New Hotel coming to Browning, Grizzlies coming to Yeager Ranch

(BROWNING) – THE BLACKFEET TRIBE HAS ANNOUNCED THEY HAVE
BROKEN

GROUND ON A NEW HOTEL……THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS AND SUITES.

THE
HOTEL WILL BE LOCATED NEXT TO THE GLACIER PEAKS CASINO AND

A TRIBAL PRESS RELEASE SAYS IT’S EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY
NEXT SUMMER.

ROXANNE
DeMARCE-DIRECTOR OF THE BLACKFEET COMMUNICATIONS

DEPARTMENT SAID IN THE PRESS RELEASE THAT “JUST FOUR YEARS
AGO THE TRIBE

WAS IN DEBT FOR 33-MILLION DOLLARS BUT NOW, DUE TO A
SINGULAR FOCUS

AND COMMITMENT TO HARD WORK, THE BLACKFEET HAVE MANAGED TO
PAY OFF

ALL THAT DEBT.

THAT,
SHE SAYS, HAS GIVEN THE TRIBE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS CAPITAL FOR

BUSINESS SUCH AS THE NEW HOTEL, A NEW GROCERY STORE IN APRIL
AND PLANS

IN THE WORK FOR A GAS STATION CLOSE TO GLACIER FAMILY FOODS IN THE FUTURE.

(CHOTEAU) – A SOW GRIZZLY AND HER CUB THAT HAD BROKEN INTO
AN

OUTBUILDING ON THE YEAGER RANCH NEAR CHOTEAU, HAS NOW BEEN
TRAPPED

AND RELOCATED.

A
REPORT IN THIS WEEK’S CHOTEAU ACANTHA SAYS THE GRIZZLY HAD BROKEN

INTO AN OUTBUILDING ON THE LANE YEAGER RANCH LAST FRIDAY AND
FED ON STEER

FEED AND CALF PELLETS.

THIS IS
THE SECOND ENCOUNTER THAT YEAGER HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH.

ON SEPTEMBER 3^RD HE MADE WORLDWIDE HEADLINES WHEN
HE REPORTED THAT HE

HAD SHOT A BLACK BEAR THAT WAS IN HIS HOME LATE AT NIGHT.

YEAGER
SAYS HE HAS RECEIVED SOME NASTY LETTERS OVER THAT ISSUE, SOME OF THE

PEOPLE UPSET THAT HE SHOT THE BEAR.

HE
LIVES ON THE RANCH WITH HIS WIFE BEV, AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN.   THE

RANCH IS 18 MILES WEST OF CHOTEAU ON THE BELLVIEW ROAD, NEAR
THE NORTH FORK

OF THE BELLVIEW ROAD AND NOT FAR FROM THE NATURE CONSERVANCY’S
PINE BUTTE

SWAMP RESERVE, WHICH THE ACANTHA CALLS A “HAVEN FOR
GRIZZLIES.”