Gov. Greg Gianforte has requested President Joe Biden to issue a presidential major disaster declaration due to flooding in Montana in May and June for the counties of Carbon, Daniels, Fergus, Garfield, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Stillwater and Treasure. “At the end of May, Montana received a ridge of high pressure and accompanying rainfall that stayed over the state until

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen called on a federal appeals board to overturn a Bureau of Land Management final decision that rubber stamped a controversial and locally opposed change of use permit to allow bison grazing on several allotments in Phillips County. In an appeal filed Friday, Attorney General Knudsen, who is the state’s chief legal officer, calls on the federal appeals

Roosevelt County has hired a law firm to represent the county in the case regarding attorney Janet Christoffersen. The law firm of Smith, Oblander, Meade and Mitcham has been hired by the county to represent the county. The law firm has filed a request to substitute District Judge David Cybulski. The motion was filed on Aug. 15. Christoffersen, who was removed by the Roosevelt County Commissioners

It was a heat wave as many northeastern Montana communities experienced record highs on Tuesday, Aug. 15. According to the National Weather Service in Glasgow, the high temperature was 101 degrees at the airport in Wolf Point on Aug. 15. The temperature tied the record set in 2003. The Glasgow airport and Dry Blood Creek each reported high temperatures of 103 degrees for the day. The temperature

By Bill Vander Weele The Wolf Point School board debated and then approved stipends for building principals to conduct testing. For the past several years, principals have received $5,000 to conduct testing. The process included entering data into the testing system. Trustees originally tabled the issue during their June meeting. Since that time, superintendent David Perkins received legal

By Bill Vander Weele Roosevelt County Commissioners approved a motion to put out bids for three lots during their weekly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 15. The three lots are located in one area near First Avenue. The county took over ownership due to unpaid taxes in July 2007. “It’s a vacant lot, but has some cement left from an old basement,” commissioner Gordon Oelkers said. After being

(Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire departments Aug. 14-20. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) August 14 Mildred Martell, 56, female, Fourth Avenue South and Main Street, warrant, tribal court. Dylan Weston, 19, male, 300 block of Custer Street, disorderly conduct and minor in possession, tribal court.

(Publisher’s Note: Each week, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office distributes an inmate roster with the names of persons incarcerated at the jail and does not necessarily mean there is a new charge or conviction.) Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center included: Evirso Ampude, 48, hold for other agency. Ricky Bain, 65, Plentywood, sexual assault. Mark Beachem,