There are 34 active cases in Roosevelt County as of Friday, Sept. 3. The number includes 12 new positive cases and two current hospitalizations. Roosevelt County Health Department received the first positive Delta variant report for a Roosevelt County COVID-19 case on Aug. 26. Delta is highly transmissable and is currently the most common COVID-19 variant circulating in the United States.

According to Montana State University Extension educators, Montana’s cremation rate is well above the national average. In 2020, 79 percent of people who died in the state were cremated. To address the rise in interest, MSU Extension has released a MontGuide on the topic. According to data from the National Funeral Directors Association, the U.S. cremation rate was nearly 56 percent in 2020,

“I think he’d be satisfied,” Downs said of the outcome. “He’d be happy that the good ones won.” There’s new flooring, new wiring, new bathroom fixtures — the same structure, but upgraded. “We’ve got it nice and the way it should be,” Downs said. Her fight for the paper has left her more dedicated to the community. “You know, you do what you have to do to keep

Tribal historians of the Sacagawea Project Board of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation have written a groundbreaking book, “Our Story of Eagle Woman Sacagawea: They Got it Wrong.” Throughout 368 pages, the writers explore the family Hidatsa and Crow lineage of Sacagawea, the famed, female guide who in 1805 helped lead Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to the Pacific Northwest. Mandan,