The Wolf Point Education Association and Wolf Point School District made positive progress in language proposals during the mediation meeting held on Wednesday, Aug. 10. The sides agreed on pay for concession workers, ticket sellers and ticker takers for individuals who aren’t already receiving pay through an extra-duty contract. An agreement appeared to be made regarding longevity pay

Roosevelt County is one of Montana’s top counties when it comes to born-and-bred residents, according to the U.S. Census Bureau data. Roosevelt County ranks sixth with 8,433 of its 11,091 residents born in Montana. That’s a rate of 76 percent. Of the rest of the county’s population, 13.5 percent were born in the Midwest and 6.1 percent were born in the West region. The data reports

Current plans are to renovate the tribal jail in Poplar in order to create a safer facility. Charles Headdress, tribal vice chairman, said the hope is that federal funds can be used for the project. He feels it would be a lengthy process and no set dollar amount is yet to be determined. “It’s going to be a pricey thing,” Headdress said. Currently, about 20 prisoners are being housed

The Roosevelt County Commissioners approved a bid from Pyramid Network Services for a radio tower during their weekly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 2. The bid was for $582,858.99. The other bid for the project came from Mesquite Valley Communications for $678,394.18. Commissioner Gary Macdonald made the motion to approve the Pyramid bid and the motion was approved. “They will shoot for the

The Wolf Point Volunteer Department were called to two separate fires at approximately 4 a.m. on Thursday, July 28. Initially, firefighters were paged by the Roosevelt County Dispatch Center to a dumpster on fire near the Third Avenue South and Dawson Street. Almost immediately, dispatch notified them of a structure fire as well. A house on the corner of Custer Street and Third Avenue South,

The traditional Wadopana celebration is coming up Aug. 5-7 in Wolf Point. Grand entries are scheduled Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Camping day is Thursday, Aug. 4. Arts and crafts stands, toy stands and food stands will be on offer. The daily flag raising will be at 8 a.m. Darcey Anaquod will be head man dancer. Imogen Lilley will be head woman dancer. Riley Smith