Shot clocks and baseball were given approval during the Montana High School Association’s annual meeting in Butte on Monday, Jan. 17. Schools voted the addition of 35-second shot clocks for boys’ and girls’ basketball. In addition, baseball was approved as a sport for the Montana High School Association. Schools passed an amendment to allow eight graders in all high school sports

Twenty-eight Yellowstone bison were transferred to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation Jan. 13. The transfer was part of a program to divert more disease-free bison away from slaughter. Thursday’s group of Yellowstone bison transferred to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck was the sixth transfer of its kind since the Bison Conservation Transfer Program launched in 2019. Bison reproduce

( 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: David Aakre, 54, Culbertson, warrant. Elishia Brady, 24, Bainville, partner/family member assault.

Fort Peck Summer Theatre is hosting its popular winter reading series Feb. 12-13 at the Fort Peck Hotel. Pam L. Veis, Andy Meyers, Jay Michael Roberts, Alicia Bullock-Muth and Sydney Hayward star in a collection of mystery, poetry and suspense, paying tribute to Edgar Allan Poe and his work. Said Fort Peck Fine Arts Council executive director Jennifer Fewer, “This performance of riddles,

Montana gas prices have fallen 0.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.36/g on Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 615 stations in Montana. Gas prices in Montana are 0.6 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand $1.08/g higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Montana is priced at $3.07/g on Monday while the most expensive