Although there are vacancies that need to be addressed by next fall, the Poplar School Board rehired administrators and teachers during its monthly meeting in March. Building administrators rehired were John Wetsit as elementary school principal, Greg Gourneau as elementary school assistant principal, Morgan Norgaard as middle school principal, Lewis Reese as middle school assistant principal,

Change of plea hearings were among the covered items during the day in district court under District Judge Benjamin Fosland March 25. Patrick Leroy Gustafson changed his plea to guilty for DUI, second offense, and driving while license is suspended or revoked. Based on a plea agreement, Fosland sentenced Gustafson to one year in the county jail with all but 30 days suspended and fined him $2,400

Many of the issues that we discuss at the legislature can seem distant and complicated to the average Montanan. Hunting is not one of those issues. This session, I am sponsoring Senate Bill 270, which brings more science into our state’s tag system for elk hunting. The bill both protects elk in areas where populations are below objectives and allows for objective-based tag limits in areas where

Roosevelt County ranks 38th in unemployment rate of Montana’s 56 counties, according to February’s unemployment figures. Roosevelt County has an unemployment rate of 3.8 percent. The county has 107 less individuals employed that a year ago. The five counties with the lowest unemployment rate are Carter at 1.6, Fallon at 1.7, Chouteau at 2, Treasure at 2.2 and Prairie at 2.2. Montana’s