The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Peck Project announces summer plans given seasonal staffing and resource limitations. Due to broader workforce and resource challenges across federal agencies this season, staff services will be reduced at recreation areas surrounding Fort Peck Reservoir, Montana this summer. Visitors may see impacts to staff response time, litter pick up, maintenance, repairs

Landowners, watershed groups and others have until May 15 to apply for summer Future Fisheries Improvement Program grants. The goal of Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ FFIP is to restore rivers, streams and lakes to improve Montana’s wild fish habitat. Entities can receive funding for qualifying projects that benefit Montana’s wild fish. Each project is assessed by an independent review panel

The Legislature’s high-profile STARS Act cleared its final vote in the Senate on Tuesday afternoon, with a bipartisan bloc of 43 lawmakers approving the proposal that would direct $100 million toward raising starting teacher pay in Montana’s K-12 schools. The STARS Act — also known as House Bill 252 — quickly emerged as a top policy priority this session for a broad coalition of Republicans,

Seventy-nine performances. Sixty-five rural communities. Fifty-three years on the road. In a way, it feels like coming home, said Kevin Asselin, executive artistic director of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks. MSIP, a part of Montana State University’s College of Arts and Architecture, will perform William Shakespeare’s plays Henry V and As You Like It for its annual summer tour across