Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is now accepting applications for Shooting Range Improvement Grants. Approximately $300,000 in funding is available. Application deadline is Feb. 1, 2024. Montana’s Shooting Range Grant Program provides funding to non-profit shooting clubs, organizations, local governments and school districts to build and improve public shooting ranges throughout the state.

Roosevelt County has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit from former county attorney Frank Piocos. The suit seeks declaratory relief and claims the county didn’t have authority to remove him from office. The response for the county comes from the Great Falls’ law firm of Smith, Oblander, Meade and Mitcham and is paid through the Montana Association of Counties. The respondents’