The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission is seeking public review and comment on several wildlife-related items and the 2022 Montana fishing regulations, all of which were approved for comment during the recent commission meeting. Wildlife proposals include the wild turkey augmentations in north-central Montana, bighorn sheep augmentation on Wildhorse Island, Adaptive Harvest Management

After nearly a year, the final touches are being completed on the building remodel project at Roosevelt Medical Center. An outdoor ribbon cutting ceremony and open house celebration is set to take place on Thursday, Sept. 9, from 4-6 p.m. behind RMC at the new clinic entrance and gazebo, in Culbertson. A short ceremony will take place at 5 p.m. with staff-guided tours available throughout

You might be invaded! But don’t worry, they will come in peace. An alien invasion is set to take place from Sept. 1925 to promote the Roosevelt Memorial Healthcare Foundation’s upcoming “Over The Moon” Gala taking place on Oct. 9, at the Dry Prairie Rural Water Authority. “Members of the foundation board thought this would be a great way to get the community excited about the upcoming

Nearly 16,000 Montanans who purchased Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance through the marketplace are set to receive partial reimbursement for premiums paid between 2018 and 2020. The Affordable Care Act requires insurers selling plans on the marketplace to spend a certain percentage of the premiums they collect on medical or health-related expenses like doctor visits, drug prescriptions and hospital

The Fort Peck Tribes released a statement Sept. 3 explaining a stay of the civil lawsuit filed by the Tribes against BP Construction. The Tribal Executive Board agreed to a stay of the civil lawsuit against BP on Aug. 26. According to the statement, the stay was requested by BP’s legal counsel to protect the contractor’s Fifth Amendment rights during an ongoing federal investigation into the

There are 34 active cases in Roosevelt County as of Friday, Sept. 3. The number includes 12 new positive cases and two current hospitalizations. Roosevelt County Health Department received the first positive Delta variant report for a Roosevelt County COVID-19 case on Aug. 26. Delta is highly transmissable and is currently the most common COVID-19 variant circulating in the United States.

According to Montana State University Extension educators, Montana’s cremation rate is well above the national average. In 2020, 79 percent of people who died in the state were cremated. To address the rise in interest, MSU Extension has released a MontGuide on the topic. According to data from the National Funeral Directors Association, the U.S. cremation rate was nearly 56 percent in 2020,