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

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire departments Dec. 30 through Jan. 5. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: December 30 Ronnie Smith Jr., 22, male, Third Avenue South and Front Street, fleeing/eluding an officer, resisting arrest, theft (felony), criminal possession of dangerous

A patch of ice caused a single car rollover on Red Thunder Road north of Poplar Monday, Jan. 6. The Montana Highway Patrol was called at approximately 12:30 p.m. Riley MacDonald, 18, of Poplar, was driving at the time of the incident. According to MHP Sgt. Jeff Kent, MacDonald and a 17-year-old female passenger were traveling on bare and dry pavement when they hit a patch of ice located at a

A head-on collision near Nashua sent four locals to Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow Saturday, Jan. 4. The Montana Highway Patrol was called at 9:20 p.m. According to MHP Sgt. Jeff Kent, a 2004 GMC Sierra pickup was traveling west in the ditch on the south side of U.S. Highway 2 near mile marker 562 approximately seven miles east of Nashua when it emerged onto the roadway and struck

( 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. 6, 27 prisoners were housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center. Prisoners included: Matthew Wayne Alred, 24, Plentywood,

Montana State University student Rachel Kepl has been interested in working with children with disabilities since she was in high school near Seattle, when she volunteered to work as a peer coach with two classmates who had been diagnosed with autism and one who had been diagnosed with Down Syndrome. She later completed an internship in Seattle at a clinic that provided speech, occupational, physical