New vote on Guard range project may be too late

The Fort Belknap Indian Community Council has reversed a decision not to pursue an Air National Guard training range on the reservation, but the Guard said it may be too late.

Darrell Martin, vice chair of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Council, said today that the council supports creating the range, because of the economic improvements it would bring.

"The economics had to be looked at a little closer and how it impacts our people," he said.

Council members had voted 6-2 last month to end planning with the Guard for the project, Martin said at the time. He said today the March vote was a...