The all-volunteer Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede Committee features a good variety of experience along with fairly new members. Committee members with the longest term of service include Don Whitmus with 57 years, Jack Stensland with 49 years, Christy Stensland with 38 years, Dave Matejovsky with 21 years and JD Stensland with 15 years. Other committee members include Scott Keen with six years

Only 56 individuals or organizations received the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award in 2023, and one of the honored winners was the Fort Peck Tribes’ Red Bird Woman Center/Children’s Advocacy Center. The Red Bird Center was the recipient for the Salt Lake City Field Office which covers all of Montana, Utah and Idaho. During a ceremony at the Fort Peck Tribal headquarter on Thursday,

Wolf Point Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire on the 300 block of Idaho Street in the late afternoon of Wednesday, June 21. Fire department officials said that they’ve been told that the house was vacant. Arson is suspected. The investigation is ongoing. (Photo by Bill Vander Weele)

(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: Javian Azure, 21, Wolf Point, hold for Fort Peck Tribes. Ricky Bain, 64, Plentywood, sexual assault.

A car chase started and ended in Wolf Point during the early afternoon hours of Friday, June 23. A 30-year-old female allegedly walked into High Plains Motors around 12:38 p.m., took a set of keys and took off with a vehicle. The Wolf Point Police Department and Fort Peck Tribes Department of Law and Justice attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver fled from officers. The Roosevelt