The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

This year the Chouteau County Fair starts on Thursday, August 17 and goes through Sunday, August 20. There are new events and, of course, a splendid array of golden oldies. In addition to lots of action, the Chouteau County fair is a place to sit in...

This is the ninth year former Big Sandy High School graduate Ellaraine Lockie has provided the English students at BSHS the opportunity to participate in the Walter Gerson Poetry Contest. Each year Ellaraine Lockie judges students’ poetry, makes c...

Field days coming up near Loma and Turner MSU Northern Agricultural Research Center (NARC) and MSU Extension will be hosting two field days near Loma and Turner Montana on Wednesday, July 19. The Loma field day will begin at 9:00 a.m. north of Loma n...

I know it is after July 4th but there are still plenty of picnics to go to and plenty of times to get together with good friends for feasts and libations. In my youth, two cousins, Louie and Ray Clack were famous for their Fourth of July punches....

July birthdays at the Senior Citizens Center include Francis Gasvoda, Leonard Jappe, Carla Courtnage, Karen Reinertson, Lindy Ray, Karma Hale, Kent Johnson, Charlie Foussard, Gerald Rutledge and Frank Maxwell. A couple of sashays around the ball...

USDA authorized emergency grazing of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres during the primary nesting season in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana in the counties meeting D2 or greater, as indicated by the US Drought Monitor. Since that time...

Q: We have legal custody of our son’s children, because he’s in prison for another 20 years, and his wife’s left him and is into all sorts of bad things. But now she’s threatening legal action if we don’t give them back. We love them, and we can’t...

In response to dry, warm weather that could increase the danger of human-caused wildfires, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks fishing access sites (FASs) and wildlife management areas (WMAs) are under Stage 1 Fire Restrictions in Blaine, Roosevelt,...