Alex Strope, a 20-year-old Saint Marie man, was killed when the vehicle he was a passenger in was struck by a semi-truck on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 3. According to a report from the Montana Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at an intersection east of Glasgow. The driver of the Pontiac sedan was driven by an 18-year-old man from Glasgow. The sedan was traveling south on Montana Highway

The Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board voted in favor of a motion to request the Fort Peck Housing Authority to rehire Louella Contreras Douglas as the housing director during its meeting on Monday, Sept. 8. Voting in favor of the motion were seven board members including Ben Johnson, Lawrence Hamilton, Wayne Martell, Marva Chapman, Jestin Dupree, Rita Weeks and Dana Buckles. Four directors

Taylor Douglas Nygard is facing the felony charge of criminal mischief and misdemeanor charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle after allegedly driving a front end loader owned by Roosevelt County on July 22. According to court documents, deputies received a call from a county commissioner that a front end loader, valued at $75,000, was missing and presumed stolen. It was last known

Theodore James Crowe is facing three charges including the felony count of assault of a peace officer after an incident in Culbertson on Aug. 27. Misdemeanor charges are assault and disorderly conduct. According to court documents, deputies went to Culbertson after a report of a male running around chasing cars on Broadway Avenue near the county building. Deputies found Crowe laying near

Gov. Greg Gianforte and Department of Public Health and Human Services director Charlie Brereton have announced Montana submitted a proposed 1115 Medicaid Demonstration waiver application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to strengthen the state’s Medicaid expansion program. The waiver, named the Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership Demonstration, seeks to require community

Dante Royal Martell was captured by the Fort Peck Tribes Law and Justice, Wolf Point City Police and Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Drug Enforcement on Wednesday, Sept. 3. On the early morning hours of Monday, Aug. 25, law enforcement received a report of an individual on a four-wheeler that drove by others in front of a residence on the south side housing area of Wolf Point. The driver

Attorney General Austin Knudsen is warning Montanans of the dangers of 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), a widely available over-thecounter opioid. 7-OH is a concentrated byproduct of the kratom plant that has a high potential of misuse and can even cause death. The chemical makeup of 7-OH has a dangerously high potency when consumed and can cause respiratory depression, physical dependence, and

American Prairie announced last week it has acquired the Anchor Ranch, its second-largest land purchase to date, and it has reopened access to nearly 50,000 acres of public land in “a special area of the Breaks.” “This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to secure an important piece of ecologically and culturally significant land,” said American Prairie CEO Alison Fox in a statement.

The administration of Gov. Greg Gianforte is seeking federal approval for a $308 million plan it says will fill the remaining gaps in the broadband connectivity for homes and businesses across Montana. The proposal, currently under review by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, uses Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment, or BEAD, funding from the 2021 Infrastructure