A Poplar man accused of carjacking a truck and stabbing the driver on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation admitted to a robbery crime on Aug. 26, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said last week. The defendant, Brandon Lee Romero, 29, pleaded guilty to robbery. Romero faces a maximum of 15 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. A plea agreement filed in the case

16 The monthly weather- ready briefing for August was conducted by the National Weather Service last week. Providing the information were Scott Rozanski of the Glasgow station and Nick Vertz of the Billings station. The report noted that temperatures were close to normal during August. A few areas in northeast Montana experienced a little above temperatures for the time period. Glasgow

The Northeast Montana Health Services Charitable Foundation will raise funds for local health services with its Casino Night Gala on Saturday, Sept. 7, at the American Legion Club in Poplar. Brandi Wilkinson, executive director, says the foundation holds a gala each year, but the theme changes. Admission costs range from $85 to $100 depending on your seat location. The event will run from

The Montana Meth Project is expanding its program to tackle the deadly Fentanyl crisis. Today, on National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, the Meth Project is launching the first Montana Fentanyl Prevention Lesson and Not Even Once: One Pill Can Kill campaign to educate teens about the deadly risks of Fentanyl. “Experimentation with drugs has never been more deadly. Much like we did

Cannabis sales continue to be going very well in eastern Montana during the past few months. After Roosevelt County reached a total of $441,671 in estimated sales during March, the amount dipped to $413,116 in April. The estimated total sales, however, rebounded to $439,639 during the month of May. The amount for Roosevelt County was $403,732 or $13,457 daily in June. The total increased

Dear Editor: Do you feel safe in Wolf Point when you snuggle down in your cozy bed at night? I did, too, until I was rudely awaken at 1:45 a.m. by a “Home Invasion” which was in progress! I was so terrified, I screamed! This caused the perp to quickly depart, but not before he got through three locks on our outer back entryway door and one lock on the inner entryway door. The second lock

North Dakota voters will decide the fate of recreational marijuana for the third time since 2018 after the Secretary of State’s Office approved the measure for the November ballot. The office announced Monday, Aug. 26, it has verified nearly 19,000 of the more than 22,000 signatures submitted to the office. A total of 15,582 signatures were needed to qualify for the ballot. “It’s just

Attorney General Austin Knudsen has announced a human trafficking course developed by the Montana Department of Justice to raise awareness and educate Montana students about human trafficking and online exploitation. The course, called “Enlightened,” was developed in coordination with anti-human trafficking organizations and features human trafficking survivors and Division of Criminal