Box Elder News

SAND COULEE - Stevi Henry cross-stepped in the shape of a circle, with the bells fastened to her dress jingling in harmony with a traditional Native American drumbeat.

Great Falls and Havre police don't discriminate by race when they pull people over, according to statistics collected by each department.

The cupola of the old Box Elder County Courthouse contains a penciled historical mystery.

FORT BELKNAP - One thing about the annual parade here, there sure are a lot of horses.

Among the students selected to receive 2008 Presidential Scholarships from Montana State University-Bozeman are Daniel Bartaand Morgan Mendsof Helena.

Tony Belcourt's razor-thin victory margin for House District 32 slimmed to just one vote Monday when election officials tallied up the nine provisional ballots pending in the race.

Triangle Communications is pleased to announce the winners of a new scholarship opportunity available from the company.

After Joyce Donoven's sons graduated from high school, she took a job as a third-grade teacher in Box Elder, not far from the cattle farm she and her husband operate near Kremlin.

Voters across the Golden Triangle passed modest school levies with the exception of the Wolf Point and the Sun River Valley School District in Cascade County. via Great Falls Tribune

“Sen. Obama has given everybody a reason to vote”

HELENA - State legislators, city councilmen and a prosecutor are among 37 past and present Montana public officials who announced their support Thursday for Democrat Barack Obama's presidential bid. via Great Falls Tribune

“This is a reliability project primarily”

Major improvements are planned along a deteriorating 74-year-old electricity transmission line between Great Falls and Havre, state and federal officials said Monday. via Great Falls Tribune

Ashley Goodian and Neal Levang are planning an Aug. 23 wedding. Her parents are Ed Goodian of Box Elder and the late Judy Goodian. via Great Falls Tribune

“Our judicial branch actually serves under the business council, so judicial oversight isn't much of an option”

BOX ELDER - Protesters approved a petition Wednesday night demanding that the Rocky Boy tribal council abolish a far-reaching slander ordinance. via Great Falls Tribune

“This situation is unacceptable and the people of Montana should not be made to pay for the lack of foresight and coordination by the Department of Transportation and officials at Great Lakes Aviation”

HELENA - Linda McCulloch, state superintendent of schools, has recognized Montana schools that serve low-income students and demonstrated student achievement during the past school year. via Great Falls Tribune

“So now everyone is afraid to do anything.”

BOX ELDER - Seventy-year-old Jeanne Hobbs is risking everything she owns by being quoted in this article. via Great Falls Tribune

BOX ELDER - Lavidia Louisa Belgarde, 44, of Box Elder, who served in the Navy from 1982 to 1985, and who enjoyed sports, reading, music and spending time with family and friends, died Sunday at her home. via Great Falls Tribune