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GOOD NEWS from the North Country! Sunburst Mercantile will only CLOSE on Monday mornings at 11. Don't worry about a thing...once they get the truck unloaded & all the "Merc" stocks restocked & ready-to-go, they'll REOPEN Monday afternoons at 4. See yo...

It's becoming more & more like spring & summer here in our Golden Triangle...the Marias Valley Ladies League has a meeting scheduled for next Wednesday night, May 13th. Wednesday evening's meeting will "tee off" at 6 o'clock SHARP up at the clubhouse. There'...

Annual Clean-Up Week for the City of Cut Bank's scheduled to roll out on Monday, the 18th! ALL areas on the southeast part of the city, starting on South Central Avenue & working east is the plan. ALL areas will be cleaned during the week. "S...

Toole County will be testing the voting systems to be used in our June 2nd Primary Election NEXT Thursday, May 14th at 3 o'clock. Don't worry about a thing...the election administrator will test AND certify that ALL systems are in proper working order...

The organizers of the 2020 Valier High School All Class Reunion reported this week they have CANCELLED their reunion because of the COVID-19 pandemic! The All Class Reunion HAD been scheduled for next month, June 26 & 27th. The reunion organizers will be meeting soon, & I'll keep you posted & updated as information pertaining to future plans becomes available......

GET READY for "Friday Night Senior Lights 20:20 @ 20:20" THIS Friday evening over at our Shelby Football Field. They'll fire up all the lights AND the music at 8:20 Friday night for 20 minutes & 20 seconds. You're invited to come down to the field IN YOUR CARS & enjoy the bright lights, cool tunes & some wonderful camaraderie. This spect...

The Montana Air National Guard-120th Airlift Wing will be saluting our first responders with a fabulous flyover around our Treasure State tomorrow (Wednesday. They'll be up "high in the sky" tomorrow morning at 11 above the Marias Medical Center...

The Teton County Offices will remain CLOSED until Monday, May 18th. That's 1 week from next Monday, the 11th, but don't worry about a thing...ALL the Teton County offices are staffed AND available for services. You're still able to call the individual office numbers for services...

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks reports the general fishing season on our rivers & streams in the Western Montana Fishing District will NOT open until NEXT Saturday, May 16th, in "mos"t places. Essentially, most rivers & streams & creeks in Western Montana will remain CLOSED for fishing until a week from THIS Saturday, although some such as the infamous Bitterroot, Blackfo

Conrad Schools will have to postpone their kindergarten screening until a later date because of the school building closure. Don't worry about a thing, you'll still be able to register your child for kindergarten by "visiting" the Conrad Schools homepage at: www...

Have you an opportunity to check out the cool sign here in Shelby up at our recycling site at 514 1st Street? It's looking GOOD...Barbie of Big Sky Creative Works made this most appreciated welcome addition to the site. A SHOUT OUT & a "Tip of our Towers" too goes out to Dennis Knickerbocker & Elisha Dempsey for installing the sign which is already serving as a GREAT reminder of

There's GOOD NEWS to report this morning...the Department of Veterans Affairs has been awarded a cemetery expansion project to provide additional burial space to Yellowstone National Cemetery down in Laurel. This project will provide an additional 640 niches in a new columbarium wall & an additional 1200 in-ground cremation grave sites which will provide burial space for our veterans & the