After attending the National Association of Counties’ conference held in South Dakota, Roosevelt County Commissioner Gordon Oelkers feels the county should add a visual crisis program that allows law enforcement to connect people in crisis with mental health officials. The system, already used in Montana by Custer County, gives individuals in crisis the chance to communicate through an iPad

Many area school districts recently received good news when the Montana Accreditation Report by the Office of Public Instruction was released. Culbertson earned regular scores for elementary, junior high and high school levels. Brockton had regular scores for its elementary, 7-8 grade and high school. Bainville also earned regular scores for its elementary, 7-8 grade and high school.

After Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy recently announced a report from the Make America Healthy Again Commission, a few leading agriculture groups in Montana expressed their concern. The report suggests that environmental chemical have a potential impact to children’s chronic disease. The chemicals include pesticides used in the ag industry. “Farmers are identified as