Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center included: Jaide Alexander, 29, Billings, hold for other agency. Sierra Alred, 29, Antelope, hold for other agency. Devin AmericanHorse, 34, Billings, hold for other agency. Ricky Bain, 65, Plentywood, sexual assault. Mark Beachem, 57, Fresno, Calif., hold for other agency. Robert Bigback, 28, Billings hold for other agency.

A man pleaded guilty Oct. 17 to his role in stealing $150,000 by hacking into an elderly Montana woman’s computer, reported the Montana U.S. Attorney’s Office. Sukhdev Vaid, 24, of India faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release after admitting to wire fraud. Vaid accessed a 73-year-old woman’s account in February through a pop-up

Sales for cannabis appear to be steadily increasing both in Roosevelt County and the entire state of Montana. According to the Montana Department of Revenue, sales during August in Roosevelt County was $407,433. The amount includes $327,335 for adult use sales and $80,098 for medical. The total translates to $13,143 spent daily in the county on cannabis. In comparison, Roosevelt County’s

Most of Montana is likely to see its first major snowfall of the season this week and the first hard freezes of the season at lower elevations, according to Monday’s forecasts from National Weather Service offices across the state. Winter storm warnings and winter storm watches went into effect Tuesday from the Continental Divide eastward across the Rocky Mountain Front, central and southern

Billings’ businessman and former state senator Ed Walker has announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives, MT-02. Walker is the fourth generation of his family to call Montana home and he enters the race ready to fight for the Treasure State in Washington, D.C. “This is such a serious time for our country, Joe Biden and the Democrats have brought America to the brink,”

Brad Johnson, the former Public Service Commission chair and Montana secretary of state, announced Tuesday, Oct. 17, he is entering the Republican primary for Montana’s U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Jon Tester. Johnson is the highest-profile candidate to enter the race on the Republican side since Bozeman businessman Tim Sheehy declared his candidacy, backed by the National Republican Senatorial