Montana State University Extension, in partnership with AARP Montana, will offer a four-part estate and legacy planning webinar series. Wisdom Wednesdays began April 14 and take place monthly from 10 to 11 a.m. online. Marsha Goetting, MSU Extension family economics specialist, said this series was created due to the level of interest in the Tuesday Tips series, which ran January through February.

simply did what he thought had to be done to help them. Jason was a true hero in every sense of the word. His actions that day weren’t out of character, either — stories abound of the times Jason sacrificed his own well-being to help others. Wolf Point is a small, tight-knit community and tragedies like this hit us all hard. Most of us knew Jason, so our hearts really go out to his family during

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,