The Culbertson/Bainville cross country team opened its season with a solid showing at the Wolf Point Invitational on Friday, Aug. 27. “I’m happy,” Coach Dave Solem said of the effort. “We came in where we thought we would. We don’t want to show all our cards right away.” He expects all the runners to continue improving their times. “Everybody competed to their potential,”

Bainville’s volleyball team improved throughout the day at the season-opening Culbertson Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 27. The Bulldogs lost to Froid/ Lake in the first match of pool play, They dropped the first set by only a 15-14 margin. Bainville then fell to Scobey’s JVs, 12-15, 5-15, and to Nashua, 12-15, 5-15. “We had a little mental lapse and struggled for the next few

The Froid/Lake Red Hawks captured first place at the Culbertson Invitational in the opening weekend of the volleyball season on Saturday, Sept. 4. “I was pretty happy with our offense,” Coach Kiah Smith said. “Our hitting really come on toward the end of the tournament.” The Red Hawks opened pool play with a straight set victory over Bainville. Against Nashua in the next match, the

The Culbertson Cowgirls advanced as far as the semi-final round at their home volleyball tournament on Saturday, Aug. 27. During pool play, the Cowgirls split their first match against Savage. Culbertson then defeated Scobey, 15-5, 15-10. The Cowgirls tallied the last three points of the second set on a kill by Perla Burciaga, a kill by Destiny Thompson and an ace by Koree Marchwick. Culbertson

As expected, lodging numbers were much improved in northeastern Montana during the second quarter of this year compared to the same time period of 2020. In Roosevelt County, the gross lodging tax total was $17,506 from April 1 through June 30. Revenue collected is 4 percent of lodging price. That $17,506 figure is 78 percent more than the 2020 figure of $9,868 for that quarter. The 2019 figure