Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced April 13 that his office has filed suit in Lewis and Clark County District Court against tobacco companies for monies owed the state under a master settlement agreement. The agreement, said Fox, stipulates that the companies owe Montana millions of dollars. He said a total of $43 million is owed at present. “No one gets to take money from Montana’s

The Town Pump Charitable Foundation announced Thursday, April 9, that they are donating $1 million in grants to food banks all over Montana. The foundation said the donations are a response to the severe strain on the state’s food banks during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Town Pump recognizes the urgency to help out our neighbors now as food insecurity grows in this unprecedented emergency,”

Education leaders from around Montana have recommended extending distance learning through the end of the school year. The group of leaders, which includes representatives from the Office of Public Instruction, the Board of Public Education and the Montana Public Education Center, released a letter April 9 addressed to all district and county school superintendents. It states that national health

COVID-19 is a new kind if illness caused by a virus. People can carry and spread the virus without feeling sick. It causes fever, coughing and shortness of breath. Anyone can get sick from COVID-19, but people who are older than 65 and people of any age who have a serious chronic disease are the most likely to become severely ill. People with any of the following chronic conditions should be extra

Talk to your child or children about COVID-19 and why it is a pandemic, so they understand the changes and cancellations in their daily routines. Not talking about something can make children worry more. As a parent, our goals are to help our children feel informed and get fact-based information that is reassuring. Talk to your children in a way they can understand. Keep it simple and factor

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department April 6-12. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: April 6 Matthew Miranda, 32, male, 600 block of Fourth Avenue North, partner/family member assault (two counts), criminal mischief and resisting arrest, tribal court. Calvyn Toavs, 21,

( Publisher’s Note: Each week, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office distributes an inmate roster with the names of everyone incarcerated and persons booked into the jail during the previous week and does not necessarily mean there is a new charge or conviction.) As of April 13, prisoners who were housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center over the past three weeks included: Joseph Agosto