The Wolf Point School Board approved recruitment and retention incentives for classified workers during its meeting Monday, June 13. All classified staff members who work the entire school year will receive $1,500 by Nov. 20, 2022, and another $1,500 by June 20, 2023, for a total of $3,000. For employees to receive the full incentive, they must be hired and working for the school district by Oct.

Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester joined his colleagues at the White House for the signing of nine veterans billslast week including three bills authored by Tester to strengthen oversight for veterans, expand veterans’ access to lifesaving breast cancer screenings and care, and improve the Department of Veterans Affairs’ facility- naming process. Tester said, “these new

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced June 10 that Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Arthur B. Summers, 27, of Poplar, Montana, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Oct. 17, 2019. To identify Summers’ remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis, as well as circumstantial and material evidence. According to a press release, Summers was a member of Company

The 119th annual Red Bottom Celebration is set for June 16-19 at Frazer. Categories include golden age men and women combined; adult men’s and women’s fancy, grass and jingle; teen boys’ and girls’ fancy, grass and jingle; and junior boys’ and girls’ fancy, grass and jingle. The Thursday youth session sponsored by Kill Eagle Promotions will begin at 7 p.m. Friday’s session

The Jared Stewart Band will serve as the musical entertainment for this year’s Wolf Point Brewfest scheduled for Saturday, June 18, at the Marvin Brookman Stadium. Stewart performed at Brewfest a few years ago and was well received. His music includes rock and blues tunes. “Jared Stewart is very good, so it should be fun,” Wolf Point Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture board member

Roosevelt County’s commissioners struggled with a tough choice on Thursday, June 2. During the compensation board meeting, commissioners faced the challenge of increasing salaries while not creating budget issues. The meeting dealt with the salaries of elected officials and their deputies. By state law, all elected officials’ salaries are based on the clerk and recorder’s salary, In

Great Northern Development Corporation is seeking community input in developing its next fiveyear Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy. GNDC is a nonprofit Economic Development District and Certified Regional Development Corporation based in Wolf Point. For the past 26 years, GNDC has provided professional business counseling, community development technical assistance, and economic