Roosevelt County commissioners discussed the impacts of adding time clocks for courthouse employees during a meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 6. Commissioner Robert Toavs explained that employees have been writing their time worked down and having their department heads signed off on the hours. Commissioners then must approve the hours. Toavs feels it would be a better “checks and balances”

After sitting in 48th place in October, Roosevelt County has improved to 44th place in November when the latest information was released last week. Roosevelt is tied with Lake and Powell counties with an unemployment rate of 3.9 percent. The two counties in Montana with the lowest unemployment are Carter and Powder River at 2 percent each. Tied for third at 2.2 percent are Richland, Fallon

Channing Eder of Wolf Point is facing two charges in U.S. District Court for the District of Montana in Great Falls. Charges are possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. If convicted, the mandatory minimum sentence is 15 years to life imprisonment, a $20,000 fine and at least 10 years of supervised release. The second count is being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.

This January, the Department of Public Health and Human Services is urging Montanans to take control of their health with life-saving cervical cancer screenings and prevention tools. Cervical cancer is the fifth most common cancer diagnosed among women under the age of 50 in Montana. On average, 38 women in Montana are diagnosed with cervical cancer, and nine lose their lives to the disease