Department of Public Health and Human Services officials are alerting the public about the recent identification of a tick new to Montana known as Ixodes scapularis, commonly referred to as a “deer tick” or “blacklegged tick”. State health officials report that over the past year three blacklegged ticks were identified in the state for the first time through active surveillance conducted

With spring arriving, gardeners are preparing soils for this year’s planting, and many love to apply compost, which can supply nutrients, feed microbial activity, help retain soil moisture and improve soil structure. However, there can be too much of a good thing, according to Clain Jones, Montana State University Extension soil fertility specialist and professor in the MSU Department of Land

The Roosevelt County commissioners hired Derek McNabb as the county’s road foreman during their meeting on Monday, May 12. McNabb has been serving as interim road manager since the death of longtime road foreman Ken Norgaard in April. “He will be an asset to the organization,” Commissioner Gordon Oelkers said of McNabb. “There’s a lot going on with roads right now.” Commissioner

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department May 1218. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) The WPPD had the following activity: abandoned 911 call, two; alarm/burglary, two; animal/dog bite, one; animal/ killed, one; animal, one; assault, three; assistance required/ public, five; burglary/ residential/forcible,