Roosevelt County Commissioner Gordon Oelkers attended the Big Sky Rail Conference to urge continued support for the Empire Builder in Montana. Although people at the conference said the proposal to add the Amtrak North Coast Hiawatha will not effect the current Empire Building route to northern Montana, Oelkers is still concerned about potential funding challenges. He noted the people making

The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office responded to 161 calls during Sept. 15-22. The calls included the following: Sept. 15 Deputies responded to TJ’s Quik Stop in Poplar for a fight between two females. One female was laying in the intersection. She was transported to the hospital. The Fort Peck Tribes Department of Law and Justice and ambulance service assisted. Deputies took a report