Roosevelt County commissioners approved the bid from Bishop Inc., for the Shotgun Creek Bridge, Bridge 1010, replacement project during their weekly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 16. The bid from Bishop was $496,780. There were five total bids received. The second lowest bid was $501,362 from Thompson Contracting. John Bach of Interstate Engineering said the county has worked with Bishop on

Roosevelt County Commissioner Gordon Oelkers attended the Big Sky Rail Conference to urge continued support for the Empire Builder in Montana. Although people at the conference said the proposal to add the Amtrak North Coast Hiawatha will not effect the current Empire Building route to northern Montana, Oelkers is still concerned about potential funding challenges. He noted the people making

Town Pump officials said that if Town Pump purchases the Triangle Park property in the future, the purchase will result in about 4,000 square feet for more store product. Town Pump will move its diesel pumps, but will actually decrease its amount of diesel pumps.