Best of North Central Montana

From Pondera County agent Wendy Wedum: Any way you toss it, a main dish green salad is an easy, nutritious meal --especially on a hot summer's night. National Salad Week is this week, and summer is a great time to fill up on fruits and veggies in a lightly dressed salad...

FIELD DAY 2013 Western Triangle Agricultural Research Center, Conrad, Montana  Wednesday July 10, 2013  8:00 am REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS: Courtesy of Centrol LLC, Brady; Jeff & Joel Farkell   8:45 am WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS Dr. Gadi V.P. ...

The staff at KSEN and K96-fm congratulates Dwaine Iverson on receiving the Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants' highest honor. (Dwaine's daughter, Holly Iverson, is an account rep for KSEN and K96.)  The following is a press release from the MSCPA: The Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA) is proud to announce Dwaine J...

Two weeks ago, downtown Calgary, including the Stampede Grounds, was under several feet of water. Mayor Naheed Nenshi promised rodeo fans that the city would be ready for the scheduled opening of the 101st Calgary Stampede on July 5. Well, they did it...

The following information is from Pondera County Agent Dan Picard:   History The Orange Wheat Blossom Midge first surfaced inFlatheadCountyduring 2006 and has continued to be a significant pest problem. MSUExtensionPonderaCountyhas placed pheromone traps out in the county for the past several years to determine if OWBM midge was present in this area...

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Legislature has allocated $2 million to help the state's Indian tribes keep their languages alive. Montana's Indian tribes have until Sept. 30 to apply for funding from the Montana Indian Language Preservation Pilot Program...

On today's Extension Minute, Toole County Agent Alice Burchak talked about hantavirus. Click HERE to download a free MontGuide, prepared by the Montana State University Extension Service, with information you and your family need to know to protect yourselves from this danger...

Pondera County Weed Control District Coordinator Pam Converse joined Pondera Co. Agent Dan Picard on the Extension Minute today, to talk about an infestation of Whitetop, a noxious weed that is also known as Whiteweed and Peppergrass, among other names...in...

The Toole County Extension office will be hosting a field scouting exercise on Friday, June 14th on Holtz Rd, north of Sunburst beginning at 10am and ending around noon.  Participants will be scouting various wheat, barley and pulse crop fields to identify weeds and diseases.  P...

The University of Montana, U.S. Justice Department and U.S. Department of  Education have concluded an investigation into how the university conducted investigations of sexual assault allegations involving UM students. The following is a statement prepared for delivery at a press conference held today in Missoula...

Ben McAlpine – Sr. Sunburst Refiners, Aug. 24th, 2012 Our first Athlete of the Week, according to Sunburst Head Football Coach Matt Clark put in a lot of hard work during the off-season and it produced immediate dividends at the start of the season...

Press Release     The Montana Senior Olympics Committee is proud to announce that Great Falls will be the site for Montana Senior Olympics again in 2013. Great Falls hosted the games in 2011 & 2012 and has been selected again as the host site for the 2013 and 2014 Montana Senior Olympics.   ...