Best of North Central Montana

Choteau, Fairfield and other area schools are remembering the victims of the Holocaust  by promoting tolerance throughout the schools with a "Hat Day" today to raise funds to help bring Holocaust survivor, author and inspirational speaker Inge Auerbacher to area schools in May.  Students will pay a dollar to wear their hats during the school day.  Choteau students, Charley Yeager, Amanda

On today's Extension Minute, Toole County Agent Joe Parks mentioned several MontGuide publications produced by the MSU Cooperative Extension Service to help you raise a more bountiful home garden this summer. MontGuides are free at your County Extension Service office, or as downloadable pdf's...

On today's Extension Minute, Pondera County Agent Wendy Wedum talked about National Walking Day, which is sponsored by the American Heart Association. Click HERE for the article she mentioned on medicalnet.com. The American Heart Association also offers a Smartphone app to help you locate walking paths around the country...

On today's Extension Minute, Toole County Agent Alice Burchak talked about the Shelby Community Gardens. Here are the contact numbers for the gardens, and the list of vegetable starts available through the Shelby Schools RECCS program: For information on leasing a plot at the Shelby Community garden call MSU Extension 424-8350...

Thanks to a donation from the non-profit Glacier National Park Foundation, plowing of Glacier's Going to the Sun Road will begin on schedule. Click HERE for updates on the crew's progress on Going to the Sun and the conditions of other roads in the park...

Teton County requires citizens to obtain a burn permit and activate the permit before they do any open burning. The Teton County Burn Permit service (click HERE) is available now and will provide citizens with instant access to county burn permits...

On today's Extension Minute, Pondera Co. Agent Wendy Wedum offered some tips for safely boiling, dying and storing Easter Eggs: Tips for making hard boiled eggs:  When cooking, place a single layer of eggs in a saucepan. Add water to at least one inch above the eggs...

 NEWS RELEASE:  Montana's most comprehensive look at energy is coming to Billings. The Big Sky Energy Forum is set for May 7-8, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza.          The Big Sky Energy Forum brings together regional communities, business leaders and industry professionals to discuss the current and potential economic opportunities related to energy growth in Montana and ways to expand on those opport

MISSOULA, MONTANA (3/26/13) – The University of Montana Grizzly football spring scrimmage, sponsored by the Mission Mountain Chapter of the Grizzly Scholarship Association, is just three weeks away, Saturday, April 13, 2013, in Ronan, Mont...

By Maggie Nutter       The Grizzly Bears are coming out of their winter sleep. They have been spotted up on the Rocky Mountain Front and will be wandering our way if they are not already here.  In the last few years Grizzly Bears have been spotted along Lake Elwell/Tiber Reservoir, along the Teton River, Marias River, and even down to Loma on the Missouri River...

On today's Extension Minute, Pondera Co. Agent Wendy Wedum talked about making cleaning out the fridge and freezer part of your spring cleaning routine. Click HERE for a pdf chart to help you judge which dishes have been in there too long. Wendy also passed along this LINK to an article from WebMD...

Senior Kenzie De Boer is the leading scorer on an NCAA tournament team and was recently voted first-team All-Big Sky Conference, so it doesn’t happen very often that she has an off game. But she knows that if she does, it is not going to change her standing with Lady Griz coach Robin Selvig...