Editing Choteau, Montana (section)

==In the news==
Choteau made national news in the U.S. because it is the town nearest to a {{convert|2700|acre|km2|0|adj=on}} ranch that [[David Letterman]] purchased in 1999 as a vacation home. Letterman has talked about the ranch on [[Late Show with David Letterman|his late-night show]] and showed photos of a black bear invading the place in September 2003.

On his first show after the attacks of September 11, 2001, Letterman gave an impassioned monologue about New York City in the aftermath. He concluded his seven-minute speech by mentioning Choteau's rally to raise money for victims of the attacks, despite the long drought there, as an example of the spirit of the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Live from New York |last=Ted |work=Crooked Timber |date=September 11, 2003 |url=http://crookedtimber.org/2003/09/11/live-from-new-york/ }}</ref>

On March 19, 2009, Letterman married his girlfriend of 23 years at the [[Teton County Courthouse (Montana)|Teton County Courthouse]] in Choteau.<ref>{{cite news |title=David Letterman marries longtime girlfriend Regina Lasko |work=Chicago Tribune |date=March 24, 2009 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-0324-david-letterman-ftmar24,0,1870943.story }}</ref>

In 2008, school authorities in Choteau made national news headlines by canceling a speaking engagement by Nobel laureate climate researcher [[Steve Running]], who was scheduled to speak to local high school students.<ref>{{cite news |title=Climate Talk's Cancellation Splits a Town |work=The New York Times |first=Jim |last=Robbins |date=January 17, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/us/17climate.html?_r=1&oref=slogin }}</ref>