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The 2026 Blaine County Primary will have three candidates on the ballot vying to be elected for the 4-year term of Justice of the Peace. They are incumbent Judge Jim Doyle, Sheriff John Colby, and Monty Valdez. Incumbent, Judge Jim Doyle, has presided over the court since 2024 when he was appointed to fill a partial term by the Blaine County Commissioners following the retirement of the prior judge, Perry Miller, who stepped down in December of 2023. This is Doyle's first time on the ballot....
For the first time in 24 years Blaine County's District 1 will have a new commissioner. Currently the position is held by Delores Plumage who is not seeking reelection after serving consecutively since 2002. The June 2nd primary has two Democratic candidates running for the position: Carletta Benson and Curtis Horn. Benson and Horn have many similarities. Both candidates are lifelong residents of Blaine County. Both are interested in tribal and civic politics and have taken time to sit in on...
Jesus Christ is quoted in MARK 3:25 as saying: “25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” Let’s take a look at how the Old Testament Kingdom of Israel ended up being divided into two kingdoms. Here’s the scenario: King Solomon, the third king of Israel (after King Saul and King David), died, designating his son, Rehoboam, as the next king. The tribe of Judah accepted this arrangement - but the other tribes of Israel, because of King Solomon’s heavy taxation and widespread conscripted labor for his grand projects,...
The next book club book is Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt and is now available to pick up. We will meet Monday March 23rd at 6:00 p.m. to discuss the book. We have one non-fiction book available this week. “American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union” by John Meacham unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this mom...
All youth clubs and organizations as well as individual youth are encouraged to enter projects and displays in the Educational Booth Division of the 75th Montana Seed Show to be held March 19-21 at the Harlem High School. This is an opportunity for students in communities, schools, and towns in the surrounding area to showcase innovative, informative, and educational projects. The displays may be entered in either Division I Category for Youth Groups or Organizations; or in Division II Category which is open to individual youth, ages 10-18....
Fourteen amazing Young Medicine Movement (YMM) scholars attended the 2025 American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) National Conference, themed as We Are All Scientists. The conference was held October 2–5 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This year's event brought together Indigenous students, professionals, and educators from across the country to celebrate achievement, share research, and build pathways in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Medicine (STEMM) fields. YMM p...
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Oct. 22, 2025 — The American Red Cross urges donors to give blood now to help curb a drop in donor turnout this fall. Donors of all blood types are asked to book a time to donate at a Red Cross blood donation center or community blood drive to help give hospitals the tools they need to care for patients ahead of the holidays. To say thank you, all who come to give Oct. 27-Nov. 16, 2025, will get $20 in e-gift cards to a choice of merchant, plus automatic entry for a chance to win one of three $5,000 prizes. S...
Five exceptional graduates of the Young Medicine Movement have been selected to join the Northern Arizona University (NAU) CARE (Cultural and Academic Research Experience) Program this summer! Dr. Naomi Lee, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Northern Arizona University, is the Director of the NAU CARE Program. The NAU CARE Program is dedicated to increasing the representation of Native American students in the fields of science, technology, engineering,...
What a day!!!! Just as the sun was setting over Babb, MT around 10 PM on June 25, the first surge of water began its climb through the newly replaced St. Mary siphon outlet-marking a major milestone on its journey to the Milk River. From here, it will wind its way down the St. Mary Canal and eventually reach the North Fork of the Milk River where it will make its journey through Canada before it drops back in to the United States where it will be stored in Fresno Reservoir. We've been getting...
Hillary Maxwell, the MSU Extension agent at Fort Belknap, has been selected to work as a rural ambassador for the Montana Nonprofit Association (MNA). As a rural ambassador, Hillary will be working closely with MNA to support nonprofit capacity and resource-creation for community organizations on and off of Fort Belknap Reservation. Ambassador projects include network building to connect leaders and promote community collaboration, designing custom resources and trainings to meet the needs of local nonprofits, and sharing resources from MNA to...
Time is quickly approaching for the Community Yard Sale on June 7. Eight families have signed up so far to set up in their yards, hoping many more will sign up in the next week. Sellers have two options. Set up in your yard, or set up at the fairgrounds for a fee of $25 per space. Everyone has items in their home they can get rid of, so set up a table to be put on the map. The more people, the more traffic you will get. Sellers can contact Bob Feist at 406 366 3804 to be put on the map for city yard sales, or contact Debbie Ramberg at 406 945...
Thank you all for coming today to help us honor Gail Swant. Gail walked through these doors into the science wing here at CHS for over 40 years. To many freshman science students in their minds, she came every day to terrorize them. Nothing could be further from the truth. She came in every day to give each student the best opportunity to learn everything that she could provide. Gail could seem to be quite stern or humorless, but she wanted to have a safe environment for learning and with almost...
The Harlem Post Office planter, situated in the outside front entry way of the Harlem Post Office, was in need of repair and replacement, the lone plum tree has survived for over two years without a proper planter in need of replacement. Students from a Harlem High School class became aware of this needed project. As a community service project, students then decided to express their creativity and design skills and build a new planter to contain the hardy plum tree and provide a space for...
