Chester News

CHESTER - Leora Gibson, 83, a longtime Chester resident, died of natural causes Saturday in Billings.

Mary Kay Rambo can't help but cry sitting in Chester's home economics classroom, surrounded by shiny sinks, new cupboards and countertops.

Kurt Kammerzell didn't start out to be an implement designer, but rather a better, more efficient farmer.

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.

Mother Nature threatened, but could not dampen, the enthusiasm of volunteers who cleaned up the Tiber Reservoir shoreline during the Clean Marias/Tiber Green project April 25.

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.

A plan to connect rural water users in northeastern Hill County to a water treatment plant in Havre is moving forward.

Prudence 'P.J.' Hullman and Logan Lybeck have chosen a June 20 wedding date. She is the daughter of Prudy Hullman of Worden and David Hullman of Onalaska, Wis.

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is trying to find out just who is killing Montana's raptors.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials are continuing to investigate the shooting of several raptors, including two golden eagles, east of Chester recently.

BURKEY - Son born to Jaclyn and Nicholas Burkey of Great Falls. McCAIN - Daughter born Thursday to Hannah and Robert McCain of Great Falls.

Wind energy has been in the news often in recent months, but Liberty County is something of an alternative energy pioneer.

Six months after running away in rural Montana, Buck, a Golden Retriever, was reunited last week with his Washington-based family, including Jason, 17, pictured above.

A 7-year-old golden retriever named Buck, startled by a train whistle last summer and lost for six months in north-central Montana, is back home in Washington state thanks to the efforts of several Chester ...

Five sisters of Hoboken take the stage at 3 p.m. on Feb. 15 in the CJI Auditorium in Chester for 'Nunsense.' The hilarious story centers around five nuns who are putting on a show to raise funds to bury four ...

After six long, heartbreaking months, Kim Halter is grateful for the simple things in life.

Whitney Lybeck and Patrick Wicks have selected July 11 as their wedding date. She is the daughter of Warren and Liz Lybeck of Chinook.