Nearly 16,000 Montanans who purchased Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance through the marketplace are set to receive partial reimbursement for premiums paid between 2018 and 2020. The Affordable Care Act requires insurers selling plans on the marketplace to spend a certain percentage of the premiums they collect on medical or health-related expenses like doctor visits, drug prescriptions and hospital

The Fort Peck Tribes released a statement Sept. 3 explaining a stay of the civil lawsuit filed by the Tribes against BP Construction. The Tribal Executive Board agreed to a stay of the civil lawsuit against BP on Aug. 26. According to the statement, the stay was requested by BP’s legal counsel to protect the contractor’s Fifth Amendment rights during an ongoing federal investigation into the

There are 34 active cases in Roosevelt County as of Friday, Sept. 3. The number includes 12 new positive cases and two current hospitalizations. Roosevelt County Health Department received the first positive Delta variant report for a Roosevelt County COVID-19 case on Aug. 26. Delta is highly transmissable and is currently the most common COVID-19 variant circulating in the United States.

According to Montana State University Extension educators, Montana’s cremation rate is well above the national average. In 2020, 79 percent of people who died in the state were cremated. To address the rise in interest, MSU Extension has released a MontGuide on the topic. According to data from the National Funeral Directors Association, the U.S. cremation rate was nearly 56 percent in 2020,

Tribal historians of the Sacagawea Project Board of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation have written a groundbreaking book, “Our Story of Eagle Woman Sacagawea: They Got it Wrong.” Throughout 368 pages, the writers explore the family Hidatsa and Crow lineage of Sacagawea, the famed, female guide who in 1805 helped lead Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to the Pacific Northwest. Mandan,

“I think he’d be satisfied,” Downs said of the outcome. “He’d be happy that the good ones won.” There’s new flooring, new wiring, new bathroom fixtures — the same structure, but upgraded. “We’ve got it nice and the way it should be,” Downs said. Her fight for the paper has left her more dedicated to the community. “You know, you do what you have to do to keep

Roosevelt County is the most diversified county in Montana, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The county has a score of 56 percent to top the 2020 rankings. Blaine County is second at 55.9 percent. The diversity index measures the probability that two people chosen at random will be from different race and ethnicity groups. The score is bounded between 0 and 1 with 0 meaning that everyone

The Roosevelt County commissioners attempted trying to tackle the large issue regarding right of way roads in the county during a meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 24. Commissioner Gordon Oelkers explained that about 75 percent of the roads in the county don’t have proper right of ways. “The biggest issue is when people want to borrow money on land and they don’t have a legal right of way,”

Roosevelt County is the fifth ranked county as far as highest unemployment in the state, according to figures recently released by the Montana Department of Labor & Industry. Roosevelt County has an unemployment rate of 4.8 percent. Montana counties with higher unemployment are Wheatland at 5.1, Lincoln at 5.2, Glacier at 8 and Big Horn at 8.3. The Fort Peck Reservation is listed to