Montana will not play much of a role in the battle between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, but in the fight to control the U.S. Senate, the clash between Gov. Steve Bullock and incumbent Sen. Steve Daines looms large. Daines, a Republican, seemed likely to cruise to re-election until the Democratic governor announced on the last possible day his decision to enter the

The differences between the two candidates for the Superintendent of Public Instruction are as clear as the mask on a student’s face. Superintendent Elsie Arntzen, a Republican running for re-election, has stressed her belief that local school districts should decide whether to require students to wear masks in school this fall. Her opponent, former Montana Teacher of the Year and Democrat

Wolf Point High School senior Kaholo Toves appreciates everything that the school and the community offers their young people. “It’s a small community so I know everybody,” Toves said. “I have a lot of friends and family here.” He is a member of the National Honor Society and carries a 3.8 grade point average. He ranks fifth in his class. Toves said his favorite class is chemistry.

Wolf Point High School senior August Spotted Wolf feels that sports are a positive for him at the school. Spotted Wolf participates in cross country, basketball and track for the Wolves. He says basketball is his favorite sport. “I’ve been doing it since my freshman year.” Spotted Wolf was on Wolf Point’s varsity basketball team last year and hopes to be a starter this upcoming

Tina Bets His Medicine (left to right) and Brandy Lynn Wilkinson deliver Halloween decorations to Wolf Point’s Faith Lutheran Home Oct. 21 as part of Pound Puppies’ seasonal Hell Hounds fundraiser (Photo by James Walling)

Student Kevin Brock looks over masks and other supplies at the Bigger Sky Kids facility in Wolf Point Oct. 27. Educator Barbara Olson told the Northern Plains Independent that volunteers and attendees of BSK, an after-school, arts-based program serving Wolf Point students, have been anxious to continue sessions this fall. She said that the pandemic has prevented a return to regular programing scheduled