The Blaine County Journal News-Opinion - We've Got The County Covered

We are in the final week of the Montana Big Game season and hunters are still in on the go looking to fill their tags before the season ends this weekend. It has been a great honor to highlight the...

We're a couple weeks into the 2020 Big Game Hunting season and local youth are continuing to bring home the big Bucks. In the past week, Chinook High School freshman Mya Berreth tagged a huge Mule...

A few weeks ago I did a story about marbles, a kids' game once mainly played by boys. To keep a gender balance in my writing, I decided to take a look at the game of jacks, a game I best recall as...

My wife and I live in the Grande Villa in Chinook and there is a tradition there among residents to put their unwanted items "on the bench." Each floor has a bench by the elevator, the place to leave...

In an anything but normal 2020, Halloween and its traditional night of Trick-or-Treating by the kids of the community was toned down a bit by the Covid-19 pandemic, but Chinook resident Jeff Finley...

My wife recently came home from a yard sale with a bag of marbles. I had not thought about marbles in years. When I was in grade school (the early 1950's) marbles were a major deal among boys. With...

Hunting season is in full swing and hunters young and old are searching for that memorable hunt. This past weekend Emma Klingaman, Ethan Klingaman and Beau Henry were among those hunters returning hom...

Someone mysteriously decorated both guard rails of the bridge that crosses the Main Canal on Stephens Road just south of Kuper Cemetery. The use of the fall garden produce added a bit of color and a...

Homecoming festivities took place recently in Turner on Main Street. Although it looked different this year, the weather and the fun was never better! The students were good about wearing their masks...

Readers may recall I'm looking for information about the 'bronc rider mural' in Chinook's old Opera House and the 'rock writing' on the Burkhartsmeyer ranch in the south country. Some time ago a local...

We would like to send a huge shout out to Kenny Finley for his generous donation to the library! Thank you to all the people who came out to Finley's Garden Pumpkin Patch and donated money for their...

This is a new appeal to alert readers for information about another local folk art mystery. Several weeks ago Mark Burkhartsmeyer asked me by phone, "Are you the paper's expert on local history?" I...

The Fall Festival this past weekend was well attended and a very welcomed event for the community to enjoy. The Fun Run in the morning included more than 20 runners. Sugarbeets were decorated on main...

We hope you all enjoyed the festivities over the weekend!...

The 3rd annual community dinner and auction to support our Chinook golf course was held on Saturday, August 22. Despite the event being pushed to later in the year due to the pandemic, there was a fan...