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The summer was a stressful time for schools across the state as they prepared their budgets for the upcoming school year. There were same major changes implemented into the school finance funding formula imposed by the state legislators during the...

Colby Baumgarn, president of the TV Club announced that they have just introduced a new channel, called the “Grit Channel”. It is a channel devoted exclusively to old and not so old western movies and sagas. If watching McClintock or Shane or The...

The fire alert from Glacier National Park which is included here is included because Glacier officials say that the Sprague Complex of fires will remain the same or maybe grow a little until the snow falls at the beginning of winter. So, as you read...

Summer Pneumonia in Beef Calves Summer pneumonia in nursing beef calves is not uncommon, but occurs with low frequency. A wide variety of risk factors for summer pneumonia exist including relative success of colostrum antibody transfer, commingling o...

Do to a technical problem we missed half this story last week. Here is the story in its entirety. It’s my favorite time of year...buying new school supplies, getting new school clothes, new haircuts, decorating my classroom (although this year it w...

It might be said that Bert was a dandy. He dressed in a strange way, had a tiny moustache and drove around in a very large and long green Nash. Bert (and his last name will not be used to protect the innocent) worked in the shoe department of the...

This week Steph has chosen to feature “THE DIVIDE” by Nickolas Evans which is a large print book. Two backcountry skiers have discovered the body of a young woman embedded in the ice of a remote mountain creek. All through the night police work wit...

Harvest running late this year and are you just plumb tired of fixing harvest lunches? Look no further. Just call 378-2405 and order your harvest lunch from the Senior Citizen’s Center. Lunches for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday, August 2...

Q: Since I was a child I’ve been told that God hates sin, and because I don’t always do what’s right, I’ve always assumed that He must hate me also. But now that I’m older I’m beginning to wonder if I’m wrong. Am I? A: Yes, you are wrong—and I’m...

5/29/30 - 05/05/17 Eugene Richard Boettcher was born May 29th, 1930 in Big Sandy, Montana to his parents Walter and Signe Boettcher. He grew up on the Boettcher farm there with brother Robert and sister Phyllis. As a young boy Gene was the...

I went to a large high school in Northern Virginia, where most of the classes had over 30 kids. It was a good school, but I was a lazy student. I spent most of my class time sitting in the back row reading novels or daydreaming. My grades were...

Booster Club Kick Off will be held August 24 at 6pm at the football concessions stand. Come meet the Pioneer athletes and coaches. Pioneer football will kick off on Friday, August when they host Noxon at 6pm. Volleyball will travel to Centerville...

FSA’s Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) provides compensation to eligible livestock producers who suffer grazing losses for covered livestock due to drought on privately owned or cash leased land, or fire on federally managed land. Producers i...

MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock today issued an Executive Order declaring the following 31 counties and six Indian Reservations are in drought disaster: Blaine, Big Horn, Carter, Chouteau, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, Garfield, Golden V...