Quick pics: A year in photos

Alissa Hewitt, president of Paws of Chinook, helps to calm a dog during a spay and neuter event on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation in May.

Waves of soil from a dust storm cover part of a fence in May. The region has slipped further and further into a drought as the year progressed. What moisture the coming months bring will decide what the future looks like.

Walkers carry signs in a missing and murdered Indigenous people awareness walk in May on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation.

A stock dog jumps out of the way in May during the first Bear Paw Classic stock dog trials in Big Sandy.

Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament cleans graffiti in the Havre Skate Park in June.

Havre native Joseph England performs with Voodoo Cadillac in July during Beaver Creek Jam at the Great Northern Fairgrounds.

Havre Firefighter Matt Cline performs CPR on a puppy found in a house fire July 29.

A runner passes a sign in August during a combined sobriety and missing and murdered Indigenous people awareness run on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation.

Smoke from the Pine Grove Fire hangs over the Little Rocky Mountains in August.