The governor’s property tax task force, which includes Roosevelt County Commissioner Gordon Oelkers, has been split into three subcommittees: education, local government and tax fairness and equity. Oelkers serves on the tax fairness and equity subcommittee. Gov. Greg Gianforte announced in December that he will launch a task force to address rising property taxes and how to restrain their

Paul S. Finnicuum will be honored for his service to the Culbertson School Board — more than 20 years — by colleagues past and present at the Culbertson School cafeteria next week. The event will take place Monday, April 15, beginning at 6 p.m.

Election reform advocates said passing two initiatives that would change how primary and general elections are conducted in Montana would reduce extreme political rhetoric and “brutal” primaries — the same afternoon the Montana Republican party disavowed one of the initiatives as “destructive.” Constitutional Initiative 126 would change Montana primaries to a top-four system, meaning