Poplar honored its senior standouts with a star quilt ceremony for senior night on Saturday, Feb. 6. The event was held prior to the basketball game against Wolf Point. Seniors in the boys’ basketball program included Wilfred Lambert and Inyan Growing Thunder. Seniors for the girls’ basketball team were Dusti Marottek, Keandra Martell, Macey Dionne, Catherine Bear and Kahomani Charboneau.

In two games that went to the wire, Poplar’s basketball squads came up short against Dodson during home action on Monday, Feb. 8. Poplar’s boys accounted for an excellent comeback before losing to Dodson, 80-77, in overtime. The Indians trailed by a 42-27 margin midway into the third quarter, but Poplar then exploded for 14 straight points on two three-pointers by William Youngman, a three-pointer

If you heard a big cheer from Wolf Point High School on Saturday, Jan. 30, it was due to the announcement that Daniel Sears earned the Class B state speech championship in the category of spontaneous oral interpretation. Wolf Point’s speech and drama advisor Wendy Connelley explained that the excitement of the Wolf Point High School junior taking first wasn’t only felt in Wolf Point but rather

The Roosevelt County Commissioners unanimously appointed Frank A. Piocos as the new county attorney on Monday, Feb. 1. Piocos will finish the term of Austin Knudsen, who was elected the state’s new attorney general in November. Piocos starts the new job immediately. His appointment will last under Dec. 31, 2022. The next general election is scheduled for Nov. 1, 2022, and then the elected

There was a repeat winner in the Wolf Point Spelling Bee on Thursday, Jan. 29. Griffin Azure, an eighth-grade student, earned the title for the second straight year. In the ninth round, Azure and Shiloh Headress were the only two of 24 participants remaining in the competitions. Azure spelled “stretcher” correctly while Headress had a mistake in that round. Azure than spelled “mustard”