Football Playoffs Class B Manhattan 25, Fairfield 19 Eureka 39, Red Lodge 35 8-Man Fairview 48, Fort Benton 8 Alberton-Superior 44, Great Falls Central 14 6-Man Jordan 55, Big Sandy 25 Wibaux 36, Westby-Grenora 28

Montana’s watercraft inspection stations set another record for boats inspected in 2019. More than 112,000 watercraft have been inspected so far this year, surpassing last year’s number by 3,000 inspections. Inspectors have intercepted 16 boats with invasive mussels coming into the state. AIS monitoring crews have surveyed 300 unique waterbodies for aquatic invasive plants and animals.

A collaborative program between the Montana Veterans Affairs Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Park’s Montana WILD has earned national attention and has been proposed as a positive treatment option by the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The program provides veterans with an opportunity to learn about animal rehabilitation and then

A program delivered entirely online that aims to reduce depression and anxiety symptoms has shown promising results in a new Montana State University study. The findings by MSU researcher Mark Schure suggest that an internet-based interactive platform known as Thrive was effective in reducing the severity of depression and anxiety symptoms and improving functioning and resilience among a

A mule deer buck harvested by a hunter in Hunting District 690 southwest of Chinook is suspected to be positive of chronic wasting disease. The hunter had submitted their sample for testing. A follow up test is being run to confirm the results. Including the positives found in 2018, this marks the 25th detection of CWD in Region 6, and the first in HD 690. HD 690 will now be considered part

Samples Still Needed Species HD Male Female 600 0 46 611 0 99 630 0 103 Mule Deer 640 0 100 670 0 72 690 15 143 600 4 102 White-tailed 611 23 93 630 24 98 640 38 109 670 Deer 6 100 690 41 113

Football playoffs Class B Red Lodge 35, Malta 6 Manhattan 26, Missoula Loyola 7 Eureka 69, Columbus 30 Fairfield 55, Florence 20 8-Man Fairview 66, Thompson Falls 6 Alberton/Superior 46, Belt 34 Fort Benton 33, Park City 30 Great Falls Central 49, Drummond/ Philipsburg 34 6-Man Big Sandy 60, Roy/Winifred 6 Jordan 65, Bridger 0 Wibaux 41, Shields Valley 19 Westby/Grenora 48, Hot Springs 12