Census reporting in Montana officially ended Thursday, Oct. 15, to accommodate a lawsuit featuring advocacy groups against President Trump’s administration in a federal appeals court. At the end of the process, federal officials reported that 99.9 percent of Montana residents were considered counted. Of that amount, more than 60 percent responded by choice. The 99.9 rate means an attempt

Montana Commerce Department Director Tara Rice announced Oct. 15 the department will begin accepting applications for the Tourism Grant Program from Thursday, Oct. 15 through Nov. 30 for the 2021 grant cycle. The Tourism Grant Program funds projects that strengthen Montana’s economy through the development and enhancement of Montana’s tourism and recreation industry. A total of $750,000

U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined United States Department of Agriculture Under Secretary Greg Ibach Oct. 14 at a ranch outside of Belgrade to announce new testing guidelines for brucellosis which will help expand research and improve efforts to eradicate the disease and reduce its impacts on Montana ranchers and Montana agriculture. Daines was joined by Montana agriculture leaders including

U.S. Senators Steve Daines, Jon Tester and Congressman Greg Gianforte celebrated President Trump signing their bipartisan bill into law that will name a ridge near Emigrant Peak the “B-47 Ridge” in honor of four servicemen who tragically died in a B-47 Bomber crash. President Trump signed the legislation Oct. 13. On July 23, 1962, a B-47 Bomber originating from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas

peratures to remain in the 40s throughout next weekend. The forecast for northeastern Montana this year includes cooler than average temperatures and being wetter than normal. “With La Nina well established and expected to persist through the upcoming 2020 winter season, we anticipate the typical, cooler, wetter North, and warmer, drier South, as the most likely outcome of winter weather

If you had Thursday, Oct. 15, for your office pool regarding the first day of seeing snow in Wolf Point, you were the “lucky” winner. Cory Mottice, lead meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Glasgow, said there were traces of snow reported throughout the area on Thursday morning. “It was pretty much all of northeastern Montana,” he said. There was no measurable snow,