Articles from the January 3, 2018 edition
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Williams Sworn in as Blaine County Clerk and Recorder
Chinook resident Tammy Williams has served the public for 33 years and this past Thursday was sworn in as Blaine Counties next Clerk and Recorder. Williams will take over the position from Sandi...
Budget shortfall in Montana closes state offices in Blaine County
In November Montana Governor Steve Bullock called a special session of the state legislature to resolve a $227 million budget shortfall. Part of the decision to deal with the budget crisis included...
Fruitcake: eat it, 'regift' it or toss it on January 3?
Reporter's note: In case you missed it, National Fruitcake Day was celebrated, as usual, just a few days ago on December 27. National Fruit Cake Day got me thinking: it's probably been 25 years since...
Register today for the 2018 MFU Producer Conference in Havre
Montana Farmers Union is holding their annual Producer Conference February 9-10 at the Great Northern Inn-Havre. The conference will feature workshops on Ag Marketing & Hedging, Farm Succession Planning, discussion of the 2018 Farm Bill, technology...
Health officials report increase in influenza activity
Local and state public health officials are seeing an increase in influenza activity across the state, with nearly 200 new cases, 40 hospitalizations, and several outbreaks reported over the past two weeks. Reported cases are slightly higher than...
David W. "Snip" Healy
David W. "Snip" Healy, 67, passed away due to natural causes on Thursday, December 21, 2017, at his residence in Big Warm. Wake services began at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 26, and will continue...
William Kenneth "Bill" Cole
The world said good bye to one of the last cowboys around, on December 21, 2017. Bill Cole passed into the spirit world on December 21, 2017 surrounded by his family. Bill was raised within a large...
Byron Paul Yellowrobe Sr.
Byron Paul Yellowrobe Sr., 70 passed away on December 24, 2017 in Billings MT. Byron was born on May 17, 1947 to Leonard and Theresa Yellowrobe, in Ft. Belknap MT. He worked many jobs on Ft. Belknap...
Robert Allen "Al" Mundy
Robert Allen "Al" Mundy of Moscow died Thursday morning, Dec. 28, 2017, at Gritman Medical Center. He was 81. Al was born July 11, 1936, in Rolla, N.D., to R. Dewey and Effie Nyberg Mundy. He grew up...
Antonio "Toni" Castillo Jr.
Antonio "Toni" Castillo Jr., "The Red Sled", 48, of Harlem passed away on Friday, December 29, 2017. A wake was held on Monday, January 1, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. at the Fort Belknap New Community Center...
Kathleen Loraine Cochran-Talks Different
Kathleen Loraine Cochran-Talks Different, 59 passed away Tuesday December 26th 2017 in Chinook Montana, due to natural causes. Kathleen "Kathy" was born February 10th 1958 in Seattle Washington to Myr...
Turner Talk
Reminder! School will be in session Friday, January 6th. It will be a regular school day. Remember that the half day MAKEUP school day will be January 19th. Children will be fed lunch and dismissed at 12:30. Parent/Teacher conferences will follow....
Hogeland happenings
Christmas guests at Jordan and Elissa Zellmer’s were John and Donna Schneider and family and Wayne and Connie Jones. Loretta and Wally Beck spent Christmas Eve at Shawn and Bobbi Beck’s. along with Mike and Crystal Grabofsky and kids, Brandon and...
Teams hard at work during the holiday break, return to action this week
The high school basketball and wrestling teams have been enjoying the holidays like the rest of us but they have also been hard at work preparing for their next competition. The Chinook Sugarbeeter...
HARLEM LIBRARY
Happy New Year and Happy Reading! The library is offering two challenges for 2018: A Book Challenge in which you are given a "type" of book to read each month. In January you are challenged to read an award winning book. After you have read this...
Blaine County Library
The Magnificent Seven will be the movie today at 1:00 p.m. in the library meeting room. It is rated PG-13 and running time is 2 hours and 13 minutes. Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel will...
Barbershop Chorus spreads holiday cheer at Chinook senior facilities
Members of the Bullhook Bottoms Barbershop Chorus brought some Christmas cheer to residents at the Sweet Nursing Home and the Grande Villa senior apartments in Chinook last week. The all-male...
Chinook Senior Center
I hope everyone had a very happy New Year! Our party was a lot of fun. We had a good turnout. There were lots of games played, music from The Kitchen Band and an early "toast of sparkling cider!" The...
Farm Service Agency: 2017 Livestock Indemnity Program
For 2017 livestock deaths, a notice of loss must have been filed with the local FSA office within 30 calendar days from when the loss was apparent. To be eligible for LIP, producers who suffered livestock deaths due to an adverse weather from...
