The Roosevelt County Commissioners approved continuing with their contract with the Healthy is Wellness program during their meeting on Tuesday, July 8. Being part of the program is voluntarily for employees. The county and its health provider each pay half of the fees for the program. Cost for the county is about $1,100 a month. “It’s pretty successful,” Commissioner Gordon Oelkers

Gartside Reservoir Fishing Access Site (FAS) has a new fixture, in part thanks to an FWP employee with a special connection to the site. A new sign was recently installed at the recreation site near Sidney honoring game warden Harold Gartside, who lost his life in the line of duty. When Vanessa Zeitner started her career with FWP as an administrative assistant for Region 7 in 2012, she was