Cyndi Johnson, a wheat farmer from Conrad, was re-elected as president of the Montana Farm Bureau Federation during the organization’s 106th annual convention which ran Nov. 17-20 in Missoula. Voting delegates from 29 county Farm Bureaus elected new leaders and discussed and voted on policy during their Delegates Session. Delegates re-elected vice president Casey Mott, a cattle rancher from

Montana State University’s Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing and the Montana State University Alumni Foundation recently received a Blue Impact Grant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana. The $43,685 grant, awarded in August, will help the nursing college collaborate with clinical agencies in rural areas to develop a post-graduate transition-to-practice program for advanced practice

Joshua Steven Primeau of Williston, N.D., is facing four charges in Roosevelt County’s district court after an arrest in Wolf Point. The lone felony charge is criminal possession of dangerous drugs. Misdemeanor charges are criminal possession of drug paraphernalia, no fenders, splash aprons or flaps on the vehicle and window tinting and sunscreening. According to court records, Primeau’s

Montana educators of children in grades K-2 are invited to apply for a free Sensing for Science kit from Montana State University. The kit includes seven ready-to-go lessons with the necessary materials and is appropriate for a school or out-of-school setting. The content introduces early elementary students to the concepts, functions and uses of sensors — tools scientists use to monitor the