A carrier who delivered mail for the U.S. Postal Service was sentenced Monday, Sept. 25, after she admitted to stealing mail from her route in search of cash and gift cards from more than 90 victims, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said in a news release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Morris sentenced Katie Elizabeth Bowlds, 39, of Helena to two years of probation and ordered $1,847 restitution,

Eight people were involved in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of N.D. Highway 23 and 338th Street Northwest (County Road 9), about 1 1/2 miles north of Makoti on Saturday, Sept. 23, about 5:49 p.m. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, a 2023 Toyota Rav4, driven by Patricia Markwardt, 80, of Elida, N.M., was traveling west on Highway 23. A 2010 Lincoln Navigator driven by Elmer

A former employee with the state health department admitted to stealing nearly $90,000 from federal assistance programs by submitting false information on applications. According to a U.S. Attorney’s Office press release, Heather Marie Bugni, 34, of Butte was a client services coordinator for six years and processed applications and approved benefits for multiple programs including Medicaid

The Elks National Foundation has announced the start of the 2024 Elks Most Valuable Student scholarship contest. The MVS scholarship is available to high school seniors who are United States citizens. Applicants do not need to be related to a member of the Elks. The judging criteria is based on academics, leadership, service and financial need. The application is completed online and must

The Roosevelt County Commissioners approved a change for the county’s law enforcement during a meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 19. With the current jail administrator leaving the position, the change consists of Jason Baker now taking over the duties of running the jail while also remaining a patrol staff lieutenant. Under Sheriff John Summers explained a benefit of the change is that the jail

Vida School serves 45 students from kindergarten through sixth grade and is a point of pride for the local rural community. The growing student population has tripled in size since 2020, emphasizing the need for improvement in the school’s activity areas. This need was recently met when Vida School was awarded $100,000 from Ag-West Farm Credit’s Local Advisory Committee Guided Stewardship

Gov. Greg Gianforte has announced Montana’s unemployment rate in August was below 3 percent for the 22nd consecutive month, bucking national trends as the country’s unemployment rate rose to 3.8 percent in August. Montanans have created more than 8,600 jobs in the first eight months of 2023 and nearly 40,000 jobs since Gianforte took office in January 2021. “Despite national headwinds

The Montana Department of Transportation would like to announce and invite the public to comment on a proposal to reconstruct about seven miles of Montana Highway 13, 26 miles south of Scobey. The project begins at the intersection with County Road 17-2040 near mile marker 25, and extends north, ending near mile marker 32. Proposed work includes reconstructing and widening the roadway surface,