Brandy Lynn Bowland is facing two counts of criminal endangerment and a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants from a vehicle incident that happened on March 23. The criminal endangerment felony charges claim that Bowland was chasing another vehicle at a high rate of speed and hit that vehicle causing damage and injuries to the victims, which were minor females. She faces maximum

Roosevelt County Commissioners approved sending a letter of support for an Amtrak extension near Malta during their meeting on Tuesday, April 11. The proposal aims to create double railroad tracks for a 15-mile span in order to improve service for Amtrak. The Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority is teaming up with Amtrak to apply for funding through the Federal Railroad Administration’s Federal

The National Weather Service in Glasgow issued a flood advisory along the Milk River Valley past the confluence with the Missouri to the Oswego area April 16. Whatley Road was closed near Glasgow as of press time Tuesday, April 18. NWSG lead forecaster Richard Maliawaco told the Northern Plains Independent that an incoming low pressure storm system with rain and snow will extend conditions

A soft opening planned by Spotted Bull Recovery Resource Center for their new “safe space” is being hosted in Wolf Point, not Poplar, April 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The safe space is located at 216 Third Ave South, suites D, E, F. All are welcome. Visit spottedbull.org or check the group’s Facebook page for more information.

The Wolf Point City Council held their regular meeting Monday, April 17. Greg Lukasik with Great West Engineering said construction on Phase 1 of the wastewater system improvements, including “open cut” improvements on city streets, will begin May 1. Phase 2 is still in the grant phase. Clerk Jhona Peterson said discussions are ongoing regarding the possibility of policy language updates

Two silent films created by Frontier Elementary School students have advanced in the international youth silent film festival by makesilentfilm. com. The films are Dreams are Mysterious by seventh-grader Ezekiel Payne and Boxes by eighth-grader Kai Villaluz. The films will be showcased and judged during a silent film festival in Bozeman this weekend. The productions are being judged against

The Department of Public Health and Human Services has announce that with the federal Public Health Emergency ending on May 11, the agency plans to discontinue the weekly updates to the COVID-19 case tracking and vaccine dashboards. The last update to the dashboards will take place on May 5, and they will subsequently no longer be available online after July 14. In addition, DPHHS will no

A bill that would revise the laws requiring Indian education in Montana’s public schools is making its way through the Legislature, although its sponsor maintains a recent amendment weakens the mandate included in the state constitution. The Senate voted 47-3 to pass the amended Indian education bill this week. The amendment includes reducing the tribal history curriculum, known as Indian