The Roosevelt County Commissioners held their regular meeting Tuesday, July 7. Minutes were approved for the month and June for the June 30 regular meeting. Minutes were also approved for a compensation board meeting June 30. At the meeting, the commissioners approved a pay raise of $1 per year for the clerk and recorder, effectively freezing that salary. Other elected officials wages have

The old show business phrase, “The show must go on,” kept the 12 people that are the Independence Day fireworks crew determined to not cancel the show due to the Coronavirus and wait out a rain delay with a severe thunderstorm. Increases in COVID-19 positive tests derailed July four fireworks across the nation, forcing cancellations. Wolf Point’s annual fireworks show that starts at

Montana is the oldest state west of the Mississippi, and demographic projections show the state growing collectively older as more Montanans enter their senior years. The economic, cultural and personal impacts of that trend present the state and its residents with new challenges and, with those challenges, opportunities. Graying Pains is a six-month series of weekly stories and broadcasts exploring

COVID-19 Round-Up According to Montana health officials, another 90 COVID-19 cases in the state have been confirmed, according to test results reported from Saturday through Monday. The weekend bumped the state’s total number of known cases over 900. Twenty-three new cases were reported on Saturday, 11 on Sunday and a one-day record of 56 Monday. Nearly 300 people in the state are known