The Blaine County Journal News-Opinion - We've Got The County Covered

As conditions deteriorate and drought expands across much of the Northern Plains, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering assistance to farmers and ranchers through numerous federal farm program provisions and continues to monitor the...

Hasn’t this weather been tough on so many of us? Just hot and hotter and hotter and little or no rain and the National Weather Service says it is going to stay that way all through the rest of July. I was afraid to ask them about August. I can w...

Howard Owen Dahl, 81 passed away on July 13th 2017 at Northern Montana Care Center, due to natural causes. Howard was born August 27th 1935 to Andrew and Anna Dahl in Chinook, Montana. He was raised on the family farm south of Chinook until he... Full story

Q: Sometimes I feel like God is very close to me, but then something happens and I begin wondering if He's even there. I wish my faith wasn't so up and down, but it is. Am I always going to be this way? A: No, you don’t always need to be this w...

USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Montana reminds producers affected by the recent drought that disaster assistance programs are available. As of July 13, 2017, the following 17 Montana counties have met the extreme drought (D3) criteria on the U.S....

In February, Governor Steve Bullock appointed me to the Montana Transportation Commission, representing Commission District #3. The three corners of the District are Blaine County in the northeast, Glacier County in the northwest, and Lewis & Clark...

BOZEMAN— Montana State University awarded 1,512 undergraduate degrees during MSU’s 2017 spring commencement ceremonies held May 6 in Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. Students with two asterisks after their name (**) graduated with highest honors. To gra...

Helen and Jim Billmayer went to Nelson Reservoir on Wednesday and stopped back in Malta and had lunch with Linda and Bum Petrie. Susan and Emily Billmayer were to Malta on Saturday. Susan judged flowers at the flower show and Emily visited Kris Booth...

Remember that this coming Friday, July 21st, is the Annual Firemen picnic at the Turner Park. Potluck salads and desserts are asked and the main course will be served by our local Turner Firemen. The drawing for the half of beef will also take...

Summer reading programs will meet for the final time the last week of July. Read-to-Me meets on Tues., July25 at 10 A.M. The Reading Club meets on Thurs., July 27 at 1 P.M. Children have until August 4 to bring in their reading logs. Grand prize...

We had a very large turnout at the annual meeting Friday. Rochelle Wohlschlager and Kathy O’Brien were elected to serve on the board again. The center has a new mission statement, “To provide identified needs of older patrons.” We will be striving to...

In late June the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) issued a notice describing its plans to “repair/replace up to 37 culverts spanning about 24 miles of U.S Highway 2 east of Chinook in Blaine County.” The area of roadway involved begins at...

The Japanese art of flower arranging, Ikebana, continues to bloom in Chinook and northeast Montana where Ikebana has been practiced for 60 years. Allie Marie Uyehara who is originally from Chinook, brought the art back from Japan in the 1950s, sharin...

Bareback Riding 1.) Troy Vaira, 76 points on Brookman Rodeo’s Montego Bay, $526; 2.) Hunter Carlson, 73, $395; 3.) Cavan Wrzesinski, 72, $263; 4.) Chase Redfield, 70, $132. Steer Wrestling 1.) Jordan Holland, 4.5 seconds, $978; 2.) Mike Gollaher, 4...

Mini (Ages 4-8) Goat Ribbon Tying 1.) Kruz Ereaux - Hays 2.) Ryan Bell - Chinook 3.) Gus Buck - Chinook Barrel Racing 1.) Hadley Not Afraid - Hays 2.) Hayden Strauser - Havre 3.) Kruz Ereaux - Hays Flag Racing 1.) Hadley Not Afraid - Hays 2.) Kruz...