R eports Next week, members of the Montana Legislature will head back to Helena to participate in “Legislative Week.” This is an opportunity for our state lawmakers to continue to engage each other and the broader public in important policy topics on the minds of many Montanans. Just three short years ago, Montana faced massive cuts to the state budget, which decimated services across

The American Red Cross will be in Wolf Point on Thursday, Jan. 23, from noon to 6 p.m. for a blood drive at the First Lutheran Church, 415 Johnson St. Indian Tacos and pie will be served. Appointments are strongly recommended to speed wait times. To make an appointment, visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code wolfpoint or call 406-868-0911.

( 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.) As of Jan. 13, 24 prisoners were housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center. Prisoners included: Matthew Wayne Alred, 24, Plentywood,

As agricultural commodity prices suffer in President Donald Trump’s multi-fronted trade war, Montana farmers have received at least $114 million in 2019 payments from a federal program intended to help them weather the storm. The Market Facilitation Program, administered by the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Services Agency, had made payments to 8,279 unique agricultural producers

The Roosevelt County Commissioners held their first regular meeting of the year Tuesday, Jan. 7. Commissioners Gary Macdonald and Gordon Oelkers were in attendance. The commissioners approved minutes for December, as well as minutes for the Dec. 17 regular meeting. Minutes were also approved for a Jan. 2 nomination meeting. Oelkers was elected the new presiding officer. Oelkers was named

Parenting is tough these days … who couldn’t use help? Roosevelt County Health Department has an active home visiting program with staff trained in a myriad of family and parenting topics who come alongside parents with children during pregnancy and up through kindergarten age. How do home visitors help? •They get to know you, your child and the family by visiting you in your

Since 2005, the Eastern Montana Brownfields Coalition has provided landowners in the 15 counties of eastern Montana, including those within the Fort Peck and Northern Cheyenne Reservations, access to EPA grant funds to assess and clean up contaminated properties. EMBC currently has $2.2 million in EPA funding available to assist landowners that have plans to revitalize or sell their properties

Roosevelt County has seen an increase in respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, cases in recent weeks. Between Dec. 15 and Dec. 28, Roosevelt County has a total of seven cases. RSV is a common respiratory virus that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms. Most people recover in a week or two, but RSV can be serious, especially for infants and older adults. In fact, RSV is the most common cause