Browning News

Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis yesterday announced $5.8 million in green capacity building grants through the economic stimulus program - just a fraction of the $500 million set aside for green jobs creation under the stimulus.

Caroline Zentner lethbridge herald This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Finding a person under the age of 20 who speaks Blackfoot is so rare that elders are concerned the loss of the language will lead to loss of identity.

Women have served in the U.S. military since the Revolutionary War, when Gen. George Washington diplomatically took aside a woman disguised as a male soldier, congratulated her for her service and handed her discharge papers.

A Browning man convicted in a 2005 fatal stabbing was resentenced Thursday to less than half of his original 90-year jail sentence.

Bonnie Boggs, a Miles City teacher and Blackfoot native, has been chosen as this year's Montana History Teacher of the Year.

One Montana history teacher is recognized each year with the Montana Statehood Centennial Bell Award.

BROWNING - Spay Montana is gearing up for a major campaign next summer to reduce the number of stray dogs on the streets of Browning.

The role that women have played in the U.S. military from the Revolutionary War through today will be the theme of one Great Falls Veterans Day ceremony.

The National Weather Service in Great Falls has issued a high wind warning until 5:00 p.m. this afternoon for many communities along the Rocky Mountain Front and North Central Montana.

- Doug Embody, who was appointed Cut Bank's mayor when Joni Stewart left office early, launched a successful write-in campaign for re-election. With 784 votes, Embody beat J.W. Eaton Jr. , who had 86 votes, and Tom Shock, who had 117 votes, both of whom was on the ballot. Four candidates vyed for two four-year seats on the council. William "Bill" McCauley (593 votes,) and Timothy Curtiss (559 votes) were elected to four-year terms. Tyson Lee Michaels and James L. Childress had 437 votes and 83 votes respectively. Kelly Solberg, who was appointed to the council, received 818 votes to serve out the remaining two years of the four-year term. - Because it runs a poll election rather than an all mail ballot, Browning votes still have not yet been tallied. Two candidates are vying for Browning mayor - William S. Morris Jr. and Lockley Joseph Bremner. Steve Barcus and Demerle J. Fitzpatrick are running for two four-year seats on the town council and Kevin Vaile is running for the remaining two years of an unexpired term as alderman.

In 2002, two men from very different backgrounds - one a Blackfeet from Browning, the other a New Englander of European descent - met to begin a collaboration of words and music to tell the Native American perspective of Lewis and Clark Expedition.

SAN FRANCISCO - Montana native Joseph Leo "Indian Joe" Morris, 88, of San Francisco, a retired longshoreman who loved music and Indian art, died of natural causes Sunday in San Francisco.

Northwest Montana's cross country tradition is alive and well. From Bigfork to Whitefish, from Class B to AA, the Flathead Valley has no shortage of championship contenders heading into this weekend's state cross country meet.

About the Milk River Captain Merriweather Lewis wrote: "The water of this river is about the colour of a cup of tea with a teaspoon of milk," and from this observation he chose the name for this longest tributary of the Missouri River.

The Streetball Legends will take on the Boys and Girls Club Dribblers for a good cause today in Browning.

This week's rains have brought a soggy end to a wildfire season in Montana that pretty much never even started.

So you've probably been to Glacier, but how did you get there, and how did you return? The Montana Scenic Loop offers a great opportunity to make the road traveled the destination.

An exhibit of Louise Ogemahgeshig Fischer's artwork opens Sunday at the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning.

BROWNING - Volunteers are installing much-needed trash cans in Browning, and hauling hundreds of bags of trash off the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.

Learn how to make the Native American equivalent of a valise or overnight bag this Saturday at First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park.