If you happened to read the Albuquerque Journal recently you would have learned about a family who used their (galloping) goats to gobble up weeds and earn some extra money while keeping the city’s weeds and grass trimmed. In the Orlando Sentinel, you would have discovered that a man was attacked and bitten by an alligator while hunting near one of the local lakes. Neither of these stories

With the number of active local cases declining slightly over the past week, the region remains on alert, with the Fort Peck Tribes shuttering operations and some schools transitioning to distance learning. As of Monday, Oct. 5, Roosevelt County has 113 current active cases of COVID-19, down from 131 last week. Recoveries numbered 372 and there has been eight confirmed deaths. There have been

There is one week set aside each year to salute newspapers for the important role they have played in our nation, a role that goes back to the beginning of these United States. This year, however, waiting until Oct. 4-10 and National Newspaper Week has been difficult, because the coronavirus pandemic and a variety of major news events across our land have tested newspapers, and our communities,

Community News Celebrates National Newspaper Week Oct. 4-10 As the country recognizes National Newspaper Week, Oct. 4-10, we are grateful to readers like you who still make real community journalism possible. It’s exciting that the Northern Plains Independent and Community News are celebrating their second years in existence. We realize that the only reason that these new newspapers with

Montana businesses are now eligible to apply for workforce recovery grant dollars to help companies refill jobs that were lost due to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Montana Department of Commerce has launched a temporary workforce recovery grant program as part of the Big Sky Economic Development Trust Fund. “Businesses across the state are managing through a variety of

Mike Olson, Fire Warden With the fall weather creeping closer, Roosevelt County will be coming out of Stage 1 burn restrictions beginning on Friday, Oct. 9. This will allow us to begin opening up days for burning when the weather conditions are favorable. With the lack of moisture, strong winds and dry fuel, it will still be a week or two before we will be able to allow burning. Once burning

After a strong first half, the Culbertson Cowboys lost at Plentywood, 60-16, in Plentywood on Saturday, Oct. 3. Plentywood scored the game’s first 14 points, but the Cowboys got on the scoreboard with a two-yard run by quarterback Payton Perkins. Perkins passed to Michael Pederson for the two-point conversion to cut the margin to 14-8. Culbertson then scored on a five-yard dash by sophomore