The Wolf Point JOM committee is introducing a new benefit to Wolf Point High School seniors. During the meeting on Monday, Feb. 7, committee member Rain Turcotte introduced the idea of having JOM help seniors, who are in need of assistance, with expenses and work for ribbon skirts and beaded caps for graduation. The plan is for JOM to provide surveys for seniors early this week in order to

Wolf Point’s school facilities committee discussed potential building improvements at the schools during the upcoming years. The committee agreed to ask for school board approval regarding a $32,000 plan to make improvements in the high school’s lobby. The project will include a new case with lighting for “Wolfie.” Wolf Point Junior High principal Greg Gourneau discussed different

As the 67th Legislature deliberated changes to Montana election law last spring, tribal access to the polls emerged as a dominant thread of debate. Voting rights advocates and representatives from the Legislature’s American Indian Caucus routinely argued that voting was already tough enough for much of the state’s Indigenous population, and more restrictions would result in further disenfranchisement.

Department of Public Health and Human Services director Adam Meier has announced the approval of its Family First Prevention Plan by the federal Children’s Bureau. DPHHS becomes the 19th state to have their plan approved. The five-year plan emphasizes prevention services aimed at keeping children and youth safely at home with their families, and when foster care is needed, helps ensure they

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire departments Feb. 7-13. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: Feb. 7 Hunter Beauchamp, 29, male, 300 block of Knapp Street, disorderly conduct, tribal court. Feb. 8 Anthony LovesHim, 44, male, 600 block of U.S. Highway 2, theft, tribal court.

( Publisher’s Note: Each week, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office distributes an inmate roster with the names of persons incarcerated at the jail and does not necessarily mean there is a new charge or conviction.) Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center included: Mark Abresch, 63, hold for other agency. Sue Bigleggins, 34, Wolf Point, hold for Fort Peck Tribes.

U.S. Senator Jon Tester announced Feb. 7 that he is backing the Ban Conflicted Trading Act, which would ban members of Congress and senior congressional staffers from actively buying or selling individual stocks and other investments while in office. The Ban Conflicted Trading Act of 2021 prohibits Members of Congress and senior Congressional staff from buying or selling individual stocks and

A 23-year-old man died Tuesday, Feb. 8, following a stabbing on Wolf Point’s south side. The victim has been identified by family and friends as Clayton White. His obituary appears on page five. The Wolf Point Police Department reported that their officers, along with Fort Peck Tribes Department of Law and Justice officers, responded to a reported stabbing on the 300 block of Helena Street

A Brockton man who admitted beating and seriously injuring another person at his home on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation was sentenced last week to seven years and four months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said. James Michael Garcia, 29, pleaded guilty in October 2021 to assault resulting in serious bodily injury. The government