Fort Benton News

Bob St.Pierre of Minnesota follows his German shorthair pointer while hunting Montana pheasants on islands in the Missouri River via canoes.

There are plenty of options this year for those who want to dine out for Thanksgiving dinner.

You may have a hard time finding a Black Rose Band CD under any music category at Wal-Mart, but area folks will get a chance to hear the group's unique sound live at a Fort Benton fundraiser Saturday for the Chouteau County Search and Rescue.

On 1 January 1867, the U.S. Postal Service opened bidding for an overland route for carrying the mail on Route #13611 from Fort Abercrombie near present day Fargo, North Dakota across a thousand miles of northern plains to the gold camp at Helena in Montana Territory.

The key to survival for a hunter that becomes stuck in a snowstorm is being prepared.

Ronald 'Shane' Gusick, 42, an Air Force veteran and Cascade County detention officer, died Oct.

Voters ousted two Craig Water and Sewer District Board incumbents who did not support a special resort tax to pay for the town's overburdened sewer system.

Two city council races in Fort Fenton are leading to a fierce debate over a potential consolidation of the city's police department and the Chouteau County Sheriff's Office.

The Montana Department of Commerce Director Anthony Preite will be traveling today and tomorrow through Fort Benton, Box Elder, Havre, Harlem, and Malta to deliver $2.6 million dollars worth of grants, awarded through the Montana Reinvestment Act.

The Fort Benton election strangely has turned into a referendum on the county sheriff's office.

Connie Jacobs, director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center in Fort Benton, has been awarded the 2009 Silver Star Award for Excellence in Interpretation by the BLM's Division of Education, Interpretation and Partnerships.

Montana Department of Commerce Director Anthony Preite toured the Hi-Line Monday and Tuesday, handing out $2.6 million in checks for economic development projects.

The Director of Montana's Department of Commerce, Anthony Preite, is on a two-day tour from Fort Benton to Malta, and along the way, he'll be delivering millions of dollars in stimulus funds.

Far East meets the Wild West at Fort Benton's Grand Union Hotel on Oct. 31 through Nov.

Montana experienced warmer temperatures with limited precipitation for the week ending Oct.

Earl H. Deck, who with his wife farmed and operated a local motel for a number of years, died of natural causes Sunday at his home in Great Falls.

Here's a ghostly story for every one and I hope every one will have a really ghoul time.

Every two years the state history conference is hosted in an area outside of Helena, and this year, Great Falls took on hosting duties and is sharing a little bit of Electric City history with the rest of the state.

More budget-cutting hour changes could be headed to your local post office. Multimedia Watch The Video Post offices in Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Fort Benton, Belt, and Black Eagle will all be seeing changes to their retail desk hours.

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