As shown on the adjoining graphs accompanying this article, Roosevelt County/Fort Peck Tribes experienced a sharp increase in reported COVID-19 cases. The ages of cases are spread among all age groups. According to Helen McCaffrey, Montana Department of Health and Human Services epidemiologist assigned to assist Roosevelt County/ Fort Peck Tribes: •The number of COVID-19 cases in Roosevelt

In total, Montana will see the addition of more than 250 enumerators working to count Montanans to ensure that Montana is properly represented in the 2020 census. The deadline to complete the census is Oct. 31. U.S. Senator Steve Daines announced Sept. 16 that he has successfully secured additional support and resources from the Trump administration to improve Montana’s census count.

The Roosevelt County Commissioners approved a new door for the shop in Bainville during Tuesday morning’s meeting, Sept. 22. Commissioners explained that the shop has featured an old insulated door for years. The new two doors and opener will cost $12,645 from Overhead Door Company. Commissioners also approved the purchase of a new copier machine for the clerk and recorder’s office. Cost

Savanna’s Act, bipartisan legislation to address the nation’s crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women, unanimously passed the U.S. House of Representatives Sept. 21. The measure, which Congressman Greg Gianforte introduced with a bipartisan group of lawmakers, will go to President Trump’s desk. “Montana faces a tragic crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women. They are

A Wolf Point man accused of selling meth in a casino on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation admitted methamphetamine trafficking charges Monday, Sept. 21, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. Chance Justin Redstone, also known as CJ Redstone, 35, pleaded guilty to distribution of meth. Redstone faces a mandatory minimum five years to 40 years in prison, a $5 million fine and at least four years

A California man who admitted to trafficking meth for supplying almost two pounds of the drug, which was drug hidden in a peanut butter jar and a piñata and mailed to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, was sentenced Thursday, Sept. 17, to six years in prison and five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. Don Fred Baldwin, 47, of Merced, Calif., pleaded guilty in May to distribution

( 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.) For the week ending Sept. 21, 21 prisoners have been housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center: Lee Damm, 27, Culbertson, arrest