Roosevelt County commissioners agreed to a contract with a hiring firm with the goal of finding a registered nurse for the Roosevelt County Health Department. Ironside Human Resources charges an initial fee of $3,000 and then an additional fee of $7,000 if an employee is found. “I feel we’ve pretty much exhausted our local search,” Commissioner Gordon Oelkers said. Commissioners

Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center over the past week included: Jesus Avitia, 32, Aurora, Colo., possession with intent to distribute fentanyl/meth. Noah Bigback, 28, Billings, hold for other agency. Christian Bramley, 25, Billings, hold for other agency. Elijah Bullcalf, 21, Browning, hold for other agency. Catcher Cutstherope, 52, Hays, hold for other agency.

In February, John David Panasuk was ordered to complete an in-patient treatment program and District Judge Benjamin Fosland decided to re-impose a sentence of 20 years with 15 years suspended after Panasuk admitted to violating conditions of his suspended sentence. The sentence delivered in February noted that there could be a harsher punishment if Panasuk doesn’t complete the treatment program

One person is dead after local and county law enforcement responded to a threat at the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse in Helena Friday afternoon, according to authorities. At around 1:30 p.m., Helena police officers and Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the county courthouse, 228 E. Broadway St., after numerous 911 calls reported that a woman was brandishing a handgun.