Wolf Point Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture representatives Penny Presser and Scott Keen with the presented T& K Untamed Boutique owner Tressa Welch with a First Dollar certificate at her location on the north side of U.S. Highway 2 in Wolf Point May 15. “I opened Feb. 26,” Welch told the Northern Plains Independent. “My boutique consists of bath and body works, beauty accessories,

(Editor’s Note: This story is adapted from Capitolized, a weekly newsletter featuring expert reporting, analysis and insight from the reporters and editors of Montana Free Press.) A recording obtained and published by the Daily Montanan this week appears to feature Attorney General Austin Knudsen telling supporters at a May 11 fundraising event that he recruited his primary challenger in

According to Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board member Jestin Dupree, the board met in committee last week in Poplar and agreed to bring a discussion on possible adjustments to tribal membership regarding blood percentages, or quantum, to the next full board meeting May 28. The resolution stated the board’s intention to “adjust the blood quantum in order for our future tribal members to have

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department May 13-20. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) May 13 Gregory Solberg, 34, male, 300 block of U.S. Highway 2 East, theft - shoplifting, tribal court. Briann Weston, 22, female, 100 block of Third Avenue South, warrant, tribal court. May 14 Jatonna Fourstar,

Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center over the past week included: Savas Baier-Howard, 28, Billings, hold for other agency. Jesse Baker III, 24, Wolf Point, warrant. Brian Bell, 41, Dodson, hold for other agency. Brian Bentz, 43, Billings, hold for other agency. Alphonse Bird, 19, Browning, hold for other agency. Darek Birdinground, 34, hold for other agency.

Jake Eaton, an adviser to the campaign, told Capitolized that Knudsen is “100 percent in compliance with the law and I am confident the Commissioner will dismiss this frivolous complaint.” Chris Gallus, Montana’s Commissioner of Political Practices, has accepted the complaints and reached out to both campaigns for responses, he told Capitolized. The complaints also allege Olson, a

Roosevelt County Commissioner Gordon Oelkers asked for Gov. Greg Gianforte’s continued support regarding the proposed Cyan H2 Eastern Montana Fertilizer Company during Gianforte’s campaign stop in Sidney on Wednesday, May 15. Oelkers told the governor that about 30 percent of the project has been funded. Officials are waiting to hear about a federal grant for the remaining starting costs.

Last week, Governor Greg Gianforte continued his fourth annual 56 County Tour as governor, hearing the stories of generations of farmers and ranchers at their family operations in eastern Montana. “One of our greatest sources of pride as Montanans is the world-class products grown, raised, or made here in the Treasure State,” Gianforte said. “It’s great to be back in eastern Montana