Fort Peck News

Chris Morrow shows the unusual antler growth on the mule deer buck he took Oct. 30. Such a buck is called a "cactus" buck or a "stag." The condition is caused by the castration of the adult male, which makes it unable to lose the velvet or shed its antlers.

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.

Rose Marie Harden Welch, 63, of Great Falls and formerly of Wolf Point, died of natural causes Tuesday at her home.

Today, Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau announced the selection of Mandy Smoker Broaddus to the position of Director of Indian Education in the Office of Public Instruction.

Northeast Montana Health Services received the 2009 Innovation in Health Care Award from the Montana Health Care Association for NEMHSa tele-pharmacies. This year marks the 75th anniversary of Montana Health Care Association.

POPLAR - Incumbent Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribal Chairman A.T. "Rusty" Stafne will be sworn into office today along with 14 other candidates who won seats in the tribe's bi-annual election Saturday.

GLASGOW - Robert C. Ferguson, 80, a Navy veteran who enjoyed rodeos, camping and fishing, died Tuesday at the Billings Clinic, of complications from an Oct.

To a citizen, it's simple. If there is a problem, a law enforcement officer should come help.

On November 7th there will be an MMA amateur fight card in Poplar Montana. It will be the the first such event ever showcased in this small town on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.

Posted 1 hour, 6 minutes ago at 2:10 pm. This week we are going down a different path of nostalgia.

ROCKY BOY - Seven of Montana's Native American tribes will receive more than $4.3 million in stimulus funds for economic development projects.

The Army Corps of Engineers says operation of the Missouri River system is back to normal after years of below-average runoff that lowered reservoir levels.

When Heather Snell of Poplar decided to go off to college, she worried about getting homesick.

On its current pace, the Fort Peck/Dry Prairie Regional Water Project will have spent the $40 million in recovery act money it was allocated a few months before the September 2011 deadline.

Robert War Club was found guilty of first-degree murder on Thursday for killing Richard Green in 2006.

The former chief investigator for the Fort Peck tribe has been found guilty of First Degree murder.

Robert War Club was found guilty of first-degree murder today in Great Falls federal court.

Robert War Club testified Wednesday in federal court that he didn't kill Richard Green in 2006.

The first-degree murder trial for the former chief criminal investigator of the Fort Peck Tribes began on Monday in Great Falls federal court.

The state of corrections on two Indian reservations is set to improve, thanks to federal stimulus funds from the U.S. Department of Justice.