At press time, the current list of candidates who have filed for the upcoming tribal elections in October includes incumbent Floyd Azure, Tribal Executive Board member Jestin Dupree and former chairman John Morales. Charles Headdress has filed for vice-chairman. Currently, no one has filed for sergeant at arms or associate judge. The list of candidates for tribal executive board positions

Montana’s political eyes continue to be glued on the districting commission as work continues to divide the state into two U.S. House district and for legislative districts. The Districting and Apportionment Commission will meet again on Tuesday, Aug. 17. During a meeting in July, the commission adopted its goals and criteria for both the new U.S. House district as well as state legislative

( Publisher’s Note: Each week, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office distributes an inmate roster with the names of everyone incarcerated and persons booked into the jail during the previous week and does not necessarily mean there is a new charge or conviction.) Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center over the past week included: Whisper Anderson, 42, Omaha, Neb., hold

The driver who police say rear-ended another vehicle on Interstate 80, causing a crash that killed two people, has been arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated homicide by vehicle, driving while under the influence and causing serious bodily injury and reckless driving. On Sunday, July 18, Braylin Scott Wertenberger of Boulder, Colo., slammed his GMC Sierra pickup into the back of two

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department Aug. 2-8. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: August 2 Vernon Birdsbill, 80, male, Fourth Avenue South and Main Street, stop sign violation, tribal court. August 3 Pepper Zimmerman, 59, female, Fourth Avenue North and Johnson Street,

The sentencing hearing for Clovis Geno has been scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 18, at 10 a.m. in Wolf Point. A jury found Geno guilty of deliberate homicide of Ramona Naramore during a trial in Wolf Point held in May. Naramore was found dead in Culbertson in January 2020 and an autopsy revealed she was killed by strangulation. The trial lasted three days. Jury members deliberated for about