Chinook News

CHINOOK - Hans Henry Hofeldt, 87, of Chinook, a rancher, died of natural causes Sunday at a Chinook nursing home.

This is Chief Forecaster Fred Pfeiffer with your STORMTracker Forecast for Friday, December 19, 2008 Hi Everyone! A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect until 5 pm Friday.

Doctor pinpointed wood ticks as cause of virulent spotted fever Christmas 1908 Not only is it not a white Christmas, it's unseasonably warm and windy on this Friday in much of Montana.

FORT BELKNAP - Alvin P. Doney, 71, an Army veteran and custodian for the Indian Health Service, died of natural causes Wednesday at Peace Hospice in Great Falls.

Monarch of the plains, "supermarket" for Native peoples, cultural icon - the bison is all that and more.

"Chinook Indians." 27 February 2008. HowStuffWorks.com. 20 November 2008. Chinook Indians, a small Pacific Coast tribe belonging to the Chinookan language family.

BILLINGS - A Montana Highway Patrol trooper has cited two Pryor men with drunken driving in one traffic stop.

Cellular One is closing its customer call center in Great Falls, putting 20 people out of work.

LEWISTOWN - Once the tribe's ancestral hunting grounds, Lewistown and the Judith Basin could become the eastern gateway of the Nez Perce Trail.

Late last week, Army Staff Sgt. Josh Caldwell headed back to war in Afghanistan.

CHINOOK - Henry Earl Grabofsky, 89, a retired businessman and Army veteran, died of natural causes Sunday at a Havre care center.

HAVRE - Katheren Alpha Johnson, 86, of Havre, died of natural causes Sunday at her home.

The Board of Trustees of the Glacier National ParkFund has awarded $201,100 from unrestricted funds in grants to Glacier National Park.

KALISPELL - Former Great Falls and Chinook resident Ruth Wilberg Brekke, 86, of Kalispell, died of natural causes Thursday at a Kalispell care facility.

On a 3-2 vote, the state Public Service Commission on Tuesday essentially ordered Commissioner Brad Molnar, R-Laurel, to release some of his office e-mails to a political opponent who had requested them.

Every four years, hundreds of musicians from across the state offer a special concert here in Great Falls: the All-State Music Festival, featuring Montana's stand-out high school musicians.

The creme de la creme music students from around the state tonight are bringing their fine tunes to a concert led by national conductors with a cameo by former music teacher Sen.

The Montana High School Association All-State Music Festival host night concert features the Cascade Quartet, Chinook Winds and the University of Idaho DancersDrummersDreamers.

School is out for the next two days while teachers attend workshops, but the halls of Great Falls High School will be filled with some of the state's best music.

Chinook celebrates an important part of its history this weekend with the fourth annual Sugarbeet Festival on Saturday.