Workers with the Montana Department of Transportation prepare to install new roadside signage at the intersection of Highway 16 and U.S. Highway 2 in Culbertson Aug. 7. (Photo by James Walling)

The 2024 Roosevelt County Fair Horse Show started Tuesday, Aug. 6, at 9 a.m. at the Culbertson Saddle Club. The results are as follows: Horse Showmanship Junior Class: Grand champion: Blythe Anderson, reserve champion: Emilynn Priddy- Powell. Horse Showmanship Beginner Class: Grand champion: Tacey Traeger; reserve champion: Sterling Anderson. Horse Showmanship 2-Year-Old Under Saddle

Pending Helena approval, a new Montana state record Chinook salmon was caught on Fort Peck Reservoir on Friday, Aug. 9, reports the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 6 office. At around noon, Jim Fauth of Malta was fishing east of the Fort Peck Marina, trolling a flasher and squid, when he landed the monster fish. Fauth’s fish weighed in at 32.62 pounds on a certified scale, measuring