Selected Bainville’s homecoming king and queen were Braeden Romo and Lakyn Rabbe. They were crowned during half-time of Bainville’s football game on Saturday, Oct. 9. (Photo by Bill Vander Weele)

After addressing residents in Circle during a swing of eastern Montana last week, Gov. Greg Gianforte discussed the meth problems that many cities including Wolf Point are encountering. Gianforte said the drug epidemic has been a top priority in his budget. His single largest new expenditure was $25 million into the HEART initiative that address addiction recovery and assistance for law enforcement.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its environmental impact statement in late September regarding a plan that officials feel would benefit the endangered pallid sturgeon. The plan calls to increase water releases from Fort Peck Dam in the spring. The financial impact could be in the millions of dollars due to loss of irrigation water from farmers in the region. “It’s a really

Froid and Medicine Lake celebrated their homecomings last week. Selected kings and queens (from left) were Abigail Strandlund and Javonne Nesbit of Froid and Taylor Neely and Tyler Wivholm of Medicine Lake. (Photo by Bill Vander Weele)