Fort Benton News

After weeks of wandering along the Teton River, a grizzly bear was captured Tuesday night near Loma.

LAUREL - Navy veteran Donald H. Reynolds, 83, died of natural causes Wednesday at a Laurel care facility.

He was one of the first leaders of Montana. Now 142 years after his death, Thomas Francis Meager is being remembered in Fort Benton.

Father and siblings have teamed up for a series of shows across Montana this summer.

Fort Benton's 33rd annual Summer Celebration this weekend is a wee bit Celtic with a touch of the old country.

Edna E. Bernasek, 97, of Great Falls, a former registered nurse, died of natural causes Friday at a local nursing home.

FORT BENTON - Fort Benton's Summer Celebration is going green. Timed with the dedication of a new statue of Montana's territorial governor and Irish hero Thomas Francis Meagher, a bit o' Irish flare will glimmer through all three days of events this weekend.

FORT BENTON - Joseph L. "Uncle Joe" Halvorsen, 58, of Fort Benton, died Friday at Peace Hospice in Great Falls, following a life-long battle with spina bifida.

By Brenda Kossowan - Red Deer Advocate Published: June 17, 2009 7:10 PM Updated: June 17, 2009 7:12 PM \The continuous pursuit of better methods and new ideas has long been a trademark of the Richards family farm, which is celebrating two key anniversaries on Saturday.

Marie Conner and Thomas Willson have chosen July 18 as their wedding date. She attended Kailua High School in Hawaii and Palo Alto College in Texas, and is a realtor for Russell Country Realty in Great Falls.

Earlier this week, General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a move to make the company financially stronger.

LOMA - Rancher and Army veteran Charles Farrill, 89, of Loma, a retired water and wastewater superintendent for the city of Great Falls, died of cancer Tuesday at his home.

A fellow appeared at the doors of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation in Great Falls in September 1919.

After more than 36 hours of work, the flames at 601 Central Ave. have subsided, but the work has yet to begin on picking up the pieces from the fire that devastated a historic block of downtown Great Falls.

Aften Arlene Erwin and Iver Wright Svela were married April 11 at the Silver Forest Inn at Bozeman, with George and Kathy Goodrich officiating.

Summer camp is a part of the agenda for many Montana kids' during the school break and farm organizations offer several options of the tradition.

Montana`s Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission is closing the paddlefish harvest season early on the Upper Missouri River after high water flows led to an exceptional spring run.

I am saddened. There was a time when colleges and universities were places to acquire deeper knowledge, confront ideas and express opinions with thoughtful dialogue and debate.

When the Fort Benton Police Department said they needed a storage shed for their shooting range, a local high school shop class teamed up with members of the Montana Air National Guard to make it happen.

Jim Oliver Mayo, 74, of Great Falls, a retired cattle buyer and Army veteran, died of natural causes Thursday at a Great Falls hospital.