04 June 2020

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Commissioners Discuss Road, Crossing Improvements;  Minor Subdivision Plans Approved

Commissioners Discuss Road, Crossing Improvements; Minor Subdivision Plans Approved


The Roosevelt County Commissioners held their regular meeting Tuesday, June 2. Commissioners Gordon Oelkers, Duane Nygaard and Gary Macdonald were present. Attendance via conference call was optional. Oelkers gave an update about changes to County Road 1013, where another individual died recently crossing the main BNSF rail line. Two local men were killed at the same crossing in August 2019.

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Collision Near Bainville Claims Sidney Man

Collision Near Bainville Claims Sidney Man


A Sidney man is dead after an Amtrak passenger train collided with a John Deere 4940 sprayer tractor at mile marker 653 on U.S. Highway 2 between Bainville and Culbertson May 29. The accident occurred shortly before 11 a.m. A small fire also broke out at the scene. Rocky Norby, 65, was driving the tractor and died on impact. According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Ross Tuggle, the train was

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Bringing Knowledge And Comfort To The Classroom

Bringing Knowledge And Comfort To The Classroom


Seeley Swan Pathfinder “Don’t bring in a rocker — I don’t need those kinds of things,” Pearl Hawkins told Seeley Lake Elementary preschool teacher Sheila Devins on her first day as a foster grandparent. “I’m going to get down in the beanbags with the kids.” Sixteen years later, “Grandma Pearl,” nearly 78, is the longest-serving foster grandparent in Missoula County, having

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Senior

Senior


N ews Montana entered phase two of Reopening the Big Sky on June 1. During phase two, vulnerable populations should continue to follow the stay-at-home directive. All of us at Roosevelt County Aging Services cannot wait to see everybody’s smiling faces for congregate meals once we reach phase three of the governor’s directive. It has been nice seeing everybody coming to pick up their meals

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