District 2B sports will likely see the additions of Fairview and Plentywood starting in the 2023-2024 school year. The Montana High School Association’s executive board approved a new criteria for reclassifying schools during its November meeting. Under the new criteria, Class C schools will have enrollments of 1-100 instead of 1-107. There also will no longer be a 10 percent range for schools

( Publisher’s Note: Each week, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office distributes an inmate roster with the names of persons incarcerated at the jail and does not necessarily mean there is a new charge or conviction.) Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center included: Mark Abresch, 63, hold for other agency. Airien Ackerman, 27, Frazer, no insurance. Sue Bigleggins,

New Amtrak locomotives are cleaner, faster and more fuel efficient than predecessors and they recently began service pulling the Amtrak Empire Builder train westbound from Chicago to Seattle. Locomotives 301 and 302 are among the first of 75 locomotives being delivered through 2024. These ALC-42 locomotives are an important part of Amtrak’s sustainability initiative and are considerably more

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., is urging President Joe Biden to reauthorize construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. “President Biden set us on a dangerous path when he decided to kill the Keystone XL pipeline on Day One in office,” Daines said in a press release last week. “What’s happening in Russia and Europe is a stark reminder of the need to support American energy development,

Jamie Marie Lonefight, 65, of Plentywood, made a not guilty plea on charges of possession with intent to distribute. Lonefight appeared in Great Falls before U.S. Magistrate Judge John T. Johnston on Feb. 22. According to court documents, beginning in approximately January 2019 and continuing until on or about July 15, 2019, in Plentywood and within Sheridan County, Lonefight knowingly possessed