After the Montana Essential Air Service Task Force unanimously recommended Cape Air to be kept as the regional provider, the Roosevelt County commissioners have provided a letter of support for Cape Air to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The letter includes, “As a rural community in Montana, travel is essential to obtain health care services that may not be provided by our local hospitals

(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: Evirso Ampude, 48, hold for U.S. agency. Javian Azure, 21, Wolf Point, hold for Fort Peck Tribes. Ricky

Six Wolf Point residents convicted in the kidnapping and assault of a girl on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in 2021 were sentenced this month to prison terms for their roles in the attack, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said on June 27. All six of the defendants pleaded guilty earlier to kidnapping an individual under 18. All defendants initially faced a mandatory minimum of 20 years to

Culbertson July 7: Pork roast, mashed potatoes, vegetable and dessert. July 10: BLTs, vegetable and dessert. July 14: Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, vegetable and dessert. *** Bainville July 6: Scalloped potatoes and ham casserole, vegetable and dessert. July 11: Meatloaf, baked potatoes, vegetable and dessert. July 13: Baked chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetable and dessert.

Legislators overrode another veto issued by Gov. Greg Gianforte last week, this time an appropriations bill that includes the mechanism to send marijuana tax money to a habitat improvement program through another vetoed bill that several groups have sued over. Representatives for the Montana Association of Counties, Wild Montana and the Montana Wildlife Federation last week lauded legislators’