With the deadline nearing for filing, there remains only one candidate for the Roosevelt County commissioner position up for election. Former Roosevelt County sheriff and current Wolf Point city council member Dean Mahlum has filed for the position, currently held by Gary Macdonald. The long-time commissioner has announced that he is retiring from the position. Mahlum’s experience includes

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department Feb. 26 through March 3. This is a short week due to the Monday holiday. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Feb. 26 Kaylandra St. Marks, 19, female, First Avenue South, driving without a license and failure to yield, tribal court. Feb. 27 Joseph Stiffarm, 19,

Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center over the past week included: Savas Baier-Howard, 27, Billings, hold for other agency. Ricky Bain, 65, Plentywood, sexual assault. Robert Biggs, 49, Portland, Ore., hold for other agency. Gilbert Blue Bird, 55, Poplar, warrant. Joshua Burks, 42, Culbertson, warrant. Richard Burton, 54, Plentywood, theft. Todd Chavez,

Montana State University Extension will host a feral swine education tour March 5-8 in northeast Montana, with seven stops held for landowners, farmers, ranchers and anyone else interested in attending. Registration is not required, and there is no cost to attend. Feral swine, also referred to as wild pigs, can cause significant landscape and agricultural damage, according to Jared Beaver, MSU

The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office responded to 52 calls between Feb. 26 and March 4. Feb. 27 Deputies responded to a call in Culbertson from a couple from Tennessee who needed vehicle help. They didn’t have phone service and their vehicle’s battery was dead. Deputies and members of the public assisted in starting the vehicle. Deputies responded to the Wolf Point High School for

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is required by the Endangered Species Act to preform three to five test flows from Fort Peck Dam in the next several years. The test water flow amount released from the Fort Peck Dam is anticipated to be less than originally planned, according to U.S. Corps of Engineers’ officials. During a conference call last week, Joe Bonneau of the U.S. Corps of Engineers

Nick Vertz of the National Weather Service in Billings and Ted Jamba, head meteorologist of the National Weather Service in Glasgow, held their monthly weather- ready briefing for Montana and northern Wyoming last week. They noted that Montana, especially south central parts of the state, experienced a decent wet month during February. There was lighter moisture in far eastern Montana. Temperatures

In the Feb. 29 issue of the Northern Plains Independent, the wrong meeting date for the next Wolf Point City Council meeting was published by mistake. The March meeting is set for Monday, March 18, at 7 p.m.

Protecting Americans from out-of-country beef and from the deadly fentanyl drug were among the topics during U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s conference call with rural media members in the state on Thursday, Feb. 29. Tester along with Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota recently introduced a Congressional Review Act to overturn the Biden administration’s decision to overturn a long-standing

The Montana Department of Transportation and its partners Sletten Construction and Morrison-Maierle plan to replace up to eight timber bridges in the Glasgow area during the 2024 construction season. These bridge replacements are part of the Timber Bridges – Glasgow Area project, which replaced seven timber bridges last year. “We’ve collaborated closely with our partners and implemented