The Roosevelt County Commissioners held their first regular meeting of the year Tuesday, Jan. 7. Commissioners Gary Macdonald and Gordon Oelkers were in attendance. The commissioners approved minutes for December, as well as minutes for the Dec. 17 regular meeting. Minutes were also approved for a Jan. 2 nomination meeting. Oelkers was elected the new presiding officer. Oelkers was named

Parenting is tough these days … who couldn’t use help? Roosevelt County Health Department has an active home visiting program with staff trained in a myriad of family and parenting topics who come alongside parents with children during pregnancy and up through kindergarten age. How do home visitors help? •They get to know you, your child and the family by visiting you in your

Since 2005, the Eastern Montana Brownfields Coalition has provided landowners in the 15 counties of eastern Montana, including those within the Fort Peck and Northern Cheyenne Reservations, access to EPA grant funds to assess and clean up contaminated properties. EMBC currently has $2.2 million in EPA funding available to assist landowners that have plans to revitalize or sell their properties

Roosevelt County has seen an increase in respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, cases in recent weeks. Between Dec. 15 and Dec. 28, Roosevelt County has a total of seven cases. RSV is a common respiratory virus that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms. Most people recover in a week or two, but RSV can be serious, especially for infants and older adults. In fact, RSV is the most common cause

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire departments Dec. 30 through Jan. 5. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: December 30 Ronnie Smith Jr., 22, male, Third Avenue South and Front Street, fleeing/eluding an officer, resisting arrest, theft (felony), criminal possession of dangerous

A patch of ice caused a single car rollover on Red Thunder Road north of Poplar Monday, Jan. 6. The Montana Highway Patrol was called at approximately 12:30 p.m. Riley MacDonald, 18, of Poplar, was driving at the time of the incident. According to MHP Sgt. Jeff Kent, MacDonald and a 17-year-old female passenger were traveling on bare and dry pavement when they hit a patch of ice located at a

A head-on collision near Nashua sent four locals to Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow Saturday, Jan. 4. The Montana Highway Patrol was called at 9:20 p.m. According to MHP Sgt. Jeff Kent, a 2004 GMC Sierra pickup was traveling west in the ditch on the south side of U.S. Highway 2 near mile marker 562 approximately seven miles east of Nashua when it emerged onto the roadway and struck