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BILLINGS, MT – On Monday, Aug. 3, the U.S. Census Bureau cut the response period deadline by a full month, from Oct. 31 to Sept. 30, disproportionately affecting the counting of Black, Brown, Indigenous and immigrant communities. The Bureau’s new deadline has sent Montana tribes and social justice organizations like Montana Native Vote (MNV) into crisis mode, fearing a historic undercount that could curtail funding for tribal programs for years to come. In response to the new deadline, MNV has partnered with the Crow Incident Command Cen...
Each year, through the American Indian College Fund, a student is selected for Student of the Year and they are awarded at the Spring American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Spring Student Conference. This student is selected based on: 1. Their community service and volunteer work and a commitment to serve their community after graduation;2. Their grades, with a minimum of 3.00 GPA cumulatively; Full time status; never received a previous degree and an American Indian or Alaska Nativ...
The November 3, 2020 Presidential General Election will be conducted by mail ballot with an in-person voting option, at the Blaine County Courthouse. Beginning October 2, 2020 through Election Day, November 3, 2020; voters can vote/drop-off ballots mailed to them, request and vote a ballot, update your voter registration & register to vote. Ballots will be mailed to active and provisionally registered voters beginning October 9, 2020. Return postage is prepaid meaning you do not need to add any postage to the return envelope if you return your...
USDA is providing additional flexibilities for producers to file on acres with failed crops or crops that were prevented from planting because of extreme weather events. USDA’s Farm Service Agency is adding these flexibilities for Notice of Loss on both insured and uninsured crops to enable Service Centers to best assist producers. Filing for Prevented Planted Acres For insured crops, producers who timely filed a prevented planted claim with the reinsurance company but filed a Notice of Loss (CCC-576) form after the deadline will be c...
Montana State University Extension educators say it is important for people to understand how titling personal property that is owned in joint tenancy with right of survivorship could have unintended consequences. MSU Extension family economics specialist Marsha Goetting and Pondera County Extension agent Wendy Wedum said factors like property title laws and intestacy statutes can impact how property is distributed after a person dies. Joint tenancy with right of survivorship, according to Montana law, takes priority over a written will....
Independence Bank is pleased to announce the recipients of the Independence Bank New Student Scholarship the 2016-2017 academic year. All of the students will be attending Montana State University-Northern and will receive a $1000 scholarship during their freshman year. April Balek is graduating from Chouteau High School and is planning to major in Criminal Justice. Her parents are Robbie and Pamela Balek of Chouteau. Brooke Elliot is graduating from Chinook High School and plans to pursue a...
MISSOULA – At the University of Montana, 2,743 students made the spring semester 2017 Dean’s List and President’s 4.0 List. To qualify for the Dean’s List or President’s 4.0 List, students must be undergraduates, earn a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher and receive grades of A or B in at least nine credits. Students who receive any grade of C+ or below or no credit (NC/NCR) in a course are not eligible. The Montana students listed below made UM’s spring semester 2017 Dean’s List or the President’s 4.0 List. Double asterisks after a name indicate t...
The Midwinter Fair Youth Day was held on Friday, February 3, 2017 and began with the youth in attendance playing games sponsored by different Tribal Programs. Games included Basketball competitions hosted by the CDC program, a music booth that handed out headphones hosted by the Tobacco Prevention Program and go-cart riding through a maze hosted by The Hays/Lodge Pole Gear Up Program. The day was themed after the Mid Winter Fair, which was "Language Through Music." The opening acts were the...
Given annually to recognize the exemplary community service of groups and individuals, Hopa Mountain’s Citizen Leadership Awards are drawn from nominations from individuals through an online process. This year, one award recognizes the work of Havre’s early literacy program, Plant-A-Seed . . .Read!, led by executive director, Lorraine Verploegen. This initiative is enriching the lives of preschool children in literacy and language by promoting the importance of early family literacy; providing awareness of family involvement, and preparing chi...
Yvonne Laird of Chinook has been selected by Governor Steve Bullock to fill the 17th Judicial Court seat being vacated by the retirement of Judge John McKeon. Laird is a graduate of Blue Sky High School in Rudyard, received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Concordia College and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Montana. She currently owns her own practice, Laird Law Office, PLLC, and previously has worked for Montana Legal Services and the Blaine County Attorney's Office as both the...
Helena - In recognition of National Teen Driver Safety Week (October 16-22, 2016), the State Capitol will shine blue this week to share a special message with Montana's teen drivers and their families. The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) has partnered with the Goldhahn family and the @BuckleUpBlue4Lauryn campaign with the goal of increasing teen safety on the road. Fifteen year old Lauryn Kate Goldhahn, a member of the Fairfield Lady Eagle volleyball team, was the passenger in a...
The Blaine County FSA announces fall signup and acreage reporting deadlines. There are several deadlines coming up in the coming months, please take note of the following: Nov. 1: 2016 Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees & Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) Application for Payment Deadline. Nov. 12: All Hay Bales Must be Removed from CRP Nov. 15: 2017 Acreage Reporting Deadline for Apiculture, Perennial Forage, Pasture, Rangeland & Forage (PRF) including Native Grass, Fall Wheat (Hard Red Winter – HRW), and all other Fall-Seeded Small G...
Helena - In recognition of National Teen Driver Safety Week (October 16-22, 2016), the State Capitol will shine blue this week to share a special message with Montana’s teen drivers and their families. The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) has partnered with the Goldhahn family and the @BuckleUpBlue4Lauryn campaign with the goal of increasing teen safety on the road. Fifteen year old Lauryn Kate Goldhahn, a member of the Fairfield Lady Eagle volleyball team, was the passenger in a vehicle that was involved in a rollover accident j...
