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After all the spelling had taken place at the Blaine County Spelling Bee on February 5 in the Lloyd Sweet Auditorium at Chinook High School, two eighth graders from Harlem Junior High emerged as winners. For the "spell down" on that Thursday, Gabriella Doney went head to head for eight rounds with 27 other contestants representing five different school districts in Blaine County before being declared the champion. Her championship word was "S-y-r-i-n-g-e Syringe." Doney is the daughter of Crysta...
Blaine County Deputy Clerk & Recorder/Election Manager, Savannah Wendeln announced the winners of the "I Voted" Sticker contest on the morning of February 18. Voting was open until the close of the business day on February 17, and Wendeln revealed Madi Barr and Eloise Gonzalez as victorious on Wednesday morning. Of the 22 submissions received by the Elections Office, Wendeln explained that they were narrowed down to five in the K-5th category and five in the 9-12th grouping. The Elections...
Tuesday morning, February 17 was a busy one for candidate filing at the courthouse as reported by Blaine County Deputy Clerk & Recorder/Election Manager, Savannah Wendeln. As of 12:00 p.m., eight candidates had filed. Because Governor Greg Gianforte signed House Bill 207 into law last May, the candidate filing period ends on March 4. Any Blaine County resident still wishing to file will need to do so in this shortened period. “I believe it’s important to keep election information in front of voters and encourage engagement whenever pos...
The Chinook School Board’s finance committee met on Tuesday evening, February 24, at 6:00 in Chinook High School. The primary objective of the meeting was to discuss the permissive levy estimates and levy requests in advance of the March board meeting. During Tuesday night’s meeting, the group also addressed several dire points, touching on potential budget cuts to explore, although the board will not be making any of those decisions until May or June, after the election. While the Chinook School Board has yet to determine the sum of the req...
March is Red Cross Month. According to the American Red Cross, “Red Cross Month began during World War II, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt called on individuals to address growing humanitarian needs. What started as a national call to action has become a community tradition - reaffirming the power of compassion and the impact we can make together.” If you visit the American Red Cross official page, this message appears as soon as it opens: “The American Red Cross is facing a severe blood shortage as requests from hospitals exceed the a...
American Prairie is pleased to host "A Sense of Place: Exploring the Place Names of 'Ɔ́'ɔ́ɔ́ɔ́niinénn ɔh in Central-Montana" on Thursday, February 26, at 7 pm. This informative presentation by esteemed Aaniiih tribal member and educator Terry Brockie will be held at the National Discovery Center, located at 302 W Main Street in Lewistown, Montana. Admission is free. Since time immemorial, Indigenous People have called Central Montana home, a place where their culture and history are tied to t...
Blaine County Library Monday: Home School Hour 1:00-2:00, Middle School Meet-up (Grades 6-8) 3:45-4:45. Tuesday: Story Time 10:30-11:00, Kid Zone 3:45-4:45(Grades 3-5). Wednesday: Teen Scene 5:30-6:30. Thursday: LEGO Club 3:45-4:45. Friday: Movie 1:00-2:30 p.m. SONshine School SONshine Church School meets on Fridays from 10:00 - 11:00 am at Wallner Hall and is open to all children ages Pre-K through 5th grade. Registration forms are available when you arrive or can be downloaded from the SONshine Church School Facebook page....
The next book club book is Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt and is now available to pick up. We have a couple of non-fiction books ready this week. If you’ve been wondering what AI is all about, you may want to checkout “How to AI” by Christopher Mims. This book will help you cut through the hype, master the basics, and transform your work. “The Price of Mercy: Unfair Trials, a Violent System, and a Public Defender’s Search for Justice in America” by Emily Galvin Almanza takes us behind the closed doors of America’s criminal cour...
