Results of delayed Fort Belknap primary released

The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation held primary tribal elections Tuesday, a week after a record breaking snowstorm forced the tribe to postpone them.

The top two vote-getters in the primaries for tribal president and vice president as well as eight tribal council seats., will advance to the general election scheduled for Nov. 7.

Nikki Kirkaldie of the Fort Belknap election office said Wednesday that no problems were reported at any of the reservation’s four polling places.

Incumbent Mark L. Azure and council member Alvin “Jim” Kennedy finished first in the three-way primary for...