Poplar native Dustyn Azure has been selected the Cascade Collegiate Conference men’s wrestling Coach of the Year. Azure is the head wrestling coach at Eastern Oregon University. Eastern Oregon has a 34-34 dual record under Azure. Five of his wrestlers have advanced to this year’s NAIA national championship scheduled for March 5-6. Azure, an Assiniboine and Sioux Nations citizen, had coached

The next presentation of Eastern Montana Business Webinars is scheduled for Wednesday, March 10 at 10 a.m. Bryan Bird, Supervisor, Job Service Helena, will provide information on the Job Order Process through The US National Labor Exchange (USNLx). Job Service offices across the state have been working with businesses to transition to the job posting platform, USNLx. We invite employers to attend

Roosevelt County is the place to be for Class B basketball this week as Wolf Point will host the District 2B boys’ basketball tournament and Poplar will host the District 2B girls’ basketball tourney. Action begins on Thursday, Feb. 25. The boys’ tournament will begin with Wolf Point facing Poplar at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Poplar’s girls will battle Harlem at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Poplar lost conference basketball games against Glasgow, Harlem and Malta during the week. The Indians dropped two close league contests in Glasgow on Thursday, Feb. 11. Glasgow’s boys fought off Poplar by a 59-56 final. After Poplar took a 14-10 lead in the first quarter, the half ended in a 27-27 deadlock. Glasgow led 42-37 after three quarters of play. Poplar’s Joe Bear finished

Lustre Christian’s girls outscored Dodson to earn a 48-42 league victory on Saturday, Feb. 13. The Lions took a 27-21 halftime advantage and held a 40-36 lead after three quarters of action. Alexa Reddig accounted for 25 of Lustre’s points. Aubri Holzrichter also reached double figures with 10 points. Rounding out Lustre’s scoring were Tiara Whitmus with seven, Grace Brown with