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

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is pleased to announce the return of our annual fur trade Rendezvous June 17-20. The 2021 Rendezvous may look a little different, but it will be full of the same living history experience visitors have enjoyed over the years. Reenactors will demonstrate a variety of 19th-century skills, including blacksmithing, pottery- making, spinning and weaving,

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., recapped how he is helping eastern Montana through legislation on the topics of combating drugs and Amtrak’s service. During a press conference with Montana reporters, Tester mentioned how he and Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., teamed up for the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting Drugs Act to increase resources for three law enforcement programs