The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

By Vance Butler A little history of how the Big Sandy Gun and Ammo show started in Big Sandy. During the 1990’s the Kidd Brothers of Big Sandy organized a gun show every January in Havre at the MSU Northern Student Union building. Jean Butler, b...

MSU Extension Chouteau County has Hay probe and Nutrition Decision Software Sampling of hay is essential to livestock management. Hay sampling is best accomplished with a hollow core probe consisting of a stainless-steel tube and a sharp cutting...

Blaine County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Tracy Harshman announced that farmers and ranchers in Montana now can receive notifications from their county office through text messages on their cell phone. Whether producers are in t...

Contact the Senior Citizens Cooks at 378-2405. All lunches include an entrée, salad, vegetable, potato, dessert and drink and all cost $5.00 unless otherwise noted. Lunches for the coming week are as follows: Wednesday, January 25 mock fillet...

Vic’s Pics This week Vicki chose a novel by Nicholas Sparks called “TWO BY TWO”. We will all make it through, two by two. At thirty-two Russell Green has it all, a stunning wife, a lovable six year old daughter, a successful career as an adver...

It has been a long, long cold spell starting long before Christmas and lasting into January. Finally, though it is the middle of January and a January thaw seems to be taking place. It is fine with me. By Friday I could tell it was close to the end...

My wife often says that I collect hobbies. I discover something new, begin to learn about it after my interest is sparked, achieve a level of proficiency or learning in my new area of interest, and move on to a new interest. It drives my wife a...

Four tables of enthusiastic players enjoyed another Sunday of fun in the Mint family room playing 7 rounds of pinochle on January 22nd. (Well most of the sixteen were enthusiastic most of the time!) Always depends a lot on the cards, luck, partners,...

Deedie Mae (Bitz) Nimmick, 63, passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 8, 2016, at Sweet Memorial Home in Chinook due to complications of early onset Alzheimer’s. Cremation has taken place, and a Celebration of Deedie’s Life will be held at... Full story

Wednesday, January 25 ASVAB testing at 9am at the high school Thursday, January 26 grades 9 and 11 students have a field day in Havre leaving at 9:30 am. Friday, January 27 basketball hosts DGS with games starting at 3pm. Saturday, January 28...

Bee Lucke was the son of Havre pioneer Lou Lucke. He loved Clear Creek almost as much as his father had. He was blessed for his father-in-law C. L. Stuart shared that love for the area. The two of them spent years moving into old homestead cabins up...