The highlight of this month’s Billings/ Glasgow weather briefing was a rundown of the flooding impacts on the Milk River during April. According to the National Weather Service in Glasgow, the flooding resulted in 26.24 feet in Saco on April 14, which was the second highest crest on record. The high in Tampico was 27.94 feet on April 15, which was the second highest crest on record at that

(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: Terance Aimsback, 35, Heart Butte, hold for other agency. Shawn Anderson, 45, Plentywood, criminal possession

On May 31 of each year, the World Health Organization and its partners mark this day as World No Tobacco Day to highlight the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States with 480,000 deaths occurring each year. Worldwide, tobacco kills nearly six million people

A North Dakota man who admitted to trafficking fentanyl in the Great Falls community after law enforcement found hundreds of fentanyl pills and a loaded firearm in a vehicle he was driving, was sentenced last week to five years and six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Kelly Sterling Wait, 45, of Williston, N.D,, pleaded