Sweet Grass County News

THERE'S PLENTY of time for rumination during "Sweetgrass," an intriguing but overly demanding portrait of rural Montana that concentrates on sheep and their herders.

Film chronicles end of sheep operation The aluminum-walled sheep wagon hasn't moved for years.

Oil production in Montana is off by about 30 percent from its high three years ago, but state officials said rebounding energy prices have staved off a sharp hit to the state's budget.

Eight wind turbines have been approved for state-owned school trust property in Sweet Grass County as part of a larger wind farm that would be the county's first.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks on Tuesday closed Hunting District 500-20, which includes parts of Park and Sweet Grass counties, to the hunting of bighorn sheep.