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Jalissa Haley Fern Spotted Bird, 31, of Wolf Point, appeared in Missoula before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen L. DeSoto June 25 and pleaded not guilty on charges of robbery and assault with intent to commit robbery. She pleaded not guilty and a trial date of Sept. 1 in Great Falls was set. According to court documents, Spotted Bird allegedly assaulted a clerk at the Sherman Inn on Sept.

Montana is the oldest state west of the Mississippi, and demographic projections show the state growing collectively older as more Montanans enter their senior years. The economic, cultural and personal impacts of that trend present the state and its residents with new challenges and, with those challenges, opportunities. Graying Pains is a six-month series of weekly stories and broadcasts exploring

By James Walling Longtime Wolf Point Stampede parade leader Ken Heser has been selected to serve as Grand Marshal for 2020. He has been helping to line up the parade at the high school for more than 50 years, following in father Frank’s footsteps. “About the time the new grandstands went in,” said Heser, “my dad started helping line up the parade. I took over from him.” Heser