After Roosevelt County sheriff candidate Wesley Headdress failed to reply to a complaint in District Count within the required 21 days, Roosevelt County resident and Northern Plains Independent publisher Darla Downs filed a request for motion for summary judgment last week. Downs is requesting that Headdress be declared ineligible to be elected sheriff, the election administrator remove Headdress

Asking hard questions about our leaders and the decisions they make is what community newspapers do. We knew the question regarding Wes Headdress’ eligibility to be elected sheriff would be unpopular — and it has been. We’ve been asked why we are “picking on” Wes Headdress. We’ve been accused of being racist. We’ve been threatened and defamed on social media. We want to be clear:

Prosecutors in the Montana Attorney General’s Office charged a Sheridan County man with 25 felony counts of sexual assault and drug related charges for his abuse of five juvenile girls, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced last week. Ivan Edward Greenwell, 40, is facing four counts of incest, three counts of sexual abuse of children, five counts of criminal distribution of dangerous drugs,

Felony theft charges against Wolf Point Fire Chief Clint Bushman were recently dismissed in Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes Tribal Court, but the charges are anticipated to be refiled. As of June 22, no hearings for Bushman were on the court’s schedule. Bushman has been on administrative leave since February. According to court documents, Wolf Point Mayor Chris Dschaak informed