Spring is here, bringing with it the time for spring clean-up. Recently the Harlem Civic Association sponsored a clean-up day for the town. Harlem High School’s track team did a great job cleaning under very windy conditions on the scheduled day. Two days later, when the weather was more cooperative, other Harlemites also worked cleaning up paper and trash. The Civic Association then picked up the bags of garbage. Following the clean-up, hot dogs, nachos and bars were furnished by the Civic group. Soon the Harlem Main Street light poles will b...
Last Wednesday afternoon, Chinook High School senior forward Jackson Nordboe officially signed his letter of intent to play basketball at Montana State University-Northern. He was surrounded by family, friends, teammates, and coaches at the Floyd-Bowen Gymnasium when he made his proclamation. "Jackson is a guy who has always been around our program whenever he can be ... during the season, and in the off-season at our Summer League and camps," Northern coach Shawn Huse said. "His passion for...
By Karolee Cronk The 2024 Montana Seed Show Bread Show had many tasty bread entries. Blue Ribbon Winners were: Adult - White Bread-Aschlea Schroder, 100% whole wheat bread-Amanda Powell, Machine White bread-Brittany Dawson, Machine Combo bread-Kristi Warburton, Specialty bread-Sharon Reed. Youth - White Bread-Norah Zellmer, Specialty Bread-Jessa Schroder. The sweepstakes winner was Jessa Schroder with her specialty bread. 2025 will mark the 75th Montana Seed Show in Harlem. Bakers, be ready...
BOZEMAN – Montana State University has announced its undergraduate honor rolls for fall semester 2023. There are two MSU honor roll lists: the President’s List and the Dean’s List. To be eligible for the lists, students must be enrolled in at least 12 college-level credits. This honor roll list was current as of Jan. 11 and includes all registration corrections or grade changes processed to that date. Students with a 4.0 GPA for the semester were named to the President’s List. An asterisk follows their names below. The Dean’s List includes...
L The Day Eagle Hope Project, inspired by Tescha Hawley, a member of the Gros Ventre tribe on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, was recognized as a Top 10 CNN Hero during CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute Sunday, Dec. 10. Day Eagle Hope Project was celebrated by CNN Heroes for its work toward helping victims of cancer and healthy food sustainability. Presenting the award was actress Edie Falco, who made a special appearance to present the honor to Tescha Hawley, founder of the nonprofit, in...
As a past Paramedic/firefighter I want to bring attention to another 1st Responder that is rarely recognized or thanked. Recently one of our County Newspaper articles had a thank you given only to the Police, Fire, and ambulance. We do not value our Tow Truck Drivers or Wrecking Crews. They too face the horrors of every bad accident scene; get called out at all hours of the night and work in the worst weather, longer than any other 1st responders. More Tow Truck Drivers are killed or injured every year on these calls than police or fire...
The 2023 Montana Seed Show will be remembered as a very snowy, travel-stopping event. However, many areas, including the bread show, had a good number of entries. The breads were quite tasty. Patty Quisno, Harlem, was the overall winner with her white bread entry. She was also the blue ribbon winner with her 100% whole wheat bread and placed second with her specialty bread. Other winners were: White bread: 2nd—Ashlea Schroder, 3rd—Kellie Rasmussen 100% Whole wheat: 2nd—Jasmine Powell, 3rd—Tara Baird Machine white: 1st—Sharon Reed, 2nd—Krist...
GREAT FALLS, Mont., June 22, 2022 — As summer officially begins and people gather for holiday celebrations, the American Red Cross reminds communities that patients are counting now on the generosity of blood donors, especially around the Fourth of July. The Red Cross sees about a 21 percent decline in blood donations during holiday weeks, including Independence Day. When blood donations drop, so does the blood supply, making it extremely challenging to ensure blood is available when hospitals need it. By scheduling and keeping appointments i...
Paulette Cronk of Chinook has been selected as one of the MSU-Northern Foundation's Founders Excellence Award recipients for 2021. Paulette Cronk, a Northern graduate of the class of '63, has been active with Northern for over 30 years which included time served on the Alumni Board and the Foundation Board as well as various committees. She currently is active with the F.A.N (Friends and Alumni of Northern) Committee that puts on area events and fundraisers. The committee and the board...
Fort Belknap Agency, Montana-Aaniiih Nakoda College is pleased to announce the addition of the Student Support Services Project (SSSP). This is funded through the Department of Education – TRIO program and is funded for five years. Staff include Ramona Horn, Director. Ramona worked at ANC when it was Fort Belknap College as an instructor and the Assistant Dean of Instruction. She worked for many years in TRIO programs for the Fort Belknap Indian Community. Ramona is excited for her new job a...
The library is open to the public under Phase I guidelines for Montana’s reopening. Please do not come to the library is you are sick. Practice good hygiene when you enter the building such as washing your hands or using hand sanitizer before touching materials or computers. It is recommended that masks are worn. Only eight patrons will be allowed in at one time for a limit of thirty minutes. We continue to sanitize and quarantine all returned materials before they are shelved. Curbside service and home or mail delivery continue upon r...
Harlem’s Montana Seed Show will be held March 12-14 at Harlem High School. We would like to encourage the 4-H’ers in your county to enter the bread contest. There is a youth division (high school seniors and younger) with prizes in each category. Categories are: White bread, 100% whole wheat bread, machine white , machine 50% combination whole wheat, and specialty yeast bread. Entry day is Friday, March 13, 8-9:30 AM at the school’s big gym. Bread should be placed in a large zip lock or twist tie plastic bag with the recipe included. All bread...
