John Frank Figueroa Jr. is facing the felony charge of theft in district court. According to court documents, a Roosevelt County Sheriff’s deputy was advised that the Roosevelt Medical Center in Culbertson was reporting a theft on Aug. 19. Hospital officials said that Figueroa was passed out while intoxicated in the Culbertson Val-Am restroom on Aug. 18 and was brought in by EMS staff.

A sentencing, a change of plea and other hearings were conducted in front of District Judge Benjamin Fosland in Wolf Point on Tuesday, Sept. 23. Brian Ray Gustafson was sentenced for the charge of possession of illegal drugs. His sentence was three years with the Department of Corrections to run consecutively with a charge in Richland County. He was also fined $2,000. Fosland said he hopes

A Wolf Point man accused of stabbing an individual on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation admitted to charges last week. The defendant, Lawrence George Fast Horse, 35, pleaded guilty to one count of domestic assault by habitual offender. Fast Horse faces five years of imprisonment, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided and

Payton Brockie Brown and William Brooks Firemoon are each facing the felony charge of criminal possession of dangerous drugs in district court. According to court documents, the Williams County Sheriff’s Office of North Dakota reported to Roosevelt County a possible person with a warrant traveling through Roosevelt County from North Dakota on Sept. 2. A deputy noticed the vehicle passing

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition of 16 attorneys general in launching an investigation into major tech companies regarding their misleading and deceptive claims they are solely powered by renewable energy. In a letter sent Wednesday, Sept. 24, to Microsoft, Meta, Google and Amazon executives, Knudsen outlined his concerns with false claims the companies have made about their energy use and the impact it could have on the nation’s electric grid. The companies rely on purchased certificates to offset emissions, which threatens the integrity of the electrical grid as utility companies are shutting down necessary coal and natural gas plants. These claims could be a violation of Montana’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act if the organization is providing misleading and deceptive information to Montanans. These companies are purchasing unbundled “renewable energy certificates”, which are tradeable credits showing renewable energy was produced and added to the grid. It allows these companies to claim they use renewable energy, even though they are consuming fossil fuels, especially at their data centers, which threatens the reliability of the electrical grid.

Wolf Point School Board, provided a welcome at the meeting. He sees a need for the Fort Peck Tribal School. “Public schools might not be the best fit for some of our kids,” Turcotte said. He added that the existence of the Fort Peck Community College proves what can be accomplished in the area. “We’re simply here for our kids,” Turcotte said.