Average gasoline prices in Montana have risen 7.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.47/g on Monday, Sept. 14, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 16.5 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.24/g higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has increased 31.6 cents compared to a week ago and stands at $6.183

A federal judge has ruled American Prairie can keep grazing bison on three federal grazing allotments as a federal lawsuit plays out. The decision by Judge Brian Morris blocks, for now, a Bureau of Land Management rule that would have removed 900 bison from three allotments where American Prairie, a nonprofit conservation organization, currently graze the bison. The lawsuit, filed by American

After a 4-2 vote by the Wolf Point School Board on Monday, Sept. 14, Cole Hanks is returning as Wolf Point High School’s head boys’ basketball coach. The decision came after trustees failed to approve a motion to rehire Hanks by a 3-2 margin during a meeting in July. Since that time, a second committee interviewed candidates and recommended Hanks for the position. Early in the discussion,

In a unique public-private partnership, two utility companies are burying powerlines and fiberoptic cables across south Valley County while improving thousands of acres of greater sage grouse habitat. This project became a model for collaborative conservation and rural development. It started as a business project to replace more than 15 miles of powerline. By the time it is finished, it