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Can sheep replace chemicals?

Farmers and ranchers have long been in search of ways to limit the need for tillage and chemical herbicides on farmland, and two researchers in Montana State University’s College of

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Club members enjoy Pool Days

Two times a week, on Tuesday and Fridays, we go to the pool. We leave the Boys and Girls Club after we eat lunch. The Central Montana Shuttle takes us

Share your America – host an exchange student

ASSE International Student Exchange Programs, in cooperation with your community high school is now looking for local families to host students between the ages of 15 to 18 from a

Goal completion on the one-yard line

The goal is within reach for Montana State University’s planned Bobcat Athletic Complex and Academic Excellence Center, but ground can’t be broken on the 40,000-square-foot student-centered facility until fundraising is

Overview of the BLM draft Resource Management Plan alternatives

Alternatives for the Lewistown RMP Revision/EIS were developed through a series of workshops, meetings, and analysis of alternatives by BLM and other federal, state, and local agencies that accepted cooperating

Fort Peck Reservoir Chinook salmon egg collection, stocking look promising

Good news for Chinook salmon anglers: Fort Peck Reservoir and hatchery crews recently stocked record numbers of Chinook salmon fingerlings into Fort Peck Reservoir, with over 534 thousand being stocked

Heart of Montana Farm in the Dell finds a home at County Poor Farm

“It’s going to feel really good to move forward,” said Farm in the Dell supporter Rachel Stansberry after the Fergus County commissioners approved leasing the County Poor Farm property to the non-profit Wednesday. 

This was the fourth discussion between the commissioners and Heart of Montana Farm in the Dell board members over terms and conditions for the lease.

“I feel like we went through the washer,” said board member Becky Jackson, while other board members nodded in agreement.

Bellamy Brothers to headline Cowboy Poetry Grand Stage Show

Howard Bellamy is just as surprised as anyone that he and his brother David are still at it, traveling the world, singing songs new and old, keeping their music career alive 44 years after the release of their first album.

“It’s the hardest thing to figure out,” Howard told the News-Argus Wednesday. “I still wonder why…”

BLM holds meeting to discuss resource management plan

Around 60 people from Lewistown and surrounding areas gathered at the Yogo Inn Sapphire Room Tuesday evening to visit with Bureau of Land Management officials about proposed alternatives involved in their Resource Management Plan.

This RMP “will guide management of 651,200 acres of federally managed surface and 1,196,800 acres of BLM-managed federal mineral estate in Central Montana.” The planning area includes Fergus, Petroleum, Judith Basin, Chouteau, Meagher, Cascade, Teton, Pondera and Lewis and Clark counties.

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