Winifred News

More than 1,000 people pakced the Denton School football field this morning for a memorial service for four Denton students killed in a car crash Saturday.

LEWISTOWN - The screen of the drive-in theater lights up the night sky as Sarah Jessica Parker's voice hangs in the still summer air, drowning out the chirping of crickets in a nearby field and the whir of cars ...

July 1 is just days away, but as of Friday, there are still 10 school districts across the state set to begin the new fiscal year without a superintendent in place.

Custom sprayer Chris Sramek watched the rain soak the fields from the windows of his office and contemplated the reason agricultural chemicals are reaching new price highs.

Brooke Christiaens,a senior from Great Falls, was awarded a $7,000 Elsie Corette Memorial Scholarship, available to pre-med students from Montana who are attending Carroll College in Helena. via Great Falls Tribune

“It's really a composite of a lot of different small towns. A lot of different stories and anecdotes from small towns. My ultimate goal was to capture the essence of those small towns as opposed to a story specific to a particular place.”

The excitement of small town basketball is on display this week at the Four Seasons Arena. via KRTV

Tuesday, February 19, 2008 "HOPE IN HARD TIMES: NEW DEAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF MONTANA, 1936-1942": Western Heritage Center, 2822 Montana Ave. via Billings Gazette

Nine Montana state lawmakers have concealed weapon permits, but most say that they seldom carry a weapon. via Montana's News Station

Self-made millionaire restores his Montana hometown Norman Asbjornson, a Winifred man whose heating and air conditioning manufacturing company is one of the fastest growing, small businesses in the nation, has ... via Headwaters News

“He has the vision to look to the future and recognize what we need. He is sure helping us stay alive and survive.”

WINIFRED - A few years ago, Norman Asbjornson joined a group sharing coffee and stories at his hometown's cafe. via Great Falls Tribune

“Times change, and you get closer to retirement age and you'd like to retire.”

After three quarters of a century in the family, one might suspect Tom Mitchell would be a little sentimental - even teary-eyed - about selling his namesake pharmacy to a larger company. via Montana Standard

“We're just getting to that point”

LEWISTOWN - Administrators from 10 central Montana Class C schools are fighting to keep their doors open by looking at sharing teachers, staff and administrators and implementing four-day school weeks to make ... via Great Falls Tribune

The battle between Dean K. Sellers, the Arizona developer who wants to build an Aspen-like resort in Utah and the residents of three small communities who fear the developer will toss them off their land once ... via Headwaters News