Cerra Anne Pipe has made not guilty pleas to charges in U.S. District Court. The charges include possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl. According to charging documents, Pipe knowingly and unlawfully possessed with the intent to distribute fentanyl in Wolf Point from approximately January 2020 to approximately January 2023. On Aug. 31, 2022, Pipe knowingly

A Forsyth businesswoman who admitted defrauding customers through her company, Rosebud County Insurance Inc., by spending their payments for insurance for her own personal expenses was sentenced last week to four years and three months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $155,436 restitution, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Kileen Moria Hagadone,

Roosevelt County and County Attorney Janet Christoffersen are disagreeing in court about the enforceability of a resolution and other issues. Resolution 2024-2, which was approved on July 25, 2023, set the county attorney’s salary at $119,215.60 and deputy county attorney’s salary at 85 percent of the county attorney’s pay. The resolution also made the county attorney a parttime position

According to the Valley County Sheriff’s Office, four people have been arrested over an incident that took place in Roosevelt and Valley counties Saturday evening and Sunday morning, Jan. 6-7. Jesse Hank Baker, age 23, was charged with speeding, reckless driving, fleeing from or eluding peace officer, criminal endangerment and theft. Clayton Montclair, 25, was charged with theft and fleeing

Clayton Vine, coordinator of Roosevelt County’s Geographical Information System’s department, discussed his concerns with the wage scale for his duties during a meeting on Jan. 2. In a letter to commissioners, Vine noted that his current salary doesn’t meet his expectations. He explained that when he came over to GIS in 2007, commissioners agreed to use the road department’s wage scale

A Butte woman who admitted to trafficking fentanyl pills in the Bozeman area was sentenced last week to four years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Amber Marie Cody, 40, pleaded guilty in August 2023 to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen presided. In court documents,

The year 2023 was a noteworthy one for weather in northeastern Montana. The National Weather Service reports that 2023 was the eighth warmest year on record for the region with an average annual temperature of 45.8 degrees. December was the warmest December on record for the Glasgow area with an average temperature of 31.4 degrees. The previous record was 29.1 degrees in 1999. Daily records

The 2023 Legislature passed House Bill 212, changing how business equipment is taxed in Montana. The new law increases the business equipment tax exemption from $300,000 to $1 million for tax year 2024. Businesses whose statewide market value of equipment is $1 million or less are exempt from the business equipment tax. These businesses do not have a reporting requirement in 2024 unless: (1) they

The Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board expanded its special jurisdiction over non-Indians under the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2022 on Aug. 17, 2023. What is VAWA? Originally passed in 1994, VAWA is the first federal legislation acknowledging domestic violence as crime and provides resources to encourage community coordinated responses to prevent violence against women. Subject