Three sentencing hearings were among the action taken in Roosevelt County District Court in front of District Judge Benjamin Fosland on Tuesday, June 23. Tshauna Azure was sentenced to a two-year commitment with the Montana Department of Corrections for criminal endangerment. The sentence was based on a joint recommendation by the state and defense. Judge Fosland remarked that the two-year

The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office responded to 140 calls from June 22-30. The calls included the following: June 23 Deputies responded for the Fort Kipp area for a woman in labor. Deputies helped the female into the Culbertson ambulance. The effort by deputies to serve a search arrest in Wolf Point’s tribal housing area for unsuccessful. Deputies and the Fort Peck Tribes Department

To celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary, Wolf Point will have its largest fireworks display ever on Saturday, July 4. The display is scheduled to start at 10 p.m. on the location two blocks east of the Sherman Inn. The show is regarded as the largest display in northeastern Montana. “We have some special effect shells this year,” organizer George Blount said. “We have doubled up

Northern Plains Independent To Expand Coverage To Include Scobey Wolf Point’s neighbors to the north will lose their hometown newspaper, the Daniels County Leader, on July 31. With this closure, the Northern Plains Independent plans to expand its coverage to include Scobey and the rest of Daniels County. Daniels County Leader owners Burl and Roz Bowler and their staff are retiring