After the Montana Supreme Court announced a reversed ruling regarding the verdict of David Joseph Cord, a plea agreement was reached on a misdemeanor charge in district court on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Cord was sentenced in 2019 to 40 years in prison with 35 years suspended for the charge of felony sexual assault. The Supreme Court announced a reversed ruling in the case earlier this month. The

The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that Jordan Paige Day, 24, of Wolf Point was arraigned last week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Day made a plea of not guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge John T. Johnston in Great

Nygaard Paul Douglas Nygaard made not guilty pleas to two counts of criminal distribution of dangerous drugs by accountability in district court on Wednesday, Nov. 16. An omnibus hearing was scheduled for Dec. 14. A trial was scheduled for Feb. 16, 2023. District judge David J. Cybulski approved a condition of bail so that Nygaard can enter a treatment program if a bed becomes available.

Dylan Troy Jackson, 20, of Wolf Point, is wanted in federal court following accusations of kidnapping and assaulting a teenage Indigenous girl on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in 2021. The FBI is asking the public for assistance in finding a Jackson, who is accused of attacking the 15-year-old victim last year. Jackson is one of six people indicted in federal court on charges of kidnapping

The Roosevelt County commissioners have stopped a practice of county employees using county road equipment for personal use. After receiving a complaint last week, commissioners stressed to employees that they can’t use equipment on their own property. Commissioners explained that a non-official, verbal agreement allowed employees to use equipment about 10 years ago, but that agreement

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., has called for a United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing to discuss ongoing concerns between Montana tribes, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Indian Health Service (IHS). “Repeatedly Montana tribes have expressed to me substantial concern that Indian Health Service is mismanaged and unresponsive. This is completely unacceptable.

The Montana State Hail Board will meet in person on Tuesday, Nov. 29, beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the Heritage Inn in Great Falls. The board will review financial reports, the 2022 season, reinsurance, and address general board updates. To request more information, email Dani Jones at danielle. jones@mt.gov. The Montana State Hail Insurance Program was created at the request of producers in

A new report by the American Lung Association points out that as few as 5 percent of Montanans who are eligible to get screened for lung cancer get checked. Carrie Nyssen, the senior director of advocacy at the American Lung Association, hopes she sees a day when routine lung cancer screening is as common for some as colonoscopies or mammograms – once rare procedures that have become more

Rep. Rhonda Knudsen, R-Culbertson, was voted speaker pro tempore by Republicans in the Montana House of Representatives last week. Knudsen recently won reelection in House District 34. Duties of the speaker pro tempore include filling the role of presiding officer of the House in the absence of the Speaker of the House. Republicans selected Rep. Matt Regier, R-Kalispell, as the Speaker of