During a conference call with rural media members last week, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said he was pleased with the National Defense Authorization Act which was passed on Wednesday, Dec. 13. Tester said the 5.2 percent pay raise for troops was the largest in two decades. “This bipartisan bill will give our military some much needed certainty and allow them to plan for the future,”

An oral argument will take place regarding a motion to dismiss in the Frank Piocos v. Roosevelt County case. The hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 20. Piocos is looking for a judgment to acknowledge he was not lawfully removed as county attorney, having his salary reinstated, having his salary paid from Feb. 4 to the present, having attorney’s fees paid and other supplemental

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 26 attorneys general in opposition to the Biden administration’s attack on American’s right to keep and bear arms that could criminalize law-abiding citizens for selling a single firearm for profit unless the seller obtains a federal license. The attorneys general submitted a formal comment letter last week to the Bureau of Alcohol,

District Court judge David J. Cybulski presided over several hearings in Wolf Point on Wednesday, Dec. 13. The petition to revoke hearing for Wyatt Blaine Bergie Sr. was postponed until Jan. 10 after Bergie was stopped for suspicion of being under the influence of intoxicants in Sidney. Officials from the Richland County jail told the court that Bergie was tested and had a blood alcohol contest