Roosevelt County remains one of the counties with the highest percentage of unemployment in the state. According to the Montana Department of Labor and Industry, Roosevelt is tied with Granite County for 49th place with an unemployment rate of 5.1 percent. Roosevelt County has 34 less individuals employed than at this time in 2025. Montana’s unemployment rate dipped sightly in June to 3.3 percent.

In last week’s article regarding Poplar’s Grace Wood being in the Taste of Home’s favorite chef contest, the last paragraph should read, “But she does use her cooking ability in the classroom. She honors birthday students with birthday cakes throughout the school year. “That’s become a thing,” she said. This newspaper regrets the error. People are reminded to keep voting for