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GREAT FALLS, Mont. - Park rangers and talented bird watchers came together Saturday as hundreds of different birds start flying north across Montana, inviting the public to see them in action.  “You never know what you’re gonna find,” said Beth Hill, a bird watcher who’s been a part of the Upper Missouri Breaks Audubon Society (UMBA) since the early 1980s.   With binoculars, scopes and cameras at the ready, birders like herself kept their eyes open for birds of all shapes and sizes in Giant Springs State Park. “There are over 400 species of birds that can be ...

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Both developments came amid worsening extreme drought in North Dakota. The Roosevelt Creek Fire encompassed about 900 acres, or about 1 ½ square miles, in Billings County, with zero containment by late afternoon, according to Misty Hayes, district ranger for the Medora Ranger District of the Little Missouri National Grassland. The fire started on Wednesday about 6 miles north of Wannagan Campground, north of the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. It was burning in rugged Badlands terrain. The cause wasn't known. "No ranches threatened right now; some oil wells in the ...

Facing severe drought, North Dakotans turn to higher sources Follow Us Question of the Day     By TRAVIS SVIHOVEC and BLAKE NICHOLSON - Associated Press - Monday, April 26, 2021 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Leaders of a Bismarck church last Sunday morning took the first steps in organizing a communitywide prayer effort aimed at ending the state’s drought, which continues to worsen. The timing of that message may have helped their cause. “It was very powerful — as we first told folks here at McCabe that, it wa...

Licking County proms, graduations plan for 'new normal' Newark Advocate NEWARK - After a 2020 spring lost to the pandemic, Licking County high schools are gearing up for a prom season that will at least retain some semblance of normalcy. Graduations, of course, were also significantly altered last year by COVID-19, and are also taking shape with new looks for this year. Both prom and graduation plans are being submitted to the Licking County Health Department for approval. In the case of Granville and Newark Catholic, proms already took place on Saturday this weekend.  "Due to the pandemic...