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Scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 18, the Sixth Annual Big Flat Fun Day hopes to rival last year's festival when over 100 vehicles lined Main Street in Turner. In addition to the car show, the event will offer food, games, water slides, a silent auction, music, and a co-ed double elimination softball tournament. A new activity this year, a trap shoot is also in the planning stages. The day will begin with a free-will donation pancake breakfast from 7:00-10:00 a.m. hosted by the...
The meeting opened with comments from Bear Paw Development Corporation's Paul Tuss regarding a forthcoming ROI report for recent projects done in collaboration with the city. Next was Havre City Council's unanimous ratification of updated collective bargaining agreements for Havre Dispatchers, Havre Police Department, and City of Havre Fire Department employees as well as the confirmation of two new Havre Police Officers. Welcome Officers Escobar and Evens! Mayor Wade Bitz announced the creation...
Summer is a time for vacations, but it is also one of the most challenging times of the year for maintaining the nation’s blood supply. According to the American Red Cross, blood donations often decline during the summer months as regular donors travel and school-based blood drives pause. At the same time, the need for blood remains constant due to accidents, trauma cases and other medical emergencies. To help meet that need, the American Red Cross will host a community blood drive on Tuesday, July 21, from noon to 6 p.m. at the Community C...
Blaine County Library Monday Beat the Heat Movie at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday Story Time at 10:30 a.m. and Crafternoon at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday Summer Reading Program 1:30 p.m. Thursday LEGO Club at 1:30 p.m....
FRIDAY July 17, 2026 8:00 a.m. Road/Bridge Supervisor Mitchell Sheriff Colby County Attorney Harwood DES Velk County Health Dept. Internal Business Employment Review Budgets/PILT Budget Transfers Tax Abatements July 20, 2026 8:00 a.m. Road/Bridge Supervisor Mitchell Sheriff Colby County Attorney Harwood DES Velk County Health Dept. Internal Business Employment Review Budgets/PILT Budgt Transfers Tax Abatements 1:30 p.m. - Museum Board Meeting at the Blaine County Museum TUESDAY July 21, 2026 8:00 a.m. Road/Bridge Supervisor Mitchell Sheriff Col...
Summer is one of the busiest and most exciting times of the year for Blaine County 4-H. While many people associate 4-H with the county fair, the months leading up to fair are filled with educational programs designed to help youth build skills, confidence, leadership, and friendships. Through camps, workshops, and project activities, 4-H members spend the summer learning by doing—one of the hallmarks of the 4-H youth development program. One of the highlights of the summer is Multi-County 4-H Camp, where youth from 7 counties across north c...
The 2nd Annual Music Festival, "That Guy in the Hat" will take place on Main Street in Harlem on July 25. A tribute to the late Alex Billmayer, the festival will feature live music by four different bands. The celebration opens when the street closes at 2:00 p.m. and runs until 10:00 p.m. on Saturday. Vendors will begin setting up for the event at 1:00 on Saturday afternoon, with a food court slated to open at 2:00 p.m. The Wet Weather Band will be the first to take the stage at approximately...
Hello From the Chinook Senior Center What a wonderful turnout for the 250th Celebration of our Nation on Saturday, July 4th at the Blaine County Fairgrounds!! How thrilling to see the patriotism of the people who shared a vision of how our country should be celebrated!! Thank you to Daniel Dahl, the Chinook Chamber of Commerce president for sharing my vision and following through, without expectation. Boy, did the people turn out!! WHAT A BUNCH OF HELPFUL PEOPLE!! Woot, Woot for our Chinook community!! Our VFW Post 4620 gave from the hearts,...
