O pinion During this coronavirus pandemic, access to accurate and trustworthy information in your community is as critical to life under quarantine and as sought after as hand sanitizer and face masks. Your local newspaper provides the news and information unique to your community. Where are the testing sites and who’s eligible, which businesses are open, what is the local online unemployment

While people are urged to stay home to help contain the spread of COVID-19, many are turning to a popular hobby – gardening. Working in a garden can help build up physical and mental strength while passing the time and making the trips to the grocery store less frequent. Baylor College of Medicine experts share important information on gardening. Gardening provides an abundance of health benefits

In consideration of the health and safety of its audiences and artists during the coronavirus pandemic, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks has announced it will postpone its 2020 season to 2021. Organizers said that the two plays scheduled for this season, Cymbeline and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, will be performed instead in 2021. A Midsummer Night’s Dream was to be performed in Faith

N ews Roosevelt County Aging Services is happy to report that we are able to continue to safely serve the older adults in our County during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though we are not able to have group gatherings in our Senior Centers (Bainville, Culbertson, Froid and Wolf Point), our Congregate Meals continue to operate at all 5 meal sites (Bainville, Culbertson, Froid, Poplar (Buckhorn),

Wolf Point Congregate Meals April 30: Hot pork sandwiches, mashed potatoes, carrots and dessert. May 5: Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, green beans and dessert. May 7: Baked chicken, baked potatoes, broccoli and dessert.

shortness of breath decrease. Quitting is one of the best things you can do for your own health and the health of those around you. Not sure how to quit? The Montana Tobacco Quit Line can help. It is a free service for all Montanans with free personalized coaching and eight weeks of free nicotine replacement therapy. There are three special programs within the Montana Tobacco Quit Line. First is

The Montana Department of Transportation has resumed construction on a pair of roundabouts at Kirn Road and Fifth Avenue in Poplar, according to Shane Mintz, MDT Glendive district administrator. Construction of the roundabouts was substantially completed in 2019, allowing them to be utilized by motorists throughout the winter and early spring. “With COVID-19 on people’s minds, I wanted