U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., has called for a United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing to discuss ongoing concerns between Montana tribes, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Indian Health Service (IHS). “Repeatedly Montana tribes have expressed to me substantial concern that Indian Health Service is mismanaged and unresponsive. This is completely unacceptable.

The Montana State Hail Board will meet in person on Tuesday, Nov. 29, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Heritage Inn in Great Falls. The board will review financial reports, the 2022 season, reinsurance, and address general board updates. To request more information, email Dani Jones at danielle. jones@mt.gov. The Montana State Hail Insurance Program was created at the request of producers in

A new report by the American Lung Association points out that as few as 5 percent of Montanans who are eligible to get screened for lung cancer get checked. Carrie Nyssen, the senior director of advocacy at the American Lung Association, hopes she sees a day when routine lung cancer screening is as common for some as colonoscopies or mammograms – once rare procedures that have become more

Rep. Rhonda Knudsen, R-Culbertson, was voted speaker pro tempore by Republicans in the Montana House of Representatives last week. Knudsen recently won reelection in House District 34. Duties of the speaker pro tempore include filling the role of presiding officer of the House in the absence of the Speaker of the House. Republicans selected Rep. Matt Regier, R-Kalispell, as the Speaker of

Average gasoline prices in Montana have fallen 12.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.71/g on Monday, Nov. 21, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 27.6 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 32.0 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has declined 6.7 cents in the last week and stands at $5.28

Roosevelt County reported nine active COVID cases as of Friday, Nov. 18. There have been 3,729 total cases in the county. Roosevelt County Health Department hosts COVID-19 vaccine clinics in Wolf Point the first and third Thursdays of the month, and in Culbertson on the fourth Thursday. Clinics for children 5-11 years of age are held every three weeks on Fridays. Call 406-653-6223 for a COVID vaccine

Senate Republicans elected their leadership team for the 118th Congress last week. U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., was elected to serve as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The NRSC is the official campaign organization for Senate Republicans, and its mission is to support and elect Republican senators and Republican Senate candidates nationwide. “I’m honored that