Local Newspapers Recognized at Statewide Convention

LEWISTOWN, MONT. - The Seeley Swan Pathfinder won four awards in the 2017 Better Newspaper Awards Division 1 at the 132nd Annual Convention of the Montana Newspaper Association. Lincoln's Blackfoot Valley Dispatch also came home with six awards.

Nathan Bourne was the award-winning photographer this year for the Pathfinder.

Bourne took first place for his news photo of the Mission Mountains Mercantile fire and his fireworks photo. The judges from the North Dakota Newspaper Association said the photo of the firefighter was a "Very dramatic and thoughtful news photo." They thought the color and f...