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By Erik Sietsema Montana Actors’ Theatre brought its summer theater camp to Big Sandy July 20–23, concluding Thursday evening with a student production of Kid Frankie Stein. Twelve local children participated in the four-day camp, along with one high school student who volunteered backstage. Though MAT’s theater camp is a long-running program, this summer marked its first visit to Big Sandy. The event was hosted by the Big Sandy Theater Company and sponsored by Triangle Communications and the Bi...
Horticultural Advice for August Below are some rules of thumb when tending vegetables, lawns, flowers and trees during the month of August. •Renovate strawberries by mowing a minimum of every three years. Some people mow their strawberries every year following fruit production. Be sure to set the mower high enough to mow the leaves. Mowing too low may damage the crowns and kill the plant. •Topdress strawberries after harvest with a complete fertilizer like 16-16-16. •Pinch the tops of indeterminate tomatoes and reduce watering to promote ripen...
1 Years Ago — Aug 5, 1926 Dean Shepherd and his wife departed for a week’s vacation in Glacier National Park, leaving the Golden Rule Store in capable hands until their return. At the same time, J.W. Barnett and his family arrived from Lewistown to establish their new home, where Mr. Barnett assumed management of the elevator at Verona. The continued arrival of new residents reflected the confidence many families placed in Big Sandy and the surrounding agricultural country. Florence Vallie, who had been serving at the Deaconess Hospital in... Full story
That’s a Heck of Day My friends are on safari in Africa, and I’ve been lucky enough to see some of their photos and videos. The environment and animals are truly inspiring and remarkable. I surprised myself at the emotional response I had when I watched a video of a herd of elephants cross a river…and how the massive adults took so much care to make sure the babies safely made it to the other side. I was moved to tears witnessing their actions, which, in my mind, arose from survival instincts, intelligence, and emotion. My friend said it was a...
By Mary Ophus The Sunshine Snippers 4-H Club is proud to announce that they were awarded a $500 People Partner Grant from the Montana 4-H Foundation, which helped fund their “Care & Share” community service project. The People Partner Grant program provides support to youth-led projects that enhance the quality of life within local communities. These grants emphasize youth involvement in planning and carrying out meaningful, educational projects that create lasting benefits. Through this gra...
HAVRE – Bear Paw Development Corporation recently released its Annual Report for 2025. The multi-county nonprofit economic and community development organization, founded in 1969, serves Liberty, Hill, Blaine, Chouteau and Phillips Counties and the Rocky Boy’s and Fort Belknap Indian Reservations. The Annual Report chronicles the impact Bear Paw Development had on its region last year. Overall, the organization coordinated more than $10 million in funding through grant writing, revolving loan fund investments and other sources for business sta...
MISSOULA, Mont., July 13, 2026 — The American Red Cross is declaring a national emergency blood shortage as blood supplies around the country fell nearly 25% in June. Blood donors are urgently needed to help ensure patients receive lifesaving medical care without delay. The shortage is especially serious for types O positive and B negative blood. Nationwide, a steep decline in blood donations since the end of May has created a growing gap between supply and patient need. On top of that, busy schedules and the seasonal loss of school blood d...
By Ruth Hlavnicka I left Big Sandy Wednesday morning, March 18, with Tom and Ruth Hlavnicka. We headed out the Kenilworth Road in a fully loaded pickup and headed toward Shelby. Just north of Shelby, we crossed into Canada at Sweetgrass. Some things change in Canada. The highway speed limit is about 110 kilometers per hour (around 68 mph). Gas is sold by the liter and costs about $6–8 per gallon. The weather and landscape are very similar to what we are used to—vast prairies and farmland. We tra...
From Northern Montana Health Care Northern Montana Health Care marked a national milestone today, becoming the first health care system in the nation to use a new computer-assisted system designed to help detect suspected colorectal polyps during an endoscopy. Dr. Damian Ymzon, MD, used the CADDIE™ Device Computer-assisted Detection system during an endoscopic procedure Wednesday, July 22. "This new AI-augmented system will help better detect polyps or other abnormalities in the colon," Ymzon sa...