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Each autumn, Montana Farmers Union (MFU) hosts its annual convention. Marking the organization’s 110th convention, this year’s proceedings will take place at the Yogo Inn in Lewistown, Montana, from October 30 through November 1. Members from throughout the state attend the event to vote on by-laws, elect organizational leaders, discuss and review policy, attend educational workshops, and gather to see old friends and meet new ones. In addition to family-friendly entertainment, the annual convention features a lineup of speakers who will sha...
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,...
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...
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...
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....
The Chinook Chapter of the FFA held its Annual Recruitment Barbecue and Trap Shoot on Sunday, September 7. The event was hosted at the Chinook Rod and Gun Club's trap shooting range southwest of town on Clear Creek Road. According to the local FFA Chapter's Reporter, Zoe Scofield, following a meeting of officers, the club's First Vice President Carter Rayburn and Sentinel Wacee Simonson grilled hamburgers. Everyone else in attendance contributed to a potluck-style dinner. After the meal, the...
For the 2025-2026 school year, Turner Public School (TPS) shares their out- of-the-gate status report. That report includes new staff, unique challenges, enrollment numbers, and goals for the year ahead. When school began on the Big Flat on August 18, TPS students welcomed two new teachers and one new teacher of residence. Aaron Wolters will be teaching grades two and three, Saige Koetter joined the teaching staff as the Social Studies Instructor, and Britton Paulson, as a Teacher of Residency, will teach grades five and six. While those empty...
Private applicators within PAT District 3 require six private applicator credits prior to the license expiration date of December 31, 2025, to renew their licenses. Applicators can also contact their MSU County Extension office for license information or review their credits on the Montana Department of Ag Pesticide website. Those that still need credits will need to earn those before December 31, 2025 in order to renew their license for the next 5-year cycle. The Montana State University (MSU) Extension Pesticide Education Program (PEP) is...
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...
HELENA, Mont. – The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) confirmed rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea) in recent weeks at several sites outside its historic invaded range in the state. These include two plants in the I-90 median west of Three Forks, a few plants at two locations south of Dillon on I-15, and individual plants located where recent forest fires occurred near Wise River and Wisdom. Rush skeletonweed, a Montana Priority 1B Noxious Weed, has limited presence in Montana and if found requires eradication or containment and e...
Anyone travelling in North Central Montana has likely seen one of the signs declaring: "Save the Cowboy; Stop the American Prairie Reserve." They are taped to windows, staked in lawns or fields, and affixed to fences-like the one on the Highway 2 corridor near Zurich. This banner speaks out in the conflict between the American Prairie Reserve and the Save the Cowboy (STC) movement. According to their website, the American Prairie Reserve (renamed American Prairie in 2021), is an environmental...
One of the new teachers at Turner Public School, Saige Koetter is currently teaching under an emergency certificate. Given that status, she does not yet hold a degree. However, she is attending the University of Montana to earn credentials in Secondary Education, specializing in Broadfield Social Studies and Broadfield Science (5-12). Although her job in Turner is her first teaching position, Ms. Koetter has worked as a paraprofessional and has been working with youth since she graduated from...
SOUTH BLAINE COUNTY, Mont. – Access will be limited on a portion of Cow Island Road just west of Cow Creek in south Blaine County, Montana, beginning Sept. 29 as contractors work to replace a damaged 3-foot-diameter culvert running under the road. Contractors anticipate the road, also known as Cow Island Trail, will be temporarily closed for up to 30 days, depending on weather and if any complications occur with the culvert replacement work. The culvert repair site is located just west of w...
Community members and colleagues shared stories and thoughts about Dr. Joe's retirement after 24-years of practicing medicine at the OneHealth medical clinics in Chinook and Harlem. At the event on the lawn of the former Sweet Medical Center, a setting appropriate for Dr. Joe's passion for outdoor activities, the Harlem native noted, "After medical school I signed a six-month contract to work at the Sweet Clinic until they could find a replacement doctor. I never left." He worked for a time...
Labor Day 2025 occurred on Monday, September 1, and according to History.com editors, "Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers." Created by the labor movement in the late 19th century, Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894. Labor Day weekend also symbolizes the end of summer for many Americans and is celebrated with a final camping trip, road excursion, athletic event, or picnic before the onset of autumn when new routines take-over our lives....
According to the American Red Cross, collecting blood donations can be especially challenging in late summer and early fall. As students head back to school and fall activities pick up, fewer people take the time to donate—but the need never slows down. More donors are needed now to help ensure a stable blood supply this season. Here in Chinook, we’ve always been known for looking out for one another. That’s why we’re inviting all eligible donors to roll up a sleeve and join us for a community blood drive on Tuesday, September 16, from noon to...
With mercury readings in Blaine County still hovering in the upper 70s and lower 80s, it's difficult for some residents to imagine frost. However, as overnight temperatures have begun to dip into the mid-40s, we are reminded to soak up the sunshine and warm days before the first cold snap descends. Now is the perfect time to squeeze in those last lake days, hiking adventures, weekend road trips, and barbecue dinners on the deck or backyard patio. In Montana, history testifies that as the...
HAVRE, Mont. — The Bureau of Reclamation’s contractor, NW Construction Inc., will close access to traffic on Fresno Reservoir Road, across Fresno Dam on Monday, September 22 through Friday, September 26. The temporary road closure is necessary to complete asphalt paving on the crest of the dam, as part of the Fresno Safety of Dams Modification Project. Travelers must seek alternate routes, north and south of the dam during the closure. Fresno Dam, completed in 1939, is located on the Milk River about 15 miles west of Havre. It is owned and ope...
In 2025, the Montana Legislature passed HB 869, a bill which appropriates a grant fund for school districts for reimbursement of the purchase and ongoing maintenance of an automatic external defibrillator (AED). HB 869 further establishes a need for raising awareness among parents of youth athletes about the risks related to cardiac arrest and ensures that coaches, athletic trainers, and athletic officials understand those risks and receive instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first...
The new 2025-26 YAVs (Young Adult Volunteers) arrived in Chinook the end of August. Mercer Phlegar, from Findlay, Ohio, recently graduated from Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin with a major in educational studies. Griffin Monsen-Hudson, from Hillsborough, North Carolina, graduated in the spring from Carleton College, located in Northfield, Minnesota, with a major in religion and a minor in medieval studies. The new YAVs first group meeting in Chinook was their introduction at the fifth...
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...
