Big Sandy News

Box Elder, the community between Big Sandy and Havre, had a visit on Monday from the director of the Montana Department of Commerce, Anthony Preite.

HAVRE - Ethel V. McSloy, 86, a homemaker and former Hill County resident, died of natural causes Saturday at a Chinook nursing home.

U.S. Senator Jon Tester announced on Wednesday that he has hired Conrad farmer Jacob Cowgill to serve as his new state agriculture liaison.

BIG SANDY - O'Della L. Sohm, 79, died of natural causes Friday in Great Falls. Rosary is 7 p.m. Wednesday at St.

No Farmers' Market for You! "Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian." - Dennis Wholey We thought the idea was so simple, and such a great fit, that there would be no way there could be trouble.

If a public option is part of health care reform, the financial health of hospitals needs to be considered in the legislation, Benefis Health System doctors and administrators told U.S. Jon Tester in a roundtable discussion at the hospital's east campus Saturday morning.

A dozen Western poets and pickers, singers and even an award-winning yodeler will perform in Fort Benton this weekend at the Grand Union Gathering.

BIG SANDY - The sparkly lights, the sweet treats, the children's smiles, the pure joy of the season - there's nothing that Jim Rettig doesn't love about Christmas.

The Rocky Boys North Central Rural Water Project is picking up $20 million from the federal government after a Tuesday announcement made by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar.

HAVRE - The U.S. Postal Service has moved where it sorts mail destined for the Havre area.

Growing melons in Montana requires great amounts of labor and care - the tender plants must be nurtured through early summer frosts and, once ripe, pass through a chain of people to get from the fields to trucks.

HELENA - The state Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking help solving poaching cases near Malta and Big Sandy.

Faces were a little long when barber Bill Graves and longtime customer - and U.S. Senator - Jon Tester discussed Sen.

FORT BENTON - Dianna Keane cannot contain her frustration. As others peppered Rep.

Montana's winter wheat harvest is underway, with 11 percent of the state's crop in, according to the Montana Crop Weather Report released Monday by the Montana Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

BUTTE, Mont. - BNSF Railway is installing 1,700 new feet of rail line near a Butte rail yard and plans to use the line to store excess rail cars.

Jon Tester's recently introduced Forest Jobs and Recreation Act may be the most significant piece of legislation he has created in his, still relatively short, career in the U.S. Senate.

HAVRE - Mary G. Brady, 89, of Havre, died of natural causes Sunday at a Havre hospital.

Most Montanans travel to their jobs by motor vehicle. But our area is also home to a unique method of transportation, allowing passengers to take a boat to work.

A 65-year-old man died Wednesday night in a single-vehicle rollover outside of Great Falls.