Wolf Point News

FORT BELKNAP - Alex Marie Castillo, 2, of Fort Belknap, died Thursday from injuries received in a car crash Thursday near Harlem.

Wet and active weather was expected to develop across the Eastern U.S. on New Year's Eve.

WOLF POINT - The Lloyd couple who sold marijuana-laced treats to kids in June at Wild West Days in Poplar was sentenced and fined in District Court earlier this month.

Remnants of the Bush administration threaten to leave the security of Montana airports in danger, as well as good Montana jobs.

HELENA - Barry Beach, the Poplar man who was convicted in 1984 of murdering 17-year-old Kim Nees on the Fort Peck Reservation, will get another chance to try to prove his innocence in court.

Law enforcement officers from several agencies arrested three dozen people in a drug bust on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.

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A A A Final Environmental Assessments and Findings of No Significant Impact documents are now available to the public concerning the construction projects at the Scobey and Whitetail Ports of entry.

Helping out is nothing new to volunteer firefighters; whether it's rescuing people from burning buildings or putting out the flames of wildfires, they always answer the call.

POPLAR - Shelly Rae Kirn, 33, of Poplar, a lifelong Poplar resident who enjoyed attending her son's sports and school activities, shopping and having family movie nights, died of complications from pneumonia Sunday at the Billings Clinic.

It's hard not to feel the pain of VFW posts around the state as the venerable organizations, whose ranks have for years been filled with World War II and Korean war veterans, lose their members at an alarming rate - about 21 percent statewide in the past three years.

Brian Kunkel is in the minority at VFW Post 1087 in Great Falls, a member who is younger than 30 - heck, even 40.

Rose Marie Harden Welch, 63, of Great Falls and formerly of Wolf Point, died of natural causes Tuesday at her home.

Write-in candidate Greg Norgaard beat out two candidates to be Poplar's mayor. With 115 votes, he handily defeated Theresa Murray and Vance Christiansen whose names were on the ballot.

The 52 Ranch near Wolf Point and 14 other northeast Montana ranches are featured in an upcoming book, The Weak Ones Turned Back, The Cowards Never Started: A Century of Ranching in Montana.

Northeast Montana Health Services received the 2009 Innovation in Health Care Award from the Montana Health Care Association for NEMHSa tele-pharmacies. This year marks the 75th anniversary of Montana Health Care Association.

GLASGOW - Robert C. Ferguson, 80, a Navy veteran who enjoyed rodeos, camping and fishing, died Tuesday at the Billings Clinic, of complications from an Oct.

Once a tourist asked a nurse at a Wolf Point, Montana hospital about the Mennonites, members of a religious group that were farmers that lived in the area.

Anneva Grace Jensen, 83, died of natural causes on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont.

A A A Transportation will be provided free, if enough people RSVP, to anyone from the areas of Scobey, Plentywood, Culbertson and Glasgow to a free a oeCancer Basicsa informational seminar in Wolf Point, Thursday, October 15.