Chouteau County News

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

An Oregon man who allegedly violated his parole on rape charges was arrested in Great Falls on Wednesday.

High-energy fiddling and high-step dancing take the stage in two northcentral Montana community concerts next week.

A dozen Western poets and pickers, singers and even an award-winning yodeler will perform in Fort Benton this weekend at the Grand Union Gathering.

The search resumed this morning for a drowning victim on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation.

An 18-year-old man is missing and feared drowned in the Bonneau Reservoir on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation in north-central Montana.

Members of the Chouteau County Search and Rescue are scouring the Bonneau Reservoir on the Rocky Boy's Reservation, where a woman was last seen Saturday afternoon.

A Whitehall man who authorities say illegally guided an undercover agent with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks on a hunting trip that resulted in the agent having to shoot a huge Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep last fall has been charged with two felonies and three misdemeanors.

Brass, woodwinds, fiddling, ragtime and Creole music, juggling and performance art and Buddy Holly tunes are on tap for Chouteau County Performing Arts 2009-2010 concert season in Fort Benton.

A developing story out of Fort Benton, where a body was found and an investigation is underway.

The communities of Fort Benton, Geraldine, Big Sandy and Highwood came together this weekend for their end of summer celebration.

FORT BENTON - More than a few traditions tend to pop up here and there when you stick around for 97 years.

FORT BENTON - Dianna Keane cannot contain her frustration. As others peppered Rep.

FORT BENTON - Though just a few months passed between when he signed the contract and when his book was sent to the publisher, Ken Robison has really been working on his Fort Benton history book for years.

It's big. It's outlaw. It's expert motorcycle riders climbing near-vertical cliff faces for a chance to win a Corvette.

Joyce H. Lund, 79, of Great Falls, died of natural causes Oct. 22 at Peace Hospice.

The grizzly bear that's been seen roaming in Chouteau County killed a sheep on Monday night, and is now reported to be in the Loma area.

BIG SANDY - The Big Sandy community is holding a fundraiser Friday to help the Pearson family, whose home was destroyed in a suspected arson fire May 1. Ron and Gay Pearson's ranch is about 40 miles southeast of Big Sandy on the banks of the Missouri River.

The Great Falls Community Food Bank is getting more cash and food donations than in prior years, but the demand for food also is far greater, says executive director Gayle Gifford.