When Jessica Whitehawk helped start a women’s health support center more than a decade ago, her team worked out of a tiny room in the back of a nonprofit office on the Yakama Nation Reservation in Washington state. Pregnant women traveled to that room from the farthest reaches of the 1.3 million-acre reservation because they had nowhere else to go for health care or prenatal advice, Whitehawk

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has announced more than $11 million in funding to support homeless and at-risk veterans and their families across Montana. As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Tester secured this funding aimed at tackling veterans homelessness through the Fiscal Year 2024 government funding bill. “Ensuring

The Poplar Indian Days Labor Day Weekend Celebration was held at American Legion Park Aug. 30-Sept. 1. Attendance was strong and weather cooperated with mild temps. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester made an appearance Sunday and carried the Fort Peck Tribes flag in the arena during grand entry. Tragedy stuck Saturday, Aug. 31, when dancer Robert Boy Murray of Poplar went into cardiac arrest and died. Prayers

Brianna Jensen-Rowe is facing the charge of deliberate homicide along with three other charges in district court. The 18-year-old woman is accused of killing her sister, Jalinn Marie Jensen-Rowe, on Aug. 3 in Wolf Point. According to court reports including an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a Fort Peck Tribes Department of Law and Justice officer was dispatched at approximately

By Bill Vander Weele The Roosevelt County Commissioners unanimously approved the hiring of Erika Fyfe as a temporary employee in the clerk of court’s office during a meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 20. The position will run through Dec. 31 when a new clerk of court/ superintendent of schools takes over duties. Fyfe is the only candidate on the ballot for the positions. Laurie Evans is the interim