Roosevelt County’s economy is now improving, according to the Montana Department of Labor and Industry. At the end of August, the county sat in a tie for 49th place for unemployment rates in Montana with a rate of 4.4 percent. Now, for the end of October, the county has moved up to a tie for 35th place at 3.4 percent. Other counties at 3.4 percent are Blaine, Judith Basin, Petroleum, Pondera,

Great Northern Development Corporation has announced that it has been awarded a $550,000 grant from the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund as part of the CDFI Financial Assistance program. This grant will bolster GNDC’s efforts to provide critical lending services to small businesses across northeastern Montana. The CDFI Fund’s Financial Assistance program

District Judge Yvonne Laird denied the request for a preliminary injunction on Thursday, Oct. 24, in the case regarding satellite offices for Native Americans voting in Roosevelt and Valley counties. The lawsuit noted that if a temporary restraining order wasn’t granted, the defendants’ refusal to establish satellite offices in Poplar and Frazer would cause irreparable harm to tribal members