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The state Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to move forward with the process of enacting a no-wake zone at Half Moon Slough, but denied a similar petition regarding Lake Five on Thursday.

County leaders want the state to use a lower mill rate to ease property tax burdens

A fundraiser coming to Chatham-Kent this month aims to strike out hunger.

The Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to require a rancher to first attempt nonlethal means of deterring a grizzly bear “threatening” livestock before being issued a kill permit.

A maximum of 313 wolves can be harvested in the coming season, under regulations adopted by the commission Thursday. That quota was 456 wolves during the 2022-23 season.

“We’ve never seen this many proposals to choose from before.”

After two years of wolf population declines, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has lowered kill quotas for Montana’s wolf hunting and trapping season. But allowing early wolf trapping in more areas may threaten some grizzly bears.

The Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to require a rancher to first attempt nonlethal means of deterring a grizzly bear “threatening” livestock before being issued a kill permit.

The headwaters of the Bitterroot River is a bad place for a rare-earth element mine, according to a local mine-contamination expert.

Despite having not played a game in nearly a month, Ashford Division II AAA 10U coach Damon Love is optimistic about his team as it enters the World Series later