Roosevelt County residents will have only one contested municipal race in this year’s election. Deputy Jason Baker and former county sheriff’s office employee Wes Headdress have filed for the sheriff’s position. Sheriff Jason Frederick announced prior to the start of filing that he will not seek re-election. The filing deadline was Wednesday, March 4. Gordon Oelkers will be running

Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center over the past week included: Xavier Alvarado, 27, Plentywood, failure to register as sexual or violent offender. Isaiah Antelope, 30, Lame Deer, hold for other agency. Joseph Anthony, 54, Billings, hold for other agency. T’shauna Azure, 27, Wolf Point, criminal endangerment. Chad Bachmann, 46, Red Lodge, hold for other agency.

Two speed studies requested by the Roosevelt County commissioners last summer are making progress in the Montana Department of Transportation’s process for traffic changes. Keith Bithell, district traffic engineer for the department, said data has been collected for the two requests. One request is the east entry of Highway 2 coming into Wolf Point. The other request is for the area around