of National Safe Digging Month in April, Montana-Dakota Utilities today announced results from a recent national survey. The results revealed that a third of U.S. homeowners reported experiencing a utility service interruption in 2020. Additionally, 37 percent of homeowners who plan to dig this year for projects like landscaping, installing a fence or mailbox, or building a deck,

Applications for the State Hail Insurance Program are now available through the Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA). Producers can insure crops against hail damage at the maximum coverage rate of $75 per acre for dryland and $114 per acre for irrigated land. Rates charged are a percentage of the insured amount and vary by county. A detailed list of rates by county and crop can be found online

learned the basic will provisions and meaning of specific phrases such as “right of representation.” How beneficiary designations allow Montanans to pass property without probate, while saving more money for heirs, will be the topic of the second session on May 12. Montana law allows payableon- death designations, transfer- on-death registrations and transfer-on-death deeds, and, according