Blackfoot Valley Dispatch - The Blackfoot Valley's News Source Since 1980

Two and a half months after local fisherman James Savstrom, 70, was found dead on the Blackfoot River west of Lincoln, the state crime has lab...

Bareback bronc rider Cooper Clemons draws shocked looks from the audience at the 2018 Helmville Labor Day Rodeo when the horse he's on loses its...

A Blackfoot Valley Dispatch photograph of a falling bronc and rider – and the crowd's shocked reaction - earned recognition as the 2019 Mel Ruder...

State and local public health officials are reminding Montanans to be aware of the risk for exposure to rabies this summer. Encounters between humans...

Buckling your seat belt should be automatic. It should be the first thing done when you get in the car. Seat belt use should be as ingrained as tying... Full story

Reminders of the Lambkin Park clean up day brought in seven volunteers, including Zach Muse and Markj Christian. A lack of younger volunteers and... Full story

When I think of the last week of school, my mind instantly wanders to cleaning out lockers and classrooms, time spent signing yearbooks, talking...

Dear Dietitian, My daughter is on a health kick and complains that I use too many processed, convenience foods. She insists these foods are unhealthy...

As kids, we were always anxious to help our fathers (it was always the fathers those days) in their work. We were participating in the adult life,...

Ronald Reagan was President, no one had heard of the internet and deer were more of a traffic problem in Lincoln than cars, trucks or semis when...