By Bill Vander Weele Roosevelt County residents voted in favor of establishing local option excise taxes for both medical and non-medical marijuana during the primary election on Tuesday, June 7. Adding a 3 percent special local option tax on non-medical marijuana sold in the county passed by a margin of 1,161 to 363. The option tax for medical marijuana was approved by a 941 to 579 margin.

By Bill Vander Weele Roosevelt County commissioners approved bids for congregate and home delivered meals during a meeting on Thursday, June 9. The bid for congregate meals in Poplar from the Buckhorn Cafe increased from $9 to $10. Bids for home delivered meals also increased in the county. The bid from Northeast Montana Health Services for home delivered meals in Wolf Point and Poplar

Roosevelt County currently has seven active COVID cases. There have been 3,306 total cases in the county. Adult COVID vaccination clinics are scheduled from 3-5 p.m. on June 16 in Wolf Point and June 23 in Culbertson. County health officials encourage all residents aged 5 and up to be vaccinated and those over 16 should consider getting booster doses. Immunizations are by appointment only.

Montana VA is excited to announce a virtual women Veterans town hall will take place on Friday, June 17, at 5 p.m. Veterans can join by phone at 833-560-2071 or by livestream at www.access. live/MontanaVAWomenVet or from Montana VA’s Facebook page (www.facebook. com/VAMontana). “Women are the fasting growing demographic of Veterans within the VA, and Montana VA Health Care System is honored

With about 680 sets in his collection, Curtis Mork hails from Colorado and has the largest Lego collection in the state of Colorado. Mork will have a program at 10 a.m. on July 7 at the Froid Library, 1 p.m. on July 7 at the Culbertson Library and 1 p.m. July 9 at the Roosevelt County Library in Wolf Point. He has been a fan of Lego since he was six years old and, for the past 13 years, has

A Helena judge has ordered that the state Public Service Commission cannot charge fees to conduct legal reviews on documents produced as part of public records requests. The decision came after a lawsuit regarding a request for public information was made last year by a reporter for The Billings Gazette. The newspaper sued the PSC objecting to the charging of legal fees. According to the