Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., initiated the application process for Montana’s service academy nomination process. Each year, members of congress have the privilege of nominating top-talent to pursue this prestigious opportunity. Our service academies are esteemed institutions; being afforded the opportunity to attend one is a distinct honor. Four of the five U.S. service academies require congressional

fully pushed the Trump Administration to make Montana’s rural electric co-ops eligible for the Paycheck Protection Program. He also fought to reverse a provision of the hastily-written 2017 Republican tax bill that penalized electric co-ops for applying for federal grants, putting their tax-exempt status at risk and jeopardizing jobs and affordable power for thousands of Montanans.

A tragedy that occurred in Bainville last May and others across the Hi-Line have helped led to a proposal that seeks to bolster safety at the nation’s rural train crossing. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont, and U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., are teaming up to reintroduce two bipartisan bills improving safety at rural train crossings and addressing instances of blocked highway-railroad crossings

Roosevelt County commissioners seem more comfortable with a House bill regarding tribal voting after a new amendment was approved. House Bill 613 originally was requiring two satellite election offices on each reservation. The amendment changed the bill to require at least one satellite election office. Rep. Sharon Peregoy, D-Crow Agency, is the bill’s sponsor. The bill is called the Montana

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and 11 other state attorneys general have filed to block the Biden administration’s ongoing violation of the Mineral Leasing Act and Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. In January, President Biden issued Executive Order 14008 declaring a moratorium on future oil and gas leasing and drilling permits on federal lands.

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department for March 21-28. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: March 22 James Murphy, 51, male, 1100 block of Fourth Avenue North, no insurance and driving without a license, tribal court. March 24 Luke Jackson Sr., 46, male, Third Avenue South

Christian Alexander Perez and Hattie Lei Turcotte each made their initial appearances in district court on Tuesday, March 23. Perez made not guilty pleas for the charges of criminal possession of drugs, a felony, and criminal possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor. His omnibus hearing was set for April 14, and his trial was scheduled for June 17. Defense attorney Sally Kay Hickok

A California man convicted in a methamphetamine distribution ring that supplied pounds of the drug to the Sidney area was sentenced last week to 121 months in prison and five years of supervised release, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said. Marc Buetow, 53, of San Diego, Calif., pleaded guilty on Oct. 22, 2020, to possession with intent to distribute meth. U.S. District Judge Susan P.