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The Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club will host its Art in the Garden Tour on Saturday, June 21, in Havre. The self-guided tour will feature four garden locations: 1166 Cleveland Avenue, 1145 Grant Avenue, 1208 Wilson Avenue, and 419 South Dell Avenue. Guests may visit the gardens in any order they choose. Refreshments will be available at each location, and local artists will be on hand to showcase their work. Visitors will also have the opportunity to purchase donated artwork. In addition,...
P.E.O. Chapter AZ awarded three scholarships on Tuesday, June 2nd during the Havre High School 2026 Scholarship Awards ceremony hosted by the Havre Public Schools Education Foundation. The event took place in the Havre High School auditorium. The three recipients of the scholarships were seniors Mackenzie Hanson, Lynsie Molitor, and Kali Schubert. Each received $500. Paulette Cronk, current president of P.E.O. Chapter AZ, was in attendance to present the awards. All three recipients have been...
The Blaine County Clerk & Recorder/Assessor/Election Administrator race features both an incumbent, Pauly Miller, and challenger Savannah Wendeln vying for the role. It might be the longest title for a position on the ballot. And the position itself is as wide-ranging as its title suggests. The office oversees responsibilities tied to property taxes, land ownership records, election administration and integrity, public records access, and county financial operations. Miller, a Republican, won...
The seat for Hill County Justice of the Peace is up for election, with only one candidate appearing on the primary ballot. Voting by mail has already begun, and in-person voting will take place on June 2. The sole filing candidate is Mane Acosta, who has been employed as a judicial administrative assistant for the Hill County Justice Court of Record. Acosta has served in her current role for the past four years, with the most recent two years spent serving as Judge Pro Tempore for current Hill County Judge, the Honorable Audrey Barger. Judge...
First-time candidate Chris Adair will be on the ballot for Blaine County Sheriff this fall. The role includes serving the entire county including the communities of Chinook, Harlem, Zurich, Turner, and the surrounding rural residence of Blaine County. The position also works in conjunction with Fort Belknap and the tribal authorities. The current sheriff, John Colby, is retiring from the role to run for Blaine County Justice of the Peace. We reached out to learn more about Adair, on the ticket...
The Republican primary campaign is in full swing for state House District 28 (HD28) with two new candidates on the ballot. Chisholm Christensen and John South have thrown their hats in the ring to replace Representative Eric Albus. In this election cycle, Albus is choosing to run for state Senate District 14 to replace Russ Temple. Temple will term out of the state senate seat in the next legislative window. HD28 spans an area across north-central Montana, including most of the residence within...
On June 2nd, three candidates will be on the primary ballot vying for Hill County Commissioner for District 1. The Democratic ticket will include both incumbent Jake Strissel and Brett Moen. Christine Wold is running unopposed on the Republican ticket and will face the winner of the Democratic race in the general election in November. All three candidates are multi-generational Montanans but with different experiences that they would bring to the commissioner's role. Incumbent Strissel,...
The position of Hill County Treasurer is on the ballot this year, with two Democrats vying for the seat. Incumbent Sandra Brown is running against first-time candidate Jalyn Kinsella. Both candidates grew up on the Hi-Line and share the belief that communication and transparency are key to the role of Treasurer. Incumbent Brown graduated from Montana State University–Northern with a business degree and has worked for Hill County for more than 26 years. "I started as clerk in 1999 and in 2010 f...
Running unopposed for the Hill County Superintendent of Schools position, incumbent Vicki Proctor looks to remain in the role for the next four years. The partisan seat has no term limits and Proctor is currently serving in her fifth year. She will be running again as a Republican. Proctor holds a master’s degree in school administration and vocation education. Along with working for the county, her experience includes working for close to 30 years at Havre High School teaching courses such as finance, business laws, television production, a...
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...
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...
