Nurse practitioner Karan Harkness of Fayette, Ala., is currently assisting the health department in Wolf Point with immunizations and COVID-19 related case investigations. Harkness is working under the supervision of the health department with funding from the National Native Children’s Trauma Center in Missoula. She told the Northern Plains Independent that she has been in the area since January.

Karli McGowan was raised in the Wolf Point area and attended Wolf Point High School. She taught previously for Wolf Point schools from 2009-2015 before taking a position at Fort Peck Community College from 2015-2019. She will be team teaching math for high school students and running her own classroom for the junior high. McGowan said her hobbies include competitive barrel racing and

New social studies teacher Wyatt Murdoch is the child of teachers. He said the profession is both a passion and a family trade. Murdoch was raised in Ennis and attended college in Bozeman at Montana State University, where he received a double major in secondary education and history. He said his hobbies include photography and hiking. Regarding teaching the pandemic, Murdoch said it’s

Plaintiffs Lanny and Kris Treasure of Poplar filed a complaint in U.S. District Court Wednesday, Aug. 26, that alleges the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes for starting a 7,000-acre fire started a fire using a broken swather and further claims that the Bureau of Indian Affairs mismanaged fighting that fire. Among the defendants in the complaint are the BIA, the Fort Peck Tribes, Dale and

Dad’s Bar & Grill received their first dollar certificate from the Wolf Point Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture Sept. 4. Chamber director Jan Bryan presented new owner Matthew Ayers, 33, of Poplar with his certificate. Ayers told the Northern Plains Independent that he tended bar for former Dad’s owner Dusty Black for years before taking over ownership July of 2020. “The bar

Chanté Project staff are offering a series of interviews and talks with tribal leaders online via a YouTube channel, according to project director Marty Reum. The channel features nearly 50 clips ranging from under two minutes to 29 minutes. Interviewees and speakers include Kenny Shields talking about subjects like “the story of rock,” “riverside church” and Cuthead band campsite.”