(Publisher’s Note: Each week, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office distributes an inmate roster with the names of persons incarcerated at the jail and does not necessarily mean there is a new charge or conviction.) Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center included: Shawn Andersen, 45, Plentywood, criminal possession of drug paraphernalia. Javian Azure, 21, Wolf Point,

A Wolf Point woman suspected in the death of a child on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation admitted to a murder charge on Wednesday, May 31, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Heather Dawn Smith, aka Heather Dawn Yellow Owl, 32, appeared for arraignment on a superseding information charging her with second degree murder and pleaded guilty to the crime. She faces a maximum of life in prison,

David Dean Winn is facing one felony charge and other offenses from a chase that occurred in Roosevelt County on May 21. The felony charge is for criminal endangerment. He is scheduled to make his initial appearance in district court on Wednesday, June 14. Bail was set at $100,000. If convicted of the felony offense, Winn faces a maximum sentence of 10 years, a $50,000 fine or both.

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., announced last week that he has secured $26 million in Bureau of Land Management funding for landscape restoration and resilience projects across Montana. Tester secured the funding from his Inflation Reduction Act, which he was the only member of Montana’s congressional delegation to support. “Healthy public lands are critical to the thousands of jobs supported

The Wolf Point Museum is officially ready for the summer season after county commissioners approved two hirings on Thursday, June 1. Hired to return at the museum were Sarah Wagner as curator and Sandra Woodstock as museum aide. Five individuals were hired for the county’s weed districts. The student employees are Jade Emly, Jesus Guzman, Trever Powell, Hugh Donaldson and Isaiah Bjorge.