As of press time Tuesday, Sept. 1, Roosevelt County has nine current active cases of COVID-19. Thirty- two cases are listed as recovered and there has been one confirmed death. Forty-two total cases have been reported since the beginning of the pandemic. The case count changes daily and all are encourage to visit the Roosevelt County Health Department’s Facebook page or call 653-6124 for confirmation

took an assignment in Helena. And there was help in the form of one Murph Powers in brown Carhartt bibs coming to the rescue after the kids and I were locked out of both house and running car one winter morning. It was even funnier with Larry in uniform right below the ladder as we watched Murph crawl through our window and return with keys, saying, “I’m from Butte.” I have attended several

SEALED BIDS SOUGHGT TSHIP Modular Office Building Construction Notice is hereby given that separate sealed bids will be received for the construction of TSHIP Modular Office Building located in Poplar, Montana and received at TSHIP Building, Attn: Raejean Belgarde, 708 2nd Ave West Poplar, MT 59255 until 10:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME, on September 15 2020. The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud

Monday evening, Aug. 17, the Roosevelt County Health Department issued a press release announcing the first Coronavirus-related death of a county resident. No age or gender were included in the press release. Patty Presser, Roosevelt County Health Department director, stated in the press release, “We send our sincere condolences to the family and friends of this community member. We ask that

Congressman Greg Gianforte led a bipartisan effort Aug. 14 to eliminate barriers to health data for Native Americans. Gianforte’s bill reaffirms that Tribal public health authorities are entitled access to public health data. Gianforte introduced the Tribal Health Data Improvement Act, H.R. 7948, with members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, including Consumer Protection and

The Lustre Schools released their fall re-entry plan last week. “The objectives of our school re-entry plan for this fall are to prevent the spread of the virus among our students, staff and community members, while maintaining a direct instructional delivery, so that our children can enjoy the benefits of a quality education that our students have enjoyed for generations,” read the notice.