Highwood News

Ron and Dorothy Jaraczeski of Stanford celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on June 6 at Montana Farmers Union Arrowpeak Camp in the Highwood mountains.

Retired Police Chief Robert G. 'Bob' Jones is running for one of two open seats on the Great Falls City Commission.

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

Michael Winters, a retired postmaster who helped found the Montana Veterans Memorial in Great Falls, filed this week for mayor.

Larry Milot was a soft-spoken, friendly fellow who sold antiques in the Great Falls area for decades.

With fire season approaching, fire managers in the Jefferson Division of the Lewis and Clark National Forest now have the choice, for the first time, of immediately attacking fires or managing for resource benefits - or both.

The Lewis and Clark National Forest has prepared a new wildland fire response plan to guide the management of fires in its Jefferson Division.

There's a new plan to fight wildfires in the Lewis and Clark National Forest, and the changes will affect firefighting strategies in the Highwood, Little Belt, Castle, Crazy, and Snowy Mountain ranges.

Get ready for orange construction cones, signs telling motorists to merge left or right, white barricades and detours to streets off the beaten path.

All wounds do not appear to be healed over plans for a power plant east of Great Falls.

The Great Falls Bicycle Club holds its annual Belt Creek Bicycle Race on Saturday with staging in Highwood.

Ballots were still being counted for what could be a hotly contested trustee race in the Sun River Valley School District.

Judith Marlene Bauman, 46, of Great Falls, died Saturday at her home. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Croxford Funeral Home and Crematory.

Time to mount up and toughen up that backside, those legs and those lungs: It is bicycling season in Montana.

Renowned classical guitarist Christopher Parkening offers a masterclass at 1 p.m. on April 24 in the Mansfield Theater.

Bill Rossbach, a member of the Board of Environmental Review who questioned pollution controls planned for Highwood Generating Station last year, has been kicked off the board by Senate Republicans.

DAVISON/HANSON - Son born Tuesday to Lindsey Davison and G. Erik Hanson of Great Falls.

City government appears ready to hire a consultant to recommend whether the city should stay in the electricity business and whether it should remain linked to a proposed power plant east of Great Falls.

William 'Herb' Rettig, 95, a longtime Highwood farmer, died of natural causes Monday at a local assisted-living facility.

Great Falls accountant Larry Rezentes does not believe the public is aware how much money the city has sunk into its electrical energy ventures.