Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site saw the return of the annual fur trade Rendezvous June 1720. Last year’s event was held virtually. Leif Halvorson told the Community News that attendance was below pre-pandemic figures at approximately 2,100 visitors. He said previous years have seen in excess of 3,000 visitors typically. Halvorson said Sunday attendance and participation

On a sun-baked oil pad not too far from the North Dakota border, the iconic infrastructure of the Bakken oil field towers over pink gravel, pumpjacks pulling energy-packed hydrocarbons from thousands of feet deep beneath the eastern Montana prairie. A flare stack and multi-story storage containers stand along the pad’s perimeter, along with a sign announcing the site’s owner, Houston- based

The sixth inning proved to be the difference as the Post #49 Bulls edged Wolf Point, 9-5, in a well-played American Legion baseball contest played in Froid Thursday, June 17. Wolf Point enjoyed the better of it early in the game. The Yellow Jackets opened with four runs in the top of the first inning as Preston Swenson, Gage Bushman, Charlie Page and Terry Allmer all crossed the plate. Allmer