In celebration of National Public Health Week, the Department of Public Health and Human Services has announced that its Public Health and Safety Division has been recognized as a Healthy People 2030 Champion from the federal Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Healthy People 2030 is the fifth iteration of the Healthy People initiative, which sets 10-year data-driven objectives

Music students did well at the district music festival held Friday and Saturday at Poplar High School. Debby Cattell’s 30 member choir, grades 7-12, earned superior ratings on Shine Jesus Shine and God Bless America and an excellent on sight reading. The band, under the direction of Dan Marasco, earned all superior ratings on Toccata & Chorale by Curnow and Come Thou Fount

The Roosevelt County Library board held its regular meeting March 25. Attendees included Roosevelt County Library acting chair Joyce Harvey, trustees Helen Welte, Perry Lilley Sr. and Vernie Madison, Froid Library director Sheri Harvey and Roosevelt County Library director Janet Livingston. The purchases for surveillance cameras were the only non-ordinary purchases. The last of the security