The Roosevelt County Library Board held its regular meeting March 8 at the Main Branch in Wolf Point. In attendance were Joyce Harvey, board chair; Gretchen Wagner, trustee; Helen Welte, trustee; Vernie Madison, vice chair; Clyta Dillon, trustee and Janet Livingston, director. Guests included Tracy Cook, Montana Statewide Consulting Librarian; Emma Pederson, Culbertson Library and Cheyenne Heller

A reconfiguration of U.S. Highway 2 in Williston, N.D., is scheduled to start on April 1. According to Reede Construction, Inc., the work will impact the highway from 9th Avenue West, north to 35th Street to improve access to the future Williston Square development. A project map shows that the highway will curve along the existing frontage road rather than connect with the 2nd Avenue West and

The 2025 Montana hunting regulations hit the shelves last month in advance of the new license year that started March 1, and hunters may have noticed a change. For years, the hunting regulations contained pages for license or permit drawing odds from the previous year. The intent of these charts was to show hunters what the odds of drawing particular licenses or permits were from year to year.

The following fiction titles are newly available at the Culbertson Public Library this month: The Horror Omnibus by H.P. Lovecraft, Golden Hour by Stuart Woods, Smolder by Stuart Woods, This Is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter, After That Night by Karin Slaughter, The Forest of Lost Souls by Dean Koontz, First Frost by Craig Johnson, On the Hunt by Iris Johansen, Three Days in June by

After nine intense weeks in Helena, legislators finally got a brief break last week during what is known as “transmittal.” This is the deadline at the halfway point where bills must pass out of their “chamber of origin,” either the House or the Senate. Bills that didn’t pass on either the House or Senate Floor by March 7 are considered dead (with the exception of bills that affect the state’s

Virtual meetings on Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir system operations are in the process of being scheduled. Meeting dates and times will be announced as the details are finalized. In-person public meetings on Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir system operations, which were scheduled for March 19, 31 and April 2 will be presented in a virtual format. Meetings have previously been held

Individuals may be seeing different refund amounts on their 2024 Montana tax returns than they experienced in the past. The Montana Department of Revenue encourages Montana taxpayers to review their income tax withholding annually. Wage earners, self-employed individuals, and retirees with wage income can access the Montana Employee’s Withholding and Exemption Certificate (Form MW-4)

Gov. Greg Gianforte has announced a $700,000 investment to expand peer support services in Montana, specifically for families and caregivers of youth with serious emotional disturbance. “This investment addresses specific needs for Montana families who are raising a child with behavioral health challenges,” Gianforte said. “Families have expressed the importance of family peer support,