According to a report form the Montana Department Health and Human Services, Roosevelt County had 1,571 reported COVID-19 cases as of Feb. 26. The Interim Epidemiological Analysis was completed using data that was available at that time. As of Feb. 26, case count for the state was 99,909. The total figures include 1,058 in Richland County, 822 in Valley, 1,066 in Dawson, 386 in Sheridan,

Amanda Jo Gourneau was sentenced for criminal endangerment during a hearing in district court on Wednesday, April 14. Gourneau changed her plea to guilty for the charge on March 23. Based on a plea agreement, the state sought a five-year suspended sentence and a $500 fine. Defense attorney Mary Louise Zemyan requested a reduction to three years suspended because it’s Gourneau’s first

Gene Foss, 78, of Culbertson died at his home on Sunday, April 11, 2021. Visitation will be from noon to 4 p.m. Friday, April 23, 2021, at the United Methodist Church in Culbertson. Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Culbertson. Burial will take place at a later date.

When the trial for Clovis Christopher Geno, 55, takes place in Wolf Point on May 3-7, prosecutors will include Montana assistant attorneys general David Buchler and Stephanie Robles. Geno of Memphis, Tenn., faces the charge of deliberate homicide in the death of Ramona Hilton Naramore, 62. Jury selection is scheduled for April 28-30. Jury selection will be conducted during a three-day period

Sydney Dethman of Froid/ Lake has been selected for the Montana-Wyoming basketball game featuring the top high school players from the two states. The games are scheduled for June 11, in Sheridan, Wyo., and June 12 in Billings, with the girls playing before the boys. Dethman, an All-State selection, has signed to play collegiate basketball at Fresno State. Because of a prior commitment, Dethman

The wait is over as the deer and elk permit drawing is complete, just 12 days after the application deadline. With the new online application process adopted over the past two years, FWP can complete the drawing much faster than in years past. The wait used to take more than two months. Now it takes less than two weeks. “I thank our customers for adapting and working with us. We know the change

Dear Editor: Greed! At the Roosevelt County Commissioners’ meeting April 13, 2021, I heard more than once the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) money was given to the county and it could be used for anything related to the pandemic. The three county commissioners felt that the best use for $110,000 of that taxpayer money supposedly to benefit the county was to put