It’s been a while since we have thanked people for donations to the library, and the list is getting long! A hearty thanks to: Donna Clay, Bryan and Theresa Danley, John Pike Construction, Dwane Bigler, Brad Taylor, Barb Ranstrom, Patty Breipohl, Wilma Mellville, Donna Miller, Tyler and Kyli Kropf, Tanis Ross, Ann Davies, Chris Johstad, Marlane Wenzel, Cheryl Kaneshiro, Tanis Ross, Steve Edwards, and Betty Finley. Whether you made a monetary donation or donated books, we appreciate your generosity. We have a couple of non-fiction books a...
The library has a small display of books celebrating our freedom, mostly about the Revolutionary War, but please come take a browse through those while they’re up. The Friends of the Harlem Public Library will be hosting their Community Appreciation Event on Wednesday, July 22nd, from 4:00-6:00. They will be giving away traveling tacos and Rice Krispy treats. Everything is free! So please join us in celebrating YOU and how important of an asset you are to our community. Next week, Wednesday, July 22nd is the final day of Summer STEAM. There w...
On Friday, June 19th our wonderful Chinook Senior Center hosted our 2nd Annual Senior Swing Golf Thing, which was another huge success! We had the most beautiful weather, and our course was sprayed for no mosquitoes, thanks to our fabulous greenskeeper, Mike Seymour. Naturally, our friend and community supporter: Kevin Elias was on hand to auction our teams off, as well. We had a total of 10 teams in play this year and a great time was had by all. Our friend, Doug Mosser was on the beer cart...
Earlier this month, when Triangle Communications announced the winners of their 2026 4-H Beef Grants, Chinook Rod and Gun Club and the HELP Committee affiliated with the Boys & Girls Club on the Hi-Line found themselves among the recipients. The 4-H Beef Grants are part of a program designed to support non-profit organizations within the Triangle Communications' service area. Each year Triangle Communications purchases 4-H livestock at local fairs. With these purchases, the cooperative provides...
Triangle Communications subscribers are invited to peruse the thirty nine photo contest entries and officially cast their vote for this year’s photo contest winner. First Round Voting is open now through August 1. Anyone who hasn’t yet voted via Facebook or online at www.itstriangle.com/photocontest is asked to check out all the photos labeled anonymously and then complete a quick online form to submit their picks. The top twenty photos will move on to Second Round Voting in September, with final selections due by September 30. From there, the...
Formerly the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), AARP announced on June 24 that fourteen organizations throughout Montana will receive 2026 Community Challenge grants. Among those communities is Wasay Wakpa Wachi (Lodge Pole). According to an AARP press release, the funds are part of the organization’s Community Challenge grant program, which supports “quick-action projects aimed at making communities more livable for people of all ages, with a focus on the needs of adults age 50 or older.” Since its debut in 2017, the AARP Communit...
Lifelong Chinook resident, Melvin (Mel) E. Anderson, 89, passed away peacefully with his daughter by his side on July 5, 2026, after a brief stay at Benefis Healthcare in Great Falls, MT. Mel was born May 13,1937 in Havre, MT to Alice (Severson) and Clarence Anderson. He graduated from Chinook High School in 1955. He met Donna Friede in September 1961 and they were married April 29, 1962, in Chinook MT. His love of cars started before he graduated high school. In 1980, he and Donna made the... Full story
Three Havre High softball players have been invited to play in the annual Veterans Memorial Softball Classic next month in Belgrade. Havre’s Bree Hanson will play for the Air Force, while Ainsley Courtnage will play on the Navy team and Riley Doney will compete for Marines team. There are five teams in the tournament, one for every military branch, and they will compete in a 3-game round-robin tournament over two days. There will also be individual events like a special skills contests, a Home Run Derby and, on Saturday, the Catchers Pop to P...
It was another busy week for the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball team. Last Monday, the Northstars swept the Tri-County Cardinals in a doubleheader at Legion Park. Havre beat the Cardinals 7-0 in the opener in Havre. Kaden Wall didn’t allow a single in the win. Wall allowed just five hits. Tyson Brandon collected three hits in four at bats in the win for Havre. Brandon tripled in the sixth inning, singled in the fifth inning, and singled in the third inning. Quinn Elliot and Brayden McLain each collected multiple hits for Havre. B...
