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The Homecoming Committee has lost contact with the following people; let us know if you can help us out at: email – info@bigsandyhomecoming.com • Facebook, Big Sandy Homecoming page – private message with any personal information • Homecom...

Gardening season is upon us. For some it is a way to cut down on the grocery bill, for other it is a way to test their survival skills, others it is just who they are (those people can be spotted by looking at their nails for a dirt manicure for...

Big Sandy Medical Services Foundation would like to remind BSHS seniors, BSHS graduates attending college, and/or BSMC employees who are pursuing a medical career that the deadline for these scholarship applications is March 31, 2024 for the...

The Big Sandy Education Foundation is offering scholarships to current college students. To be eligible for consideration for these scholarships, interested students can send a letter of interest to the Education Foundation. Please provide...

We know very little about the NFHS (National Federation of State High School Associations). What most people have heard about it is the NFHS Network, where they live stream events at high schools (and at the junior high level, too). The NFHS owns...

I know I should walk and am inspired by those who do. I just had a physical, and she assured me I was healthy enough to walk. I thought doing my research and revising the value of walking would help me become motivated. I hope it will help motivate y...

With Good Friday and Easter fast approaching, the matter of how to approach these holidays arises for many people in this day and age. Last year, I wrote a series of articles looking at the various easter traditions that have arisen over the last...

Helping You Prepare for the Gardening Season Believe it or not, the gardening season will be upon us before we know it. Below are a few gardening facts to help you prepare for the upcoming season. • Soil tests should be taken in the garden every t...

It takes notable dedication for students to commit to a sport before school even starts. But that is what every volleyball player at Big Sandy High School did. We started practicing on the 11th of August. School started on the 21st, so we had...

The Big Sandy Rotary Club hopes you would be interested in contributing to their 39th Annual Benefit Banquet. It started 40 years ago, but there wasn’t one during COVID. They scheduled it for March 16, 2024, and it has been held since 1984. B...

The Big Sandy Girl’s Basketball team is heading to the state basketball tournament for the first time in 15 years. The girls team has spent the last week and a half resting, getting healthy, and preparing for their trip to Great Falls to face off aga...

Early I interviewed, Cheyenne Feltz, DNP PMHNP-BC, the most recent provider at the Big Sandy Medical Center. Feltz is the new mental health provider, who is a Board Certified (BC) Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) with a Doctor of...

The 4-H Shooting Sports 2024 Chouteau County Invitational Shoot was held February 24th in Fort Benton with 64 members registered to shoot. Participants were mostly from the Golden Triangle Counties. Other counties participating were Flathead, Lewis a...

In August 1973, I left St. Louis, Missouri and traveled by train to Hays, Montana to accept a position as Principal of St. Paul’s Mission School in Hays on Ft Belknap Reservation. During the next few years, 5 more Sisters joined me to teach and m...

The Pioneer Parent Team is holding a Flamingo Frenzy Fundraiser to help support our schools. How can you participate? Send your fun-loving friend, family, neighbors, or enemy? a yard full of flamingos. Unsuspecting loved ones will walk out their...

8 years ago this week, Big Sandy residents witnessed a shoot out when two well respected locals got into an argument. One appeared to have gone for his gun, prompting the other to draw and fire. The paper described the injury as “mortal.” The art...

Winter Fertilization Facts Fall and winter broadcast application of urea (46-0-0) continues to take place on various winter wheat farms across Chouteau County. The major concern of broadcasting urea is nitrogen loss through ammonia volatilization....

It’s time again for the 74th Annual Montana Seed Show, and with it, the 31st Annual Quilt Show. The show will be held Friday, March 8 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Saturday, March 9 from 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM at the Band Room of Harlem High School. B...

Regular Meeting February 8, 2024 Mayor Schwarzbach called the meeting to order and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Council members present: Krystyl Kulbeck, Rich Jespersen, Danielle Weaver and Jon Sheehy on Zoom Staff present: Wendy...

High School Computer Lab 7:00 PM Trustees Present: Chairman Kelly Rutldedge Brad Weaver Anna Bold Jessica Sheehy Matt Myers Staff Present: Superintendent Dan Schrock Principal Heather Wolery Clerk Mary Merrill Visitors Present: Yes 1. Call to Order...