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Local drivers heading west from Chinook on US 2 may have noticed a tower recently erected in the south right away near the west edge of town. The new tower is an RWIS (Road Weather Information Service) device installed by Montana's Department of Transportation (MDOT), the group that among other things, maintains state highways. The new unit, atop the tower, has a camera and data gathering equipment that will provide road maintenance planners, as well as travelers, information about road and...
A month into the 2025-2026 school year at Chinook High School (CHS), Principal Brian Rayburn shares his report. Disclosed amidst preparations for homecoming festivities against Rocky Boy, that information includes unique challenges, enrollment numbers, new staff, pleasant surprises, policy successes, and goals for the year ahead. One of the first challenges has been in the area of technology. “We’re at the end of the extra technology dollars that schools received during COVID,” Rayburn stated. “And that window coincides with a need to replace c...
The Fort Belknap Indian Community and Bear Paw Development Corporation will build the Anaakyaaniiin (Ah nak yah neen) Wellness Center in Hays, Montana, located on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. The groundbreaking ceremony will occur on Monday, September 22, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. Woodstone Inc., a Native American-owned construction company in Brooklyn Park, MN, will oversee the construction of the Anaakyaaniiin Wellness Center (AWC), which will take approximately 18 months to complete. Bear Paw Development Corporation, based in Havre,...
Blaine County is developing an updated Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) to evaluate and address the threat of wildfire throughout Blaine County. A CWPP is a planning document that helps local government, fire departments, private citizens, and other entities to plan for, respond to, and recover from wildfire events. The updated CWPP will help to secure grant funding for wildfire risk reduction projects, prioritize efforts across the landscape, and provide the community with recommendations and resources to reduce wildfire risk to...
Chinook's family-owned and operated, Deli & Pizza Hangout - Rads, has a new kitchen. Mike and Kathy Radovich, owners of Rads Deli & Pizza, also own the building next door. The back portion of that building is where the cooking magic happens. The Radovichs opened the restaurant in December 2013. This new renovation, the kitchen expansion project, started in the spring this year. The kitchen was open for use on the 25th of July, just a couple of months ago. They are very excited now that the...
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. Blaine County Library Monday: Home School Hour 1:00-2:00, Middle School Meet-up 3:45—4:45. Tuesday: Story Time 10:30-11:00, Kidz Zone 3:45-4:45. W...
Hello From the Chinook Senior Center The days certainly are getting shorter! The trees will soon show all of their splendor, as the sunlight is shorter in duration. There are already bits of gold hues showing up in the cottonwoods. Autumn is such a beautiful time, so take it all in, before the colorful leaves all fall. Our Center may look at yet another Pic-Nic to check out all of the colors of autumn, before it gets too crisp to enjoy. We will announce this and also provide a sign-up sheet. We are watching the weather to see if it will permit...
Censorship Is So 1984. Read For Your Rights! The American Library Association and Banned Books Week Coalition are pleased to announce the theme for Banned Books Week 2025: “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.” Banned Books Week will take place next week October 5 – 11, 2025. Current efforts to ban books and information held in schools, libraries, archives, and bookstores are a truth close to fiction – namely, the depiction of extreme censorship by an oppressive regime in George Orwell’s cautionary tale 1984. The Banned Books Week 2025...
The Harlem Public Library Board of Trustees will meet today, September 24th, at 4:30. The agenda was posted in last week’s paper, and can be found at the Post Office or on our website at www.harlempubliclibrary.org. This is also a reminder that there is no After School Squad this day. Tomorrow evening from 6:30-8:00, Thursday, September 25th, in partnership with the Montana Library Network, the library will be presenting a virtual program titled “Montana Native Plant Conservation Strategy” by Andrea Pipp. Please register at: http:...
The Chinook Senior Center, Senior of the Year, was announced in July as Terry Townsend. Terry is a very humble, loving husband, father, and grandfather willing to share his time and talents within the community he lives. His efforts, combined with those of others, make Chinook a strong community. Terry celebrates 32 years of marriage to Roxanne Townsend this year. Roxanne is the President of the Senior Center Board and a member of the Milk River Churches Board. Both Terry and Roxanne serve on...
NORTH-CENTRAL MONTANA — American Prairie, the nonprofit conservation group, has made another sweeping land purchase in Blaine County, acquiring the 67,960-acre Anchor Ranch, or as locals know it “The Robinson Place,” along with two neighboring ranches earlier this summer. The acquisitions bring American Prairie’s total managed lands to more than 600,000 acres across north-central Montana The Anchor Ranch consists of 22,837 deeded acres and 45,123 leased acres, while the two adjacent parcels add another 7,000 acres, much of it bordering Fort Be...
Alert Journal readers may recall a couple of stories that appeared over the last three years about the efforts to restore the Mandan keelboat sitting alongside the Missouri River in downtown Fort Benton. Finally, after four plus years of work and funding, the Mandan was officially declared restored at a recent celebration. The Mandan keelboat in Fort Benton was one of three originally built in 1952 for the movie Big Sky. Only one of the three "props" survived and was on display behind the...
Two female candidates on the Big Flat celebrated the rite of confirmation on September 14, one in Hogeland and one in Turner. Serving as lay pastor, Kirsti Cederberg led both services. Gracie Zellmer, the daughter of Elissa and Jordan Zellmer of the Hogeland Lutheran Church, was confirmed on Sunday. She expressed excitement in declaring her faith in the presence of her church and family. Zellmer's sponsors were Leslie and Robert Jaramillo. The Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America...
After thirteen and a half years of employment at the Turner Post Office, Linda Hauge retired from her position with the United States Postal Service (USPS) on September 12. Until the government goes through the process of hiring a replacement, Emily Witt will perform as the postmaster in charge at the Turner location. At Friday's ceremony, Hauge was exited and Jones sworn in by Iris Kill Eagle, currently the Postmaster at the Malta Post Office who has invested over thirty years with the USPS....
Each September 17, a symphony of bells rings out “from sea to shining sea” at 2:00 p.m. MST. The students at Turner Public Schools joined in with the ringing of their school bell in the annual celebration of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. These Bells Across America, as they have come to be called, are not just a musical observance but a powerful symbol of America’s heritage. Participants gather to ring bells, much as the church bells of Philadelphia rang out when the U.S. Constitution was first signed at 4 p.m. EST on Septe...
September 14 marked the 211th birthday of the writing of the “The Star Spangled Banner.” Most citizens of the United States likely recall their history lessons on the song’s making. According to the Kennedy Center, many Americans were not happy when the U.S. declared war on Great Britain, starting the War of 1812. After all, the British war machine outgunned a still developing U.S. military. During the War of 1812, “U.S. forces struggled to match the British on land, sea, and the Great Lakes. Then in August 1814, British forces raided Washing...
