At the Wolf Point City Council’s regular monthly meeting Monday, Sept. 20, a resolution was passed to cancel the planned municipal elections due to the fact that there were no contested positions. All candidates ran unopposed. Council appointments will need to be made before January for open positions. Six properties on Wolf Point’s south side have been taken over by the city from Roosevelt

After some debate, Roosevelt County commissioners continued having a split vote regarding a pay increase for a Roosevelt County attorney office’s employee on Tuesday, Sept. 21. Commissioner Gordon Oelkers voted to increase attorney office employee Erika Fyfe’s salary to 83 percent of the clerk and recorder’s salary figure and then to increase the salary to 84 percent after six months. Commissioner

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police department Sept. 2026. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: September 20 David Newsome, 63, male, 400 block of Blaine Street, theft, municipal court. Dezmond Taylor, 19, male, 400 block of U.S. Highway 2, obstructing a peace officer or other public official

( 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

The Roosevelt County commissioners approved a bid from Bishop Inc. for gravel during a meeting held on Tuesday, Sept. 14. The county received bids from three different companies. Fike Crushing’s bid was 13,500 tons of one-inch minus crushed gravel for the amount of $4.50 per ton for the Schagunn Pitt. Total bid was $60,750. The bid from Bishop was 13,500 tons of one-inch minus crushed

A Mississippi man accused of breaking into a residence on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and threatening individuals admitted to charges on Monday, Sept. 27, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said. Dejarreh La’Kean Talley, also known as “DJ” Talley, 23, of Philadelphia, Miss., pleaded guilty to burglary. Talley faces a maximum 20 years in prison, a $50,000 fine and three years of

By Bill Vander Weele Roosevelt County, like the rest of the state, continues to attempt to keep the number of COVID-19 cases in check. As of late last week, the state reported that Roosevelt County had 26 cases. That figure is lower than some other eastern Montana counties including Valley with 41, Richland with 71, Dawson with 33, Custer with 179 and Hill with 166. “I’m happy that