Roosevelt County commissioners are researching how to best handle a new law in the state that requires the allowance of regular phone calls and video calls for inmates in the county jail. Senate Bill 7, passed by the 2023 Montana Legislature, states than an inmate is allowed one free phone call, not to exceed 10 minutes, and one free video call, not to exceed 25 minutes, per week. Roosevelt

Cannabis sales seems to be hitting new height in Roosevelt County. For the month of September, the Montana Department of Revenue reports $515,811 in estimated cannabis sales in the county. That translates to $17,193 spent in the county daily on legal cannabis sales. Sales in Roosevelt County were $441,671 in March, $413,116 in April, $439,639 in May, $403,732 in June and $416,713 in July.