Thank you to all who celebrated our two grants with us last week, the John Henry Eldred, Jr Grant, and the Pilcrow Grant. We are so excited to share these new resources with our communities. The Harlem Public Library Board of Trustees will meet today, Wednesday, February 25th, at 4:30. The public is welcome to attend. Please see agenda attached. There’s still time to celebrate February by participating in our book challenge, which was to read a mass market paperback; check out a book from Ireland’s displays of Blind Date With a Book, or her...
Hello From the Chinook Senior Center We had a bit of fun on Friday, February 13th playing some special Valentine games. We needed to do it on that date, to accommodate the Veterans brunch the following day. We had a wonderful turnout for the “We Love Our Veterans” brunch, which was held this past Saturday. What a great idea the Milk River Church Association had by putting this together. We are honored to be a part of showing these fine people that what they did and what they gave matters to us and to our nation. Many people came and enj...
Myrla N. McCoy, 89, of Chinook, MT, passed away peacefully at her home on February 8, 2026. A memorial service for Myrla was held Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 2:00 PM, at the Chinook Senior Center. Myrla (Neufeld) McCoy was born on January 17, 1937, to Frank and Doris (Brinkman) Neufeld in Havre, MT. After graduation from Chinook High School in May of 1954, Myrla was employed at the Blaine County Extension Office and married her high school sweetheart James A. McCoy in June 1954. She worked...
Sharon O'Brien Powell was born September 26, 1935, to James and Minnie O'Brien. She passed away February 17, 2026, at Northern Montana Care Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Powell. Sharon is survived by her cousin, Mary Gail; her sons, Michael Powell and Jaydee Powell (Joann); her grandson, Garrett Powell (Cassie); and her great-grandchildren, Garrisen, Gracie, and Celie. Sharon loved life on the ranch, hauling neighboring kids to country school, and traveling to...
The Turner Tornadoes can now call themselves District 9C champions. That's because last Saturday night in Havre, the Tornadoes took care of business. In the District 9C girls championship game, Turner beat Box Elder 47-27 to capture the 9C championship and advance to this weekend's Northern C Divisional Tournament. The Tornadoes came to Havre as the No. 1 seed in the girls tournament, and after a bye in the first round, they dominated rival Hays-Lodge Pole 53-36 in the semifinals last Friday....
The Class B basketball postseason has arrived for the Chinook and Harlem boys and girls basketball teams. This weekend in Cut Bank, the Sugarbeeters will compete in the District 1B Tournament, where four spots at divisionals will be on the line. The Chinook boys take on Conrad in the first round of the 1B boys tournament. Chinook finished 7-7 in the 1B and 7-11 overall and have had a week of rest. Fairfield is the top seed in the boys tournament and will face Shelby, while Fort Benton is the...
What a weekend for the Chinook wrestling teams. At the 2026 All-Class State Wrestling Tournament last weekend in Billings, the Chinook boys nearly climbed their way to a trophy as the Sugarbeeters scored 82 points to finish fourth in the Class B standings. Chinook's strong finish at the Metra in Billings was aided by an outstanding performance from Charlie Buck at 103 pounds. Buck reached the final of the 103-pound bracket. Buck was pinned by Huntley Project's Brogan Burton in the final, but it...
10 Chinook Wrestlers - State Charlie Buck 103 2nd Julian Powell 215 4th Hayden Berreth 132 5th Patrick McKenzie 175 5th Lynley Conrad 170 7th Kimber Klein 100 8th Bailey Billmayer 120 Owen Davies 175 Griffen Crowley 165 Sam Sanders 126 Kegan Green 144 2026 Harlem Wrestlers - State Emma Klingaman 135 2nd Kehtsin Stiffarm 170 Jasper LaMere 285 Ethan Klingaman 190...
In a ceremony at the Meadowlark Country Club in Great Falls on February 14, Carson Kelly was awarded the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Good Citizen Black Eagle-Assiniboine Chapter Scholarship. By way of celebration, the DAR board held a banquet with refreshments and a short presentation. During that presentation, all scholarship applicants acquired an award for being their school's good citizen selectee. Given his status as Chinook's winner, Kelly received a silver dollar and a...
