Articles from the April 15, 2020 edition
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Easter "parade" started at Chinook Alliance Church
A total of nine vehicles gathered in the parking lot of the Chinook Alliance Church on Easter afternoon, each one decorated in some way to celebrate the fact that, even though many things in the...
Blaine County Will Conduct Primary Election by Mail
For the first time in history, election polls in Blaine County and across Montana will be closed on Election Day. Montana's June 2 primary will be conducted primarily through the United States Postal Service in an effort to allow people to vote witho...
Sweet Memorial Nursing Home Makes Adjustments
Applying what they know about infection control and adhering to Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, the Sweet Memorial Nursing Home administration and staff are making the necessary adjustments amid the COVID-19 crisis to...
HHS Awards $110+ Million to Montana Health Providers Following Gianforte's Request
WASHINGTON – Following a request from Congressman Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced it will award $30 billion to nearly 320,000 health care providers nationwide, including more than $...
Blaine County Library
Staff is still working, although our doors are locked. Staff has been deep cleaning and organizing the shelves, and painting the meeting room. Kelsey started a project last Tuesday that we’ve been trying to get accomplished for several years and s...
Journal Jots
Harlem Library The Book Challenge for April is to read a book with a name in the title. Remember to complete the census form. You may do this online at my2020census.gov, by phone at 844-330-2020 or on the paper form that should arrive in April. Keep...
FWP announces Open Fields enrollment period to add to CRP
It’s time for landowners enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to sign up for the state-sponsored Open Fields for Game Bird Hunters. Open Fields is a voluntary extra incentive offering aimed at further conserving productive game...
Harlem Library
While you are sheltering in place it is a great time to complete the census form. You may complete your census online at my2020census.gov, by phone at 844-330-2020, or using the paper form which should arrive in April. Call the library if you have...
MAT to Launch First Five Pages Program
Like most every other organization in the country right now, the Montana Actors’ Theater (MAT) is in “wait-and-see” mode. According to MAT’s Executive Director, Jay Pyette, that status simply means that MAT is enthusiastically looking to the future....
Signs of spring around the U.S.
Reporter's note: Sitting up here in Whitlash under Montana's 'stay at home directive.' My thoughts have turned to 'signs of spring.' My wife and I lived in eight states and 23 different places within...
Blaine County Beacon: An Interest Leads to "Happy Lathering" Hobby
The word beacon has its origin in Old English when its meaning referred to a signal or lighthouse. Beacons were used not only by ships and later by airfields as a warning or guidance system but as a...
Nonresident spring turkey and black bear hunting suspended
Following the extension of Montana Gov. Steve Bullock’s directive that out of state travelers must quarantine for 14 days, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks director Martha Williams has suspended nonresident hunting seasons for spring turkey and b...
Carol A. Upshaw
13, passed away due to natural causes at the Sweet Memorial Nursing Home on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Cremation has taken place, and services are pending with Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Please visit Carol’s online memorial page and leave a m... Full story