( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department Dec. 21-27. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: December 21 Laresa Dale, 20, female, 100 block of Helena Street, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, tribal court. December 22 Samuel Birdtail Sr., 32, male, 200 block of Main

( 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 Dec. 22-28 include: Jayden Burton, 19, Plentywood, hold for other agency.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is reminding consumers that starting Jan. 1, odometer disclosures will be required for every transfer of ownership for the first 20 years, beginning with model year 2011 vehicles. Model year 2010 and older vehicles will continue to be subject to the previous 10-year disclosure requirements and thus are

Amanda Jo Marie Gourneau has been charged with criminal endangerment, a felony, after an alleged high speed chase in Roosevelt County on Dec. 11. Bond has been set at $25,000. According to court documents, the Montana Highway Patrol observed a vehicle traveling on U.S. Highway 2, near mile marker 647, at 2:33 p.m. on Dec. 11. The vehicle was missing a front license plate. During a background

The “Montana Water Rights Protection Act” was signed into law by President Donald Trump and permanently settles the centurylong CSKT water dispute, supports Montana jobs, modernizes rural infrastructure and protects the water rights of all Montanans. Back in June, in a U.S. Senate hearing, the Trump administration expressed support for the bipartisan bill with the Department of the Interior

Another arrest has been made in connection to death of 53-year-old Carl Archer Jr., who was found in a room at the Tiger Town Motel in Ballantine. Yellowstone County Sheriff’s office deputies found Archer dead in the motel room at 3:30 a.m. Nov. 2, 2019. China Rose Dawn Davis, 30, originally from Frazer, pleaded not guilty on Dec. 23 to deliberate homicide with a weapons enhancement. Davis

Kaiser Health News Nine months into the pandemic that has killed more than 320,000 people in the U.S., Kim Larson is still trying to convince others in her northern Montana county that COVID-19 is dangerous. As Hill County Health Department director and county health officer, Larson continues to hear people say the coronavirus is just like a bad case of the flu. Around the time Montana’s

The City of Wolf Point has been awarded a $450,000 Community Development Block Grant from the State of a Montana and the Department of Commerce. The award letter from the Office of the Governor states that the monies will be used for wastewater system upgrades to sewer lines and a lift station. Said the letter: “Projects such as this help to promote and develop Montana’s communities and leverage

The Tribal Executive Board met Monday, Dec. 28, to hear from Bureau of Indian Affairs Superintendent Anna Eder and to discuss matters regarding the new wellness center in Poplar, oil drilling rights on fee lands and reports from TEB finance and energy committees. The superintendent’s brief meeting with the board brought news of a new director of social services from the Northern Cheyenne Agency.