By Bill Vander Weele The Wolf Point Police Department had a busy year with 6,144 calls of service during the 2021 calendar year. Chief of Police Jeff Harada noted that averages to about 17 calls a day. Harada explained that figure doesn’t include the 10 or so “unidentified calls” throughout the call where officers stop to advise people to improve their behavior. The incidents include

Montanans are buying more swanky liquor — but a little less beer and wine. Despite the reopening of most bars and restaurants in 2021, Montanans still kept up with pandemic habits, albeit at a lower rate, by purchasing more hard liquor in 2021 than in 2020 — at the same time, residents brought home roughly 1 percent less beer and 5 percent less wine. Last year, according to data from the

The Montana Public Service Commission is warning ratepayers about a phone scam targeting Montanans by alleging they have a faulty or dangerous meter and threatening to shut off power unless the resident makes an immediate payment. This is a scam by thieves attempting to steal Montanan’s money. The scammer claims to be a PSC employee and asks for payment through an electronic payment method such

By Mara Silvers Montana Free Press Lawmakers heard hours of testimony Friday, Jan. 21, about critically low staffing levels at Montana State Hospital, the state’s only public psychiatric facility, in a tense hearing with state health officials, workforce representatives and patient advocates. A federal investigation in late September by inspectors from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid,