Fort Benton News

It's 3 p.m. on Saturday and the place is packed. Folks have traveled 500 miles or more for the show.

Before we get into Valentine's Day, we need to mention a Super Bowl special at Grand Union Hotel in Fort Benton.

Foothills Brass will perform in Fort Benton on Feb. 3 as the fourth installment of the Chouteau County Performing Arts season.

The Montana Performing Artists Consortium convention this weekend promises to be a feast for the ears, loaded with jazz, folk, country and classical music.

John Thompson of Columbia Falls and Frank Jobe of Flathead High School have been named Activities Director of the Year for Class A and Class AA, respectively.

FORT BENTON - Fort Benton's bluffs will be alive with the sound of music this weekend - and their hotels and homes packed with musicians and their instruments.

Jenna Faith Bley and Justin Ian Chenette are planning a June 12 wedding. She is the daughter of Valerie Morger of Fort Benton and the late Paul Bley.

The southernmost post of the Hudson Bay Company was Fort Connah, established in 1846 and named after River Conon in Scotland, it operated until 1872.

Fort Assinniboine was manned by various units, infantry, cavalry and others, and civilian employees, of the U.S. Army from 1878 to 1911.

Great Falls Police want to get the word out that a Tier 3 Sex Offender has moved to the city.

Called the first modern structure built in Montana, Fort Manuel, also called Fort Lisa, was a fur trading post built in 1807 by the party led by Manuel Lisa and was erected on the Corps of Discovery campsite of 26 July 1806.

In 1862, along the wagon trail used by gold seekers coming from Minnesota, the wagon trail came into Montana high and dry and then ran westward in the Milk River Valley, crossing the river several times.

MALTA - Jerry E. Pugh, 77, of Malta, an Army veteran and retired teacher, died of natural causes Tuesday at Peace Hospice in Great Falls.

MALTA - Mary E. Humes, 93, a retired schoolteacher and former Big Sandy resident, died of bone cancer Monday at the Country Home in Malta.

Montana State University Extension Service will hold the annual series of Cropping Seminars in the Golden Triangle Jan.

During 2009, many stories were told with big headlines and large photos. Still more interesting tales never made the front page, instead appearing on page 2M - the obituary page.

HINSDALE - Daisy Ann Ball, 90, of Hinsdale, who was active in the Catholic Church and enjoyed playing cards, dancing and being with family, died of natural causes Saturday at a Malta retirement home.

Although national experts cite statistics showing the economy is gradually improving, the Great Falls Job Service Workforce Center staff has been hopping to help area folks find better jobs.

Contention and debate often dominate coverage of the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, but common ground on some Breaks issues is possible.

An ice storm in central Montana has led to the closure of the airport in Great Falls.