The Roosevelt County Commissioners officially approved a resolution on Thursday, June 29, to establish new precinct boundaries that determine residents eligible to be commissioner candidates. Commissioner Gordon Oelkers explained that District 1, which Oelkers represents, had 400 more people than District 3, which is represented by commissioner Robert Toavs. The boundary for District 3

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont, has announced that he will continue to block President Biden’s nominees to serve as members of the Amtrak Board of Directors for failure to comply with the geographical representation requirements which he secured through his bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Five of the nominees are from Northeast Corridor states, directly violating provisions secured