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Doctor charged with incest, sexual assault

David Andrew Wolfe, a doctor formerly employed by Indian Health Service in Crow Agency, has been charged with two felony sex crimes in Big Horn County District Court.

Woman charged in Big Horn Justice Court with evidence tampering in hotel death

A woman was accused of removing personal items and wiping down a hotel room after the death of a 72-year-old man.

Pandemic prices could shutter Montana ranches

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Some Montana ranchers will likely go out of business due to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Livestock told state legislators last week.

On the Beat

There were 279 calls listed on the Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office call log from April 21, 2020 to May 4, 2020. The call log may not reflect the number of actual calls made.

Arrested & Booked

April 21
Bryan Patrick Harris was arrested for driving without a valid drivers license and a warrant out of Powell County. His bail was set at $1,090.
 
April 22
No arrests reported.
 
April 23
John Nomme II was arrested for urination or defecation in public. Bond was set at $135.
Alfonda Ryanne Leider was arrested on a Powell County warrant. Bond was set at $10,000.
 

Hardin Senior Center menu

Friday, May 7 – meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetable, salad, angel food cake

Drive-thru birthday party

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In a time like this, where small gatherings are banned to slow the spread of COVID-19, how does one celebrate their birthday?

One Hardin man had quite a unique way to celebrate his birthday with the help of his daughter, friends, and family.

Ruben Weibert, who turned 85 on Tuesday, celebrated his big day with a drive-thru birthday, a quarantinefriendly way to show goodwill and kindness while still maintaining the social distancing protocol.

Mail-order President?

The year 2020 is definitely going to be remembered as the year the world was hindered, with the outbreak of novel coronavirus upsetting virtually every citizen’s daily lives.

Normally, one would not think twice about going to the polls and casting their vote or inviting the census takers into the house to get an accurate count of the household.

However, with the procedures and policies set in place by the CDC and public health officials to slow the easily transmissible respiratory virus, it seems almost unconscionable that these activities would still take place normally.

Bail set at $150K for aunt of 12-year-old homicide victim

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - Bail was set at $150,000 for a woman who is charged with negligent homicide in the death of her 12-year-old nephew near West Yellowstone.

Madison Sasser, 18, was arrested in Texas and appeared at a bail hearing before Gallatin County Justice of the Peace Rick West on Friday, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported.

Montana's Fort Peck tribes report 2 COVID-19 cases

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) _ Montana's Fort Peck Tribes have reported two cases of COVID-19, believed to be the first among the state's seven Indian reservations.

The confirmation was posted Wednesday on the Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux COVID-19 information Facebook page, the Great Falls Tribune reported.

State Medical Officer Dr. Greg Holzman said Tuesday afternoon that "there were no known cases associated directly with the tribal reservations,'' and that 3.5% of those who had tested positive in Montana were Native American.