Accident victim remembered for embracing culture

The 26-year-old Army veteran killed in a vehicle crash Friday was no stranger to difficult times but worked hard to overcome them, his wife said Monday.

"He tried his best to enjoy life and was thankful for the people that loved him. He took it as it came and made the best of what he had," said Delina Cuts The Rope. Her husband, Paul Michael Heck, was fatally injured when the pickup truck he was in crashed about 13 miles north of Lodge Pole. Waylon Doney, 25, was injured.

Heck was a Montana transplant, having moved to the Fort Belknap area from California when he was a teenager, Cuts The Rope...