Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board member Jestin Dupree shared news about a new Indian Health Services building and building renovation in Poplar Feb. 27. In a social media post, Dupree stated: “Today, the IHS Facilities Director came in and shared some information about the new building that will be built to the west of our current IHS clinic in Poplar. There are two old houses there, but they

The Roosevelt County commissioners held their regular public meeting Tuesday, March 3. Commissioners Gordon Oelkers, Duane Nygaard and Gary Macdonald were in attendance. Minutes were approved for the month of February and the Feb. 18 regular meeting. During the public comment period, Bill Juve asked the commissioners about legislation to do away with Daylight Savings. Oelkers, Nygaard and

In the world of ever changing information, the Roosevelt County Health Department would like to provide our communities with as much information as possible concerning the novel coronavirus discovered in China mid-December 2019. The current name, given by the World Health Organization, is COVID-19. The virus was first detected in Wuhan City in the Hubei province of China. There, the virus

(Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department Feb. 24 through March 1. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: February 24 Aaron Battiest, 20, male, 100 block of Benton Street, warrant, tribal court. February 25 Jayda Jackson, 23, female, 100 block of Third Avenue South, public

U.S. Senator Jon Tester is backing the bipartisan Human Trafficking and Exploitation Prevention Training Act to create a grant program to help non-profit organizations and schools train teachers, students, staff and parents to recognize, respond to, and prevent human trafficking. “Human trafficking is an often-overlooked crisis, and in order to fight it, we need folks in our communities to know

oster ( Publisher’s Note: Each week, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office distributes an inmate roster with the names of everyone incarcerated and persons booked into the jail during the previous week and does not necessarily mean there is a new charge or conviction.) As of March 2, 118 prisoners were housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center. Prisoners included: Matthew Wayne Alred,

This year, the Roosevelt County DUI Task Force is offering up a scholarship of $500 to any high school senior graduating in 2020 from a school within the boundaries of Roosevelt County. The focus of this year’s scholarship is to write an essay on how the student chooses to live above the influence of alcohol use, drug use, peer pressure, bullying or any other negative influences around them.

Election administrators from three Montana counties told lawmakers Thursday that a voter-passed referendum that limits who can drop off a person’s absentee ballot is frustrating electors, suppressing votes and is easily bypassed. The Ballot Interference Prevention Act requires election clerks to ask anyone who drops off a ballot if they’re dropping off someone else’s ballot and, if so,