Roosevelt County voters narrowed the field of candidates to two candidates in a pair of elections during the primary held on Tuesday, June 4. Advancing to the general election in the county attorney race were current deputy county attorney Thomas Bleicher with 560 votes and former county attorney Ralph “Jim” Patch with 465 votes. Current county attorney Theresa Diekhans received 359 votes.

A ceremony was held at Ike’s Fishing Pond and Walking Trail over the weekend dedicating a memorial bench in honor of Culbertson’s Bob Lab, who died in 2021. The effort was spearheaded by Lab’s lifelong friends Jerry Newman (left), Larry Birch (right) and Bob Petersen (not pictured). Joy Johnson delivered remarks. She told the Community News that the location was special to Lab, who lived in

The enjoyment of a rodeo can partly be determined by the insight and abilities of the event’s announcer. Area rodeo fans have experienced the pleasure of hearing the voice of Robert Toavs for the past decade. Toavs said his journey into the rodeo announcing field started when he was asked to try that skill during a Go-Getters’ youth rodeo about 10 years ago. “It was through being an

The annual Kids Day is planned at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site Thursday, June 13. The free event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Central Time at the site, which is located at the North Dakota state line near the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers. There will be crafts for kids and demonstrations happening around the rendezvous camp. Special Kids Day demonstrations