This week Michael Connelly writes a new thriller called “THE CROSSING”. Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD but his half brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. A woman has been brutally murdered in her bed and all the...

A friend of mine loved to hunt and he loved most of all to hunt alone. Just his horse, his pack horse his tent, his gun and some food was good enough for him. What reminded me of this friend was that the October he went hunting in what is now the...

September birthdays include Betty Bitz, Clyde Webster, Frances Ostrom, Cindy Pokorny, Betty Solberg, Sister Margaret Mary, Jim Ray and Sharon Robertson. As Benny Goodman croons sweet nothings from his saxophone, around the hall an anniversary waltz...

Wednesday, September 13 FFA goes to Hobson Friday, September 15 volleyball hosts Chinook at 4pm in Big Sandy Saturday, September 16 volleyball, Belt here starting at 5pm. Sunday, September 16 Football at Heart Butte junior high at 10 am and varsity...

There was big fire news on two fronts last week. The East Fork fire led by a wind from hell got out of containment and went every which way all week long. Monday, September 4 was the first time in over a week that there was not a smoke smell on the...

The regular August City Council meeting was held on August 10th. The Pledge was recited, minutes were approved, there were no public comments and there was one visitor. There was no Sheriff’s report. Concerning the new water project, several calls h...

How about the most wonderful casserole I have ever eaten? My friends call it Sloppy Robby and it is the perfect way to start the fall season. Don’t make it while the weather is still hot. Make it when cool and you will love it even more. It is t...

By Robert Lucke This week “BEST FRIENDS FOREVER” by Jennifer Weiner. Addie Downs and Valerie Adler will be best friends forever. That is what Addie believes after Valerie moves across the street when they are both nine years old. But in the wake of...

Contact Senior Citizens Cooks at 378-2405. Remember that lunches mostly consist of an entrée, salad, vegetable, potato, dessert and drink and most cost $5.00 unless otherwise noted. Lunches include fresh bread. The menu for the coming week is as...

Helmbrecht Photography will be here to take school pictures on Wednesday, September 6. They will begin at the elementary school and will be at the high school around 10am. Sports pictures will be taken after school for football and volleyball....

Sunday, August 27 a fire burned several acres of the Bear Paw Mountains on Moses Mountain close to the Ova Sety Summer Place. The fire started just east of the East Fork Dam on the Rocky Boy Reservation close to the cattle guard by the Dumas summer...

With September just around the corner, the fire season, heat and drought lingers on. It will be with us until the winter snows and let’s just hope that no big fires get started now and that we get a good snow early on to help put out what is r...

If you pay property taxes you should be very glad you live in Chouteau County and Big Sandy specifically. As most property owners know, property taxes are going up this year due to the recent legislature taking funding away from education. By doing...

By Robert Lucke Contact the Senior Citizen Cooks at 378-2405. Lunches include an entrée, salad, vegetable, potato, dessert and drink and cost $5.00 unless otherwise noted. Wednesday, August 30 cheeseburger pie, vegetable tray, bread and dessert....

Friday, September 1 2 day Volleyball tournament at Rudyard and Gildford. Friday, September 1 junior high volleyball in Havre at St. Judes. Saturday, September 2 varsity football at Winifred at 1pm. Junior high volleyball jamboree at Big Sandy 9am on...

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...

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...

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...

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...