The Culbertson School board approved the purchase of a passenger van during its meeting on Monday, July 17. The vehicle is a 2020 El Dorado 15-passenger van with EcoBoost from Davey Coach. Cost is $95,858. The motion carried unanimously. After negotiations were conducted, Dave Solem was re-hired as the school’s activities director. The motion included $1,000 annual increases for three

After deciding not to renew the contract of interim county attorney Janet Christoffersen a few weeks earlier, Roosevelt County commissioners agreed to change the county attorney position to a part-time position during a meeting on Tuesday, July 17. Commissioner Robert Toavs made the motion to change the position to part-time and cited MCA 7-4-2706, which reads, “In a county with a population

Wolf Point Mayor Chris Dschaak’s meeting with Roosevelt County commissioners regarding a memoriam of understanding got off to a rocky start, but the parties agreed to schedule work sessions to work on a possible agreement. The issue regards the county and city working together on the issue of dilapidated tax-deed properties. The MOU states that the city and county would work together to

Roosevelt County Commissioners approved a new memorandum of understanding between the county and Fort Peck Tribes regarding use of the county’s detention center. Under the new MOU, the county will provide 10 beds as available for use by the Fort Peck Tribes Adult Corrections Department to house adult prisoners at the county detention center. There should be no more than 10 total tribal inmates

The National Weather Service provided its weather- ready monthly briefing for July during a video conference on Tuesday, July 18. Nick Vertz, Billings, noted that a cold front early in the week helped pushed the smoke from Canadian fires out of the area. He expected the smoke not to be as concentrated in upcoming days. Recent weather events in Montana have featured hail storms including