With the first cases of COVID-19 emerging in Teton County, organizations and businesses are adjusting their policies.
Kaylee Bender is all smiles as she prepares to participate in the 4-H goat show.
Coronavirus News
On July 1, the day after the Teton County Health Department received the first notice of COV…
In response to the recent outbreak of COVID-19 in Teton County, Choteau Mayor Chris Hindoien…
On June 30, the Teton County Health Department received notice from the Montana Department o…
Current News
The 2020 Fourth of July Celebration in Choteau may be smaller than ones in years past, but it is sure to be just as patriotic. The schedule of events is as follows:
¬ Power resident Chris Borst celebrated the official opening of her new practice, Front Rang… Read more
During the summer of 2020, two sidewalk improvement projects will be done in Fairfield. Read more
The Joint City-County Library Board, meeting June 18, was delighted to announce that the Cho… Read more
Choteau BeeHive Homes resident Marion Paulsen celebrated her 100th birthday on June 19 with … Read more
Gov.Steve Bullock and the Montana Department of Agriculture on June 26 announced that three … Read more
Two Fairfield volunteer firemen are building on a “Home Safe” program they started last year… Read more
Trinity Lutheran Church in Choteau is offering free snack packs for kids. Read more
The Rocky Mountain Front Farmer’s Market will be held in an abbreviated fashion this summer,… Read more
Graying Pains series
(Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part story about financing elder care in aging populations. Part 2, “What new strategies could Montana explore?” will be published next week.)
Last week’s Graying Pains story explored the challenges of family farm succession as Montana’s agricultural demographic ages, and a program designed to connect up-and-coming farmers in western Montana. This week’s installment explores the same issue — and a community college proposal to addr…
The 68-year-old old poultry farmer pointed out the hen houses he built decades ago, providing details of each wooden tenement’s residents.
As Montana’s aging population continues to grow (18.9% of Montanans are now 65 or older), rural residents face the same aging challenges as their urban counterparts but often with fewer resources.
SEELEY LAKE — “Don’t bring in a rocker — I don’t need those kinds of things,” Pearl Hawkins told Seeley Lake Elementary preschool teacher Sheila Devins on her first day as a foster grandparent. “I’m going to get down in the beanbags with the kids.”
Regional News
The Dutton/Brady School Board hired Karen Lee as the elementary principal and Amberly Stephe…
The Fairfield Town Council on June 10 approved hiring a third-party engineer to evaluate str…
The whole family is invited to spend the day outside with the Sun River Watershed Group in M…
Sheriff's Report
June 21 — 9:39 a.m., deputy assisted a transient man looking to locate a pastor and transported him to a motel for the night.
