Fort Shaw News

Continuing to demonstrate their commitment to giving back to local Montana communities, Cellular One recently presented donation checks in the amount of $4,600 to 16 Montana schools who received funds through the School Donation Program.

In March, a house fire broke out in Sun River and the local fire department showed up - all three of its volunteers.

In 1902, a unique combination of Native women came together at a boarding school in Montana.

One word popped in Cascade student Jay Hickam's mind upon hearing he would be shopping for clothes with a Cascade County Sheriff's Office deputy - "Yes!" Hickam, 9, was among a dozen elementary school students from Cascade County who were paired with 12 deputies for the Shop with the Sheriff program at Wal-Mart on Wednesday.

Student Kristi Scott is among three promising scholars who will speak during a Montana History Foundation annual history conference in Great Falls later this week at the Holiday Inn.

Spreading the word about fire safety - and doing it in an entertaining manner - is the focus this week for Great Falls Fire Rescue.

With the in-crisis horse problem so great in Montana, an expansion of the Montana Horse Sanctuary's facilities was needed from the moment it opened outside of Helena five years ago.

SIMMS - If it weren't for the Mustang football jerseys, it would have been difficult to tell the difference between the middle school and high school students here Wednesday.

New regulations that require setbacks for wind towers, relax rules for animal ownership and cut red tape for new businesses were OK'd Tuesday by Cascade County commissioners.

A man is in custody after several Montana agencies became involved in a high speed chase.

A man accused of leading law enforcement on a two-hour chase, made his initial appearance in Cascade County Court Today Multimedia Watch The Video Daniel Baker, 41, of Lincoln is charged with felony theft, and a misdemeanor charge of eluding an emergency vehicle, among other traffic charges.

Old campers and pickups, bundles of paper, stacks of bricks and unrecognizable garbage mar an otherwise picturesque green country landscape outside of Belt.

In 1984 the Association of Highway Patrolmen started the Montana Hope Project to grant wishes to kids with serious illness.

Fort Shaw-area resident Rene Simkins has long used her craft skills to supplement the family income as she raised two children.

Anthony Christopher Ginalias, 84, of Great Falls, a college Professor at the University of Great Falls and World War II Navy veteran, died of natural causes Thursday at his home.

Kelli Kenik and Aaron McKay of Simms have chosen Sept. 12 as the date of their marriage.

Students roamed the halls of Sun River Middle School for the last time today. In March, school trustees voted to close the middle school in an effort to offset budget and enrollment concerns.

Several farmers are petitioning Cascade County District Court to allow them to be included in the Fort Shaw Irrigation District.

Michael Shelby Hickes, 49, of Midwest City, Okla., a former Great Falls resident, died of bladder cancer May 2 in Midwest City.

Dani Fleming and Jess Hinderager have chosen a June 20 wedding date. She is the daughter of Larry and Kath Fleming of Fort Shaw, and he is the son of Paul and Berva Hinderager of Vaughn.