Fort Peck Community College students have received national recognition for their achievements at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium Student Conference this year. Marc Cioffi, a member of the English faculty at the school, explained that Fort Peck Community College students attend the convention each year. For the first time, the college conducted a ceremony to salute its participants

A small fire south of U.S. Highway 2 in Brockton was called in to Roosevelt County dispatch around 3:30 p.m. April 6. Volunteer fire departments from Poplar, Froid and Culbertson were paged out to the scene. Mike Olson told the Northern Plains Independent that the fire was caused by humans. Olson said the fire burned approximately two acres and was out by 6 p.m. Photo by James Walling)

Two talented students in Wolf Point have been recognized for their art work by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. Kailayla Villaluz, a sophomore, and Caitlin Mendoza, a seventh-grade student, each earned regional honors for northeastern Montana in the annual Keep Montana Green art contest. Mendoza captured top honors in the junior division for grades 7-9. The