The Roosevelt County commissioners held their regular meeting Tuesday, Aug. 25. A federal general mail ballot election for all active voters county-wide was approved unanimously. County residents who haven’t voted recently will need to activate their status on the county rolls to receive a ballot in the mail. Call the Roosevelt County Clerk and Recorder’s Office at 653-6229 for more information.

Contractors for the Keystone XL pipeline has begun, with a joint public notice published beginning the process of obtaining individual water crossing permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Omaha District, the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy. Keystone XL crosses the Missouri River in Montana downstream

lotter ( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department Aug. 17-23. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: August 18 Jordan Ricker, 32, male, 400 block of Idaho Street, disorderly conduct, tribal court. August 19 Ryan Craig Hunsley, 32, male, 400 block of Garfield and Hill street

oster ( 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 Aug. 25, 31 prisoners had been housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center over the past week. Prisoners included:

Last week, U.S. Senator Jon Tester announced nearly $4 million in Recovery Assistance Revolving Loan Funds and more than $11 million in Recovery Assistance Grants to help communities across Montana recover from the coronavirus pandemic as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The $3.9 million in Recovery Assistance grants for Montana Tester announced today includes

The North Dakota Highway Patrol reported that a 24-year-old man and a one-year-old boy died and a three-year-old boy was injured in a two-vehicle crash on N.D. Highway 1804, about 30 miles east of Williston, on Friday, Aug. 21. The victims have been identified as Trenton Beston and his one-year-old son, Enright, of New Town. Beston’s three-year-old son, Trenton Beston Jr., remains in a Fargo