Liberty County News

Nearly all Montana voters will cast their ballots in this fall's election with a stamp instead of at the polls.

Chester celebrates the end of the summer growing season on Saturday at the Liberty County 'Get Down' Town Harvest Festival.

BARSNESS - Son born Monday to Vicky and Michael Barsness of Great Falls. BOWMAN - Son born Friday to Brandy and Ryan Bowman of Belt.

BARSNESS - Son born Monday to Vicky and Michael Barsness of Great Falls. BOWMAN - Son born Friday to Brandy and Ryan Bowman of Belt.

It's not often that there's good news in the property tax arena, but the word this past week from the state Department of Revenue was that average property taxes for folks in northcentral Montana were likely to decline a bit.

Bozeman school administrators plan $80 million in building projects over the next four years, while Roy's superintendent must cope with having no music program, no business classes and no home economics class to offer his students.

CHESTER - Ernest Joseph Gagnon, 96, a lifelong Liberty County area farmer who enjoyed reading, music, woodworking, remodeling and building projects, died of natural causes on Saturday at his farm home south of Chester.

U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., recently announced that his congressional field representative Mike Waite will be conducting traveling office hours in Chester on Tuesday.

Sometimes they come up empty; sometimes they wishthey had come up empty; and sometimes they get lucky.

Dr. Anna Earl grew up in Fort Benton and knew at some point after medical school she wanted to come back to northcentral Montana.

A couple of years ago, Liberty County Hospital in Chester was struggling to stay open and operating at a loss.

It is the nature of the Montana Legislature that issues which simmered throughout the session heat up to a boil in the final days.