The Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board voted in favor of a motion to request the Fort Peck Housing Authority to rehire Louella Contreras Douglas as the housing director during its meeting on Monday, Sept. 8. Voting in favor of the motion were seven board members including Ben Johnson, Lawrence Hamilton, Wayne Martell, Marva Chapman, Jestin Dupree, Rita Weeks and Dana Buckles. Four directors

Taylor Douglas Nygard is facing the felony charge of criminal mischief and misdemeanor charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle after allegedly driving a front end loader owned by Roosevelt County on July 22. According to court documents, deputies received a call from a county commissioner that a front end loader, valued at $75,000, was missing and presumed stolen. It was last known

Theodore James Crowe is facing three charges including the felony count of assault of a peace officer after an incident in Culbertson on Aug. 27. Misdemeanor charges are assault and disorderly conduct. According to court documents, deputies went to Culbertson after a report of a male running around chasing cars on Broadway Avenue near the county building. Deputies found Crowe laying near

Gov. Greg Gianforte and Department of Public Health and Human Services director Charlie Brereton have announced Montana submitted a proposed 1115 Medicaid Demonstration waiver application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to strengthen the state’s Medicaid expansion program. The waiver, named the Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership Demonstration, seeks to require community

Dante Royal Martell was captured by the Fort Peck Tribes Law and Justice, Wolf Point City Police and Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Drug Enforcement on Wednesday, Sept. 3. On the early morning hours of Monday, Aug. 25, law enforcement received a report of an individual on a four-wheeler that drove by others in front of a residence on the south side housing area of Wolf Point. The driver