A 53-year-old Poplar man died in a one-vehicle crash near Terry Monday, April 14. The driver has been identified by family and friends as Geoff Hagadone. According to the Montana Highway Patrol, the man was driving a Peterbilt 579 southbound on secondary road 253 when he drove off the right side of the road and hit a delineator post. He was unable to make it back onto the road and overturned.

Law enforcement responded after receiving a report of a dead individual along the railroad tracks in Wolf Point during the late afternoon on Wednesday, April 16. A deceased male was located. The sheriff/coroner reported that the death was not train related. It does not appear to be any foul play involved.

Brian Ray Gustafson and Cheryle Roberta Whitehawk of Culbertson have been charged with criminal possession of dangerous drugs (meth), a felony, and criminal possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor. According to court documents, after Gustafson was arrested on authority of a warrant on April 5, law enforcement saw a small plastic baggie on the ground. The baggie contained about a third-gram

Humanities Montana received notice Wednesday, April 2, from the National Endowment for the Humanities that its $1 million general operating grant was “terminated immediately,” according to executive director Jill Baker. The federal money represents the bulk of the budget for Humanities Montana, which supports arts and civics programs across the state. “Today is not a great day,”

The Roosevelt County commissioners agreed to renew their master service agreement with Interstate Engineering during their weekly meeting on Tuesday, April 15. The agreement covers five years. The current contract expires at the end of May. “It’s been a good agreement for the last five years,” Commissioner Gordon Oelkers said. Commissioners explained that the agreement keeps Interstate

The Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority will likely not see state funding from this session. House Bill 848, which would have taken $2 million from the railroad car tax and directed it to the authority, failed 23-27 on second reading in the Senate. The tax brings in about $4 million annually and the money currently goes into the general fund. “We are not deterred easily,” Big Sky Passenger