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Articles from the September 3, 2025 edition


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  • Centennial Park Receives Donation

    Donna Miller|Sep 3, 2025

    From those who stop for lunch at one of the tables to those who view the Airmen's Memorial, the Centennial Park located at the south end of Harlem near Highway 2 sees a variety of visitors. A touring couple recently handed a hundred dollars to one of the park's volunteer caretakers to replace what they described as "a rickety table." As Kathy and Leroy Miller, travelers from Forest, Ohio, picnicked under the park's gazebo, they noticed that the table was wobbly. Darwin Zellmer, a member of the...

  • Five Additional Volunteers Receive Prestigious Public Service Award

    Donna Miller|Sep 3, 2025

    Sunday, August 24 was a day of ceremony for four members of the Fort Belknap Volunteer Ambulance Service and a fifth volunteer from Turner who responded to the crash site of two Air Force C-141B transports on November 30, 1992. These five individuals join the thirty-three Blaine County residents who were previously honored in a Presentation Ceremony on May 25, 2025 when they received the United States Air Force (USAF) Commander's Public Service Award (CPSA). Roughly comparable to the Air Force...

  • Chinook City Council Meeting

    Dale Wilderness|Sep 3, 2025

    The city of Chinook held the August City Council meeting Wednesday, August 20th, at 7 PM. This was the regular monthly meeting after being postponed from the previous week due to the council not meeting its quorum. Chinook has a City Council meeting once a month, at this meeting, the Mayor, City Council members, city superintendents, and residents discuss safety concerns and city matters from the previous four weeks. In New Business, Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation representative Heather Depriest announced the $1.1 million grant for...

  • Book Proceeds Help Launch Scholarship for Vocational Students at MSU-Northern

    MSU-Northern|Sep 3, 2025

    HAVRE, MT – In a meaningful celebration, Montana State University–Northern hosted a check presentation marking the first proceeds from a remarkable true-crime memoir, Murder on Montana's Hi-Line, authored by Clem Pellett. The funds will support the Clarence C. Pellett Memorial Endowed Scholarship, which is dedicated to helping students from Montana's Hi-Line access life-changing educational opportunities in high-demand trades. "Murder on Montana's Hi-Line is the culmination of 15 years of research. It's totally authentic from stem to ste...

  • Journal Jots

    Sep 3, 2025

    Harlem Food Bank Harlem is looking for someone to manage the Food Bank. Call Jack Siemens at 406-945-1127. Senior Center Chinook Senior Center is in need of community volunteers who are willing to become a part of our wonderful team of people who help in our kitchen and dining room, perhaps one day a week, for a few hours. Please call us @ 357-2648 or stop in and see Ginger for more information. Block Builders Block Builders Quilt Guild meeting is on September 9 at 7:00 pm in the Library Meeting Room. Bring yellow/gold fat quarter. Pillowcases...

  • Connie Oliver

    Sep 3, 2025

    Connie, beloved wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, and friend, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Sunday, August 17, 2025 after a long and courageous battle with Lewy Body Dementia. A celebration of life service was held Saturday, August 23 at the First Presbyterian Church in Covington Virginia, officiated by Pastor Linda Trumbo. At 84 years young, Connie enjoyed a long, active and happy life before her illness. She was born on April 27, 1941 in... Full story

  • Harlem Library

    Carly Vauthier|Sep 3, 2025

    Did you know the average price of our collection at the Harlem Public Library is $18.60 per book? A hardback copy of a new release is going to cost you around $30. If you’re looking for a more cost-effective way to enjoy reading, make sure your library card is up to date! Our programming began this week. Tuesdays at 10:00 is Storytime for children ages 0-5 and their parent/caregivers; Wednesdays is After School Squad at 4:00 for elementary school kids (no After School Squad on the last Wednesday of the month); and Thursdays at 4:00 is Lego C...

  • Chinook Senior Center

    Sep 3, 2025

    Hello From the Chinook Senior Center My oh my! August is behind us, with all of the rain, rain, rain. I am uncertain, but I believe that this might be a record of moisture for August. It has most assuredly slowed harvest down for our many grain producers. Many are reporting nice yields, if they can get it harvested. Our Foot Clinic will be held on Monday, September 8th. If you are in need of an appointment, please call us @ 406-357-2648 to be scheduled. It is very important to take care of your feet. Often times, as people age, they are not...

  • 2025 Blaine County Fair 4-H & FFA Results

    Sep 3, 2025

    Here are the beef and other event winners of the 2025 Blaine County Fair. Janna Snedigar Grand Champion Horse Junior Showman Claire Buck Reserve Champion Horse Junior Showman Lynley Conrad Grand Champion Horse Senior Showman Grace Buck Reserve Champion Horse Senior Showman Alexis Elias Reserve Champion Dog Junior Showman Paxton Anderson Reserve Champion Swine Junior Showman Walter Schoen Grand Champion Sheep Breeding Terminal Ram Lamb Lynley Conrad Grand Champion Sheep Breeding Overall Wool...

  • Date Changes for DBC Event

    Donna Miller|Sep 3, 2025

    Montana Actors’ Theatre (MAT) invites everyone to their annual Sponsorship Drive and Gala of Friends: Denim, Black Ties, & City Lights. Formerly called Death by Chocolate, the theme for this year’s gala is “Where Montana meets Manhattan,” and the event begins on September 27 at 5:30 p.m. in St. Jude’s Gymnasium. This is a change from the originally advertised date of September 13. According to MAT’s Founder and Executive Director, Jay Pyette, “The need to change the date was unfortunate, and we sincerely try to never do that. This time, ho...