The American Red Cross will be in town September 13 to host a Blood Drive. Appointments are highly encouraged by the American Red Cross. So, if you have not made an appointment you can go on-line at redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-733-2767 (1-800-REDCROSS). The Red Cross will begin accepting walk in donors at 12:30. Walk in slots will also be available each hour throughout the day. Any healthy person age 18 (or age 16 or 17 with a signed parental consent) or older and weighing at least 110 pounds is eligible and encouraged to donate blood....
“The Bible is central to our faith,” said Pastor Dennis Findorff of Chinook Alliance Church, “but many people are intimidated by its scope and size. The Story gives us a way to journey from Genesis to Revelation together in 31 weeks so everyone understands God’s story and how their story intersects with it.” Chinook, August 25, 2016 – The Bible is the best-selling book in history, but how many people in Chinook are actually reading it? A Gallup survey reports the average American household has four Bibles. However, research by Pew Forum on Re...
Submitted by Tracy Harshman Tracy Harshman, County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, reminds farmers and landowners that FSA soliciting nominating petitions from Blaine County Ag producers interested in serving on the FSA County Committee. The county committee nomination period began on June 15, 2016. Nomination forms must be postmarked or received in the Blaine County FSA Office by close of business on Aug. 1, 2016. For election purposes, counties are divided into local administrative areas (LAA). Each LAA nominates and...
During the evening of April 1st, 2016 at approximately 9:30 pm a male individual entered the Chinook Golf Clubhouse and attempted to steal items of value and damaging the building inside. The individual used a mask and gloves to obscure his identity but does have an identifying walk. The crime was captured on a closed circuit video camera system and one of the still frame captures has been included in this information request. The public are also invited to visit the Blaine County Sheriff's...
State and local public health officials are reminding Montanans to take steps to avoid mosquito bites and prevent infection with West Nile Virus (WNV). Summer is a prime time for exposure to mosquitos capable of transmitting WNV. However, Montanans can reduce their chances of being bitten by following the advice of public health experts. Public health officials are also reminding the public that while WNV is a concern in Montana, Zika virus is not. In fact, the mosquitos that carry Zika virus have not been found in Montana or neighboring states...
The Blaine County Museum will host the Montana Conversation program "Kid Gloves and Brass Knuckles: The Life of Nancy Cooper Russell" with Mary Jane Bradbury on July 19th. The program will be at Blaine County Museum at 7:00 p.m. The presentation is free and open to the public. Funding for the Montana Conversations program is provided by Humanities Montana through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Montana's Cultural Trust, and private donations. Against the backdrop of the...
The University of Montana Western named 488 students to the 2016 spring semester dean’s list. Of those students, six are from Chinook, Havre and Hays. To achieve this honor, students must be enrolled full-time or for 12 semester credits and carry a minimum 3.33 grade point average. Chinook: Jenna Fox and Meghan Ortner received dean’s list honors. Havre: Walter Barber, Neya Bischoff and Michael Field received dean’s list honors. Hays: Natacha Doney received dean’s list honors....
Kyle Butcher, of Chinook, was awarded the coveted Rancher of the Year Award by the Fraternal and Maternal Order of Cowboys and Cowgirls of the Bear Paw Mountains (FMOCCBPM) at a private ceremony on Saturday at the Pat and Blanche Kellam Ranch near Cleveland, Montana. Always the bridesmaid and never the bride, Butcher was runner up so many times some began referring to him as the Susan Lucci of the Bear Paws-a reference to the actress and television host who failed to win a daytime Emmy 18 times...
Today the Nature Conservancy announced the transfer of 760 acres of wildlife habitat to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. The Clear Creek Conservation Project will nearly double the size of the Nevada Creek Wildlife Management Area. It will provide crucial habitat for elk and mule deer, movement corridors for lynx and grizzly bears, as well as habitat for the westslope cutthroat trout. In addition, the project will provide new public access to the Helena National Forest. “This project has enormous benefits for wildlife as w...
Triangle Communications invites public libraries and nonprofit organizations throughout Triangle’s service area to apply for one or more units (no more than ten per entity) of our retired laptop computer lab. By giving away the laptops, Triangle hopes to increase access to broadband technologies, foster digital literacy and encourage the use of online resources. The lab consists of 20 Dell 15” laptops with power cords purchased in 2009. They have been lightly used for workshops and demonstrations. Laptops come “as is” with no additio...
Lane Schmitt, of Chinook, Montana, recently re-enrolled in the American Angus Association®’s MaternalPlus® program as a commitment to making genetic improvements in lifetime cow herd productivity. Breeders participating in MaternalPlus are keenly focused to better evaluate herd reproductive performance, the number one profit driver in the cow-calf industry. MaternalPlus is a voluntary, inventory-based reporting system that collects additional reproductive trait data to provide Angus breeders and their customers the information they need to mak...
Great Falls, MT- Montana Farmers Union has announced it will host the annual Young Producer Conference in Havre at the Best Western Plus, April 1-2.The agenda will include topics ranging from Ag Lending, Tools for Ag Techie-Technology and Agriculture & Social Media by Ryan Goodman with AgriClear. Attendees will also have the opportunity to go off-site to the Northern Ag Research Center for hands-on education on Cattle Handling & Technology, Cover Crops for Grazing and Soil Health. Friday night’s keynote speaker will be blogger and farmer S...
