Beginning Oct. 24, all local calls in Montana must be dialed with the 406 area code to connect. Montana’s 406 area code currently allows seven-digit dialing to complete local calls. That will change this month due to a Federal Communications Commission order designating 988 as the new, nationwide, 3-digit number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Some seven-digit phone numbers

( 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.) Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center over the past week included: Milton Alexander Jr., 39, Poplar, hold for

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Railroad Administration descended last week on a remote stretch of railroad track west of Havre trying to figure out why Amtrak’s Empire Builder passenger train derailed Saturday, Sept. 25, killing three and injuring scores more. The derailment was the deadliest railroad accident in the United States since 2017. The

Stage 1 fire restrictions were rescinded on all private, state and federal lands within Valley County, and the Charles M. Russell NWR and UL Bend NWR in Fergus, Phillips, Valley, McCone, Garfield and Petroleum counties on Oct. 1. Stage 1 fire restrictions still remain in effect on all private, state and BLM-administered lands within Blaine, Fergus, Hill, Judith Basin, Petroleum, Phillips and

Maynard Wayne Bigleggins, 24, of Wolf Point, appeared in Great Falls before U.S. Magistrate Judge John T. Johnston on Sept. 30, for the charges of sexual assault of a minor and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance to a person under 21 years of age. If convicted of the most serious crime, Bigleggins faces a mandatory minimum one year to 40 years in prison, a $2 million

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police department Sept. 27Oct. 3. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: September 27 Lewis Eagleboy Jr., 59, male, 300 block of Knapp Street, aggravated disorderly conduct, tribal court. Fifteen-year-old female, U.S. Highway 2 & 4th Ave N no insurance, driving

It was a strange September as area residents experienced more hot days in the month than usual this year. According to the National Weather Service, Wolf Point had eight days than reached 90 degrees or higher during September. The highest temperatures were 99 degrees on Sept. 18, and 97 degrees on Sept. 19. The mercury also reached 90 degrees or warmer on eight September days in Culbertson. The

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s plan to economize on mail service began Friday. Starting Oct. 1, the United States Postal Service is now giving itself more time to deliver first-class mail. The changes are part of a reorganization called the Delivering for America Strategic Plan developed under DeJoy, an ally of former President Donald Trump. Prior to Oct. 1, first-class parcel was expected

Future highway construction projects by the Montana Department of Transportation includes a large amount of work on and around Highway 13 during the next few years. “People will see a lot of activity on Highway 13 in the next three years,” district administrator Shane Minz said. “We have plans over the next three years that we will touch all but five miles of the road.” He noted