Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center over the past week included: Phillip Azure Jr., 22, Wolf Point, hold for other agency. Bryn Barber, 40, Great Falls, hold for other agency. Dale Barton, 34, Glendive, hold for other agency. Vincent Bell, 33, Billings, hold for other agency. Avis BigTrack, 33, Fort Kipp, hold for other agency. Mylon Blacksmith, 29, Lodge

District Judge Benjamin Fosland presided over several cases in Wolf Point on Wednesday, July 16. Two of the hearings involved petitions for revocation. Theron Richard Hagadone denied the allegation that he possessed or used alcohol or illegal drugs. Hagadone originally had a three year deferred sentence for possession of drugs. An adjudication hearing was scheduled for July 29. A motion

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department July 14-20.) The WPPD had the following activity: accident/ traffic, one; alarm/business, one; alarm/fire, one; animal cruelty/neglect, one; animal/ dog bite, one; animal/injured, one; animal/livestock, one; animal/stray, one; assault, one; assistance required/ public, three; burglary/business/

Roosevelt County Commissioner Gordon Oelkers recently returned from his first National Association of Counties Convention, held this year in Philadelphia. As a first-time attendee, Commissioner Oelkers said the experience was both informative and energizing — offering valuable insights into how counties across the nation are tackling shared challenges and shaping policy together. “The convention

A report released earlier this year shows that American Indian Montanans have a 15-year younger lifespan for males and 18-year younger lifespan for females compared non-American Indians. The report by the Office of American Indian Health, Montana Department of Health and Human Services, reads that the median age at death was 60 among American Indian men and 63 for American Indian women in the

Sixty-six new officers who will serve in 35 agencies across the state graduated on Friday, July 18, from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy within the Montana Department of Justice. MLEA provides basic and advanced training for state, county, city and tribal law enforcement officers throughout the state. The graduates included Maestro Martinez and Joshua Miller of the Roosevelt County

Gov. Greg Gianforte has announced Montana’s unemployment rate remained at 2.8 percent in June, marking the ninth straight month under 3 percent and four consecutive years of unemployment at or below 3.4 percent, a new record. “With more Montanans working now than ever before and historically low unemployment, we’re seeing the results of our pro-jobs policies,” Gianforte said. “This

The Foundation for Montana History has announced the release of Henry Sieben: A Montana Story, a new biography by author Ciara Ryan. Henry Sieben (1848– 1937) came to Montana in 1864 with John Bozeman’s first wagon train. Just seventeen years old and recently orphaned, he had hopes of striking it rich in Montana’s gold fields. What followed was a life that mirrored the dramatic growth of