Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has issued an executive order declaring a disaster in five Eastern Montana counties: Dawson, Garfield, McCone, Richland and Roosevelt. “Recent severe thunderstorms downed power poles and lines in Eastern Montana, leaving too many residents without power. I appreciate the robust efforts the region’s electric coops made to restore power to affected communities.

Bainville’s activities director Tanya Wilson has been selected the Northeast Montana Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association’s activities director of the year. The award is voted on by former recipients of the honor. “Tanya has worked super hard to build Bainville’s athletic programs,” Kara Triplett, former Lambert superintendent of schools and the MIAAA secretary,

The Post #49 Bulls dropped home baseball games against strong Billings Cardinals and Laurel American Legion squads during the weekend. The Bulls lost the first game against the Cardinals by a 6-1 final. Zander Dean doubled and scored to put the Bulls up 1-0 in the bottom of the first inning. Billings scored single runs in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Issac Johnson had

Runners from the area fared well during the Longest Dam Race event in Fort Peck on Saturday, June 19. Wolf Point’s Peyton Summers finished first in the 5K with a time of 17:19.15. Right behind was Wolf Point’s Kholby Spotted Wolf in second at 17:27.25 and Wolf Point’s Kaholo Toves in third at 19:56.36. John Wetsit took 12th at 25:21.01, and Kayeiko Villaluz was 15th at 31:03.05. In the

A federal judge has halted the Biden administration’s moratorium on federal oil and gas leasing and drilling permits that threatened the livelihoods of rural Montana families and would have cost the state millions in lost tax revenue. U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana Terry Doughty issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the provisions of President Biden’s

The trial for Richard Lamar Rutledge of Culbertson is being pushed back again. In March, the trial was postponed from March to July. Rutledge is facing two counts of sexual intercourse without consent and two counts of incest. Since that postponement, Rutledge’s representation has changed. He no longer has public defenders, but instead his family is paying Mary Zemyan to serve as his attorney.

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., announced that Montana Rural Health Clinics will receive $5.6 million in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funding as a result of the American Rescue Plan to increase COVID-19 testing and to further mitigate its effects on rural communities. Montana is home to 60 rural health clinics across the state — all of which provide life-saving care to underserved