Although overall runoff for September 2025 in the upper Missouri River Basin was above average, runoff in the Fort Peck and Garrison reaches continues to be well-below average. “Beneficial rainfall occurred over central South Dakota and North Dakota in September resulting in wellabove average runoff into Oahe, Big Bend, Fort Randall and Gavins Point,” said John Remus, chief of the U.S.

The Montana Department of Transportation is announcing and inviting the public to comment on a proposal that will resurface about 6 miles of U.S. Highway 2 northwest of Glasgow. The project begins about 9 miles west of Glasgow, near mile marker 531.8, and extends southeast, ending near Richardson Coulee. Proposed work includes milling the existing surface, applying a new overlay, and finishing

Average gasoline prices in Montana have fallen 2.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.12/g on Monday, Oct. 6, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 12.7 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 9.1 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has increased 1.1 cents compared to a week ago and stands

Roosevelt County librarian and children’s programmer Heather Granbois told the Northern Plains Independent that two different movies will be screened at the main branch in Wolf Point daily throughout the month, except for Oct. 13, Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The schedule includes the following films: The Curse of Robert the Doll, Frankenweenie, Poltergeist, Hotel Transylvania, So I Married

On Saturday, Oct. 4, Sheridan Electric conducted its 78th annual meeting of the membership, with great success. One topic of note is the unexpected change the coop must raise rates in early 2026. This is in response to the rate increase the power supplier has issued for their construction of new generation and other factors which have been described in the October Rural Montana magazine.

A committee of the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board unanimously voted to retrocede the agreement between the juvenile detention center and Bureau of Indian Affairs during a recent meeting. The full board agreed to the motion during its meeting on Monday, Sept. 22. No one on the board voted against the motion, which was made by TEB member Jestin Dupree. The vote will give the juvenile detention