The winning team reached triple digits in last weekend’s Montana Governor’s Cup Walleye Tournament. The fishing tourney featured 173 teams at Fort Peck. Brem Phipps of Jordan and Chris McFadden of Townsend topped the field with a winning weight of 103.73 pounds. Their largest fish caught was 13.69 pounds. The victory is the team’s second one at the tournament. The North Dakota team of

ment debit card to make three separate withdrawals totaling $487.50 from an ATM located at the Buckhorn Bar in Poplar. When confronted about these unauthorized withdrawals, Mathison claimed the funds were used to pay for meals for other firefighters despite there being no fire department meeting or event at that time. When Mathison was interviewed, he admitted making the ATM withdrawals and acknowledged

Cities and towns in Roosevelt County experienced small population declines between 2023 and 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Wolf Point’s population decreased from 2,554 in 2023 to 2,522 in 2024, a decrease of 32 residents. Poplar also went down in population slightly from 731 in 2023 to 722 in 2024. On the eastern side of the county, Culbertson saw its population decrease from

The chairman of Montana’s Essential Air Service task force is optimistic despite another threat to flights in several of eastern Montana’s rural communities including Wolf Point. “I have to remain that way,” Walt McNutt of Sidney said of Essential Air Service flights staying in Montana. “I’ve been through a lot of bills that were never introduced.” H.R. 3935 includes decreasing