The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office responded to 98 calls from July 29 to Aug. 4. The calls included the following: July 29 Deputies removed a crowd of people at the Town Pump in Wolf Point. When the group headed to Agland Hardware, they were told to leave that area as well. Deputies received a report of threats being made in Bainville. Two males were in a confrontation. Deputies responded

Average gasoline prices in Montana have fallen 2.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.51/g on Monday, Aug. 5, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 3.4 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 43.2 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 2.3 cents in the last week and stands at $3.76

After an elderly couple riding a tandem bike was hit by a vehicle near Wolf Point early Sunday morning, Aug. 4, the Montana Highway Patrol requested the public’s assistance in finding the suspect on Monday. Law enforcement reported Tuesday morning that the man turned himself in at the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office at about 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 5. According to a social media post

The 4-H/FFA livestock sale at the Roosevelt County Fair is anticipated to feature 27 market beef and 26 market swine this year. The sale starts at 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 9. The 4-H members with market beef include seven from the Centennial Clovers 4-H Club. Those members are Jodi Albus, Blythe Anderson, Copeland Anderson, Emmalyn Anderson, Tally Berwick, Tenley Berwick and Kalia Featherston.

Assiniboine and Sioux Rural Water Supply System board chairman Rick Kirn announced this week that ASRWSS has received its full allocation of construction funding that will complete all construction of ASRWSS. The funds will come from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Similarly, the FY 2024 allocation for Dry Prairie will provide the necessary funding to complete all construction outside

As wildfire intensity ramps up, four employees and one BIA fire engine coordinate with local volunteer fire departments to protect the Fort Peck Reservation of more than two million acres. The Green fire on Thursday, Aug. 1, burned 12 acres of heavy downed cottonwoods and pines along the Missouri River four miles southwest of Wolf Point. A riverside party left an unattended campfire Wednesday

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines has sent a letter to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) expressing concern about reports that Montana’s BIA detention facilities are turning away detainees and requesting information about the facilities’ contract status and operating bed space. The letter also draws attention to the BIA’s current practice of sending tribal members from Montana to out-of-state detention