The Roosevelt County commissioners held their regular meeting Tuesday, Aug. 25. A federal general mail ballot election for all active voters county-wide was approved unanimously. County residents who haven’t voted recently will need to activate their status on the county rolls to receive a ballot in the mail. Call the Roosevelt County Clerk and Recorder’s Office at 653-6229 for more information.

Contractors for the Keystone XL pipeline has begun, with a joint public notice published beginning the process of obtaining individual water crossing permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Omaha District, the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy. Keystone XL crosses the Missouri River in Montana downstream