During a conference call with state media, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., stressed the importance of recruiting more law enforcement and of decreasing the use of fentanyl in Montana. Tester said the Recruit and Retain Act will authorize $3 million to create schools-to-law enforcement programs that allow high schools, universities and tribal colleges to collaborate with law enforcement agencies

The National Weather Service in Glasgow announces that there are increased probabilities for ice jams and area flooding during the next few weeks as temperatures rise. A report released on Friday, March 24, noted that is not an immediate concern, but that can change over the next few weeks into April. The following conditions could be experienced: * As temperatures gradually warm over