A 17-year-old Poplar male died from injuries received in an one-vehicle accident on Saturday, March 29. According to the Montana Highway Patrol, the crash happened at 7:58 p.m. on BIA Route 1/BIA Route 131 in Poplar. The driver was traveling eastbound on BIA Route 1 and lost control of his Chevrolet Impala. He drove off the left side of the roadway and overturned several times. The driver was

After being sentenced on March 12 for criminal possession of dangerous drugs Whitley Raquel Arredondo Adams has been charged with violating the conditions of the sentence. The petition for revocation was filed on March 27. Adams received a deferred imposition of sentence for a period of three years on March 12 for the possession of dangerous drugs charge. She is accused of violating three

Although there are vacancies that need to be addressed by next fall, the Poplar School Board rehired administrators and teachers during its monthly meeting in March. Building administrators rehired were John Wetsit as elementary school principal, Greg Gourneau as elementary school assistant principal, Morgan Norgaard as middle school principal, Lewis Reese as middle school assistant principal,

Change of plea hearings were among the covered items during the day in district court under District Judge Benjamin Fosland March 25. Patrick Leroy Gustafson changed his plea to guilty for DUI, second offense, and driving while license is suspended or revoked. Based on a plea agreement, Fosland sentenced Gustafson to one year in the county jail with all but 30 days suspended and fined him $2,400

Many of the issues that we discuss at the legislature can seem distant and complicated to the average Montanan. Hunting is not one of those issues. This session, I am sponsoring Senate Bill 270, which brings more science into our state’s tag system for elk hunting. The bill both protects elk in areas where populations are below objectives and allows for objective-based tag limits in areas where

Roosevelt County ranks 38th in unemployment rate of Montana’s 56 counties, according to February’s unemployment figures. Roosevelt County has an unemployment rate of 3.8 percent. The county has 107 less individuals employed that a year ago. The five counties with the lowest unemployment rate are Carter at 1.6, Fallon at 1.7, Chouteau at 2, Treasure at 2.2 and Prairie at 2.2. Montana’s