Plains, MT

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte announced the USDA recently designated five Montana counties as primary natural disaster areas due to drought. The post Gianforte announces drought designation in 5 counties appeared first on High Plains Journal.

Fort Benton, Montana and Williston, North Dakota: Wheat harvest has improved greatly since getting to Montana. We did see averages rise as much as 130 bushels per acre in Barley once we moved over by the Highwood Mountains. Harvest did go really fast out there, and we moved a couple of machines over to Fortuna, […] The post Christy: Finally back in the Saddle. appeared first on High Plains Journal.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Say whatever you want about Texas Tech’s “behaviors” this offseason, but this week the university on the Plains announced a school-record enrollment of 45,812. This is an increase of 3,859 from last year’s class. The incoming…

The Public Service Commission will hold two public hearings in September on a proposed power line project covering more than 240 miles across six counties in southwest North Dakota.  The North Plains Connector plans to go through Golden Valley, Slope, Hettinger, Oliver, Morton and Grant counties in North Dakota.  The full line would run about […]

Great Falls, Montana: There has been no shortage of heat this summer. Crops that were grass green when we arrived to “Big Sky” country quickly took on a more yellow hue.  People are often surprised, and maybe even a little disappointed, when I tell them that Montana can get quite hot in the summer. The […] The post Laura: Where does it all go? appeared first on High Plains Journal.

Northern Plains Resource Council (NPRC) will be directing a statewide day of action Aug. 22, with events happening in Billings, Great Falls, Helena, Lewistown, Colstrip, Glendive, and more developing daily. NPRC is deeply concerned about the rampant proliferation of data…