The Great Northern Fair is here, and that means plenty of sport's action this week in Havre. As always, the annual Havre Junior Rodeo kicks off the fair. This year's Junior Rodeo took place on Wednesday night. Following the Havre Junior Rodeo, the annual Great Northern RAM Rodeo hits the arena tonight and Friday night, with each performance starting at 7 p.m. The Great Northern RAM Rodeo is part of the NRA summer circuit and will feature 10 events each night in the Great Northern Arena....
Wednesday July 15 • Great Northern Fair Junior Rodeo – Begins at 3 PM at the Great Northern Fairgrounds. Entries are due by July 12. • Sounds on the Square – Velvet Skyline performs from 6 PM to 8 PM at Town Square. • Northstar Baseball – Away doubleheader at Tri-County beginning at 5:30 PM. July 15–19 • Great Northern Fair – Enjoy five days of fair activities, including the Junior Rodeo, RAM Rodeo performances, Truck & Tractor Pull, the JCI Highline JC’s “Great Northern Reckoning” Demolition Derby, carnival attractions, exhibits,...
The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and its partner, A-Core Concrete Specialists, Inc., began a roadway improvements project on First Street (U.S. Highway 2) in Havre last May. The project will improve a 2.3-mile section of roadway from east of Ninth Avenue Northwest to 22nd Avenue North. Construction is expected to last about four months and cost $3.5 million. Improvements will include: Sealing concrete pavement cracks and joints. Repairing and replacing damaged concrete panels....
For the past decade, Hoops for A Cause has been about more than basketball. It has been about communities coming together to support families facing some of life's toughest challenges. This year, the annual fundraiser will help two young girls with strong ties to the Frontier Conference community, 14-year-old Isla Doney of Havre and 9-year-old Callie Finnicum of Great Falls. Both are currently fighting cancer. Isla is battling leukemia, while Callie is fighting osteosarcoma, a rare and...
I’ve become an early morning person. I don’t know if I’ve always been one. Most years of my life I simply rolled out of bed to do what needed doing without question. Now I’m a woman of leisure. I’ve not had a clock in my bedroom for years. I wake to the light. To the light and to the ever-loud, greet-the-sunrise, bird-cricket-frog-donkey-chicken cho-rus. The birds sing full-throat through the half-hour of pre-dawn light followed by a silence as the sun rises. Then they go about their birdy business-as-usual, noisily. One morning last week I aw...
You know, Lord, when working in the garden, picking peas, beans or even pulling Rhubarb stalks, a granny’s apron sure comes in handy as a carry-all. My own grandma’s apron is tucked away and not used by any in this generation. Youngsters who come over to ‘help’ cook are usually surprised when given an apron to wear as wearing an apron is an unknown in most of their homes. One can just imagine Grandma in her checkered apron. Daddy’s Grandma was clever; she embroidered her initials in her apron strings. Her Sunday apron is among our family’s...
GOOSE ‘EM! The journalist Molly Ivins once observed that politicians are goosey. This is an election year when politicians are particularly goosey. So… Goose ‘em! Goose ‘em with your presence at gatherings of people who agree on an issue. Goose ‘em with petitions for a better, freer country. Goose ‘em with your vote. The U.S. Constitution protects your rights, and mine, to assemble, petition, and vote. Politics affect you, your life, your future. Politicians need your support. You have power. Use it. Pick your cause: overturn the Citizens Un...
Out of our way, I spent several hours in ER after Doc tossed me and I really banged up my back and ribs. I was told by some real deal cowhands that such injuries go along with the trade. Today, years later, after a fall over a lawnchair, those same injuries have reawakened. I am in pain that the asperin cannot touch - and I need to sleep sitting up for the time being. But as the old timers told me -if you are going to cowboy, you are going to get hurt from time to time. I found the same is true in discipleship. Christ is Head of the Church, but...
