Roosevelt County’s commissioners struggled with a tough choice on Thursday, June 2. During the compensation board meeting, commissioners faced the challenge of increasing salaries while not creating budget issues. The meeting dealt with the salaries of elected officials and their deputies. By state law, all elected officials’ salaries are based on the clerk and recorder’s salary, In

Great Northern Development Corporation is seeking community input in developing its next fiveyear Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy. GNDC is a nonprofit Economic Development District and Certified Regional Development Corporation based in Wolf Point. For the past 26 years, GNDC has provided professional business counseling, community development technical assistance, and economic

Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and John Hoeven, R-N.D., led a bipartisan group of senators last week urging the leaders of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Committee to provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with the necessary resources to properly staff and secure the U.S.-Canada border in fiscal year 2023. Tester and Hoeven outlined the importance of providing CBP with sufficient

Upon acquisition of First Community Bank, Opportunity Bank expanded into the communities of Culbertson, Froid, Glasgow, Ashland, Hinsdale and Three Forks. Opportunity Bank officials report these communities have all seen external signs changed, however, the focus is still on strong customer relationships and quality banking products and services with the same people working inside. Opportunity

Businesses looking for guidance about resources to improve their operations can attend one of three upcoming Assistance for Business Clinics. The Wolf Point clinic is co-sponsored by Great Northern Development Corporation and the Montana Department of Labor & Industry on Thursday, June 16, at Great Northern Development Corporation from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Miles City clinic is co-sponsored

( 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: Kenneth Alred, 50, Sheridan County, hold for other agency. Christina Amy, 36, Casper, Wyo., sexual assault.