Roosevelt County Fire Warden Mike Olson told the Northern Plains Independent that fire danger is mounting, despite a below-normal fire season generally. “With the wet spring and summer that Roosevelt County has experienced, our fire season has been below normal,” Olson said. “The amount of growth with the wet weather has added to our fuel loading in the county and now that annual grasses

A 30-acre fire was put out east/northeast of Sugar Top Hill near Culbertson Saturday, Aug. 13. The alarm was raised around 3 p.m. with the Roosevelt County Fair wrapping up nearby. The Culbertson Volunteer Fire Department responded with assistance from Bainville and Froid fire departments. No structures were burned in the fire. Froid Fire Chief Cam Fiede told the Community News that a

Ryne Allen Darvis, 36, of Plentywood, was killed after being struck by a vehicle on US Highway 83 near Minot, N.D., around 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7. Darvis was struck by 58-year-old Yvonne Wollemann, who was driving northbound in the left lane of US Highway 83 heading from Watford City to Minot in a 2008 Hummer. According to media reports, Darvis was in the middle of Wollemann’s lane when the

Culbertson Aug. 12: Hamburger gravy over mashed potatoes, vegetable and dessert. Aug. 15: Baked fish, macaroni and cheese, vegetable and dessert. Aug. 19: Baked chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetable and dessert. *** Bainville Aug 11: Slushburgers, cheesy hashbrowns, vegetable and dessert. Aug. 16: Scalloped potatoes and ham casserole, vegetable and dessert. Aug 18: Barbecue chicken,

The public is encouraged to attend these upcoming events at Fort Buford and the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center near Williston. All events are free and open to the public. All times are Central time. Programs and times are subject to change. Aug. 18: Confluence History Book Club, 7 p.m. “To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876”