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Editor's Note: We will attempt to update the online article as we hear of more changes. Please contact us if you hear of more local closures. New information will be added throughout the week, at the bottom of the article. On Monday, we spoke with lo...

Update to How COVID-19 will affect Powder River County. By PR County Health Officer Sean Hill & PR County Health Nurse Darlynn Williams Currently there are no confirmed cases in or around Powder River County. As of the publication of this artic...

By Shane Copps The CIH is in full swing and seeing residents of Broadus. We are helping keep families together, helping the elderly stay at home longer and doing our best to make people feel better in their own home. We are working under an apprentic...

EDIT: As of Friday, this event has been cancelled with hope to reschedule at an undetermined future time. By Jessica Malone “Teddy is ready for Broadus!” says Joe Wiegand, the nation’s premiere reprisor of historical figure Theodore Roosevelt. Joe h...

This pedometer works well! It’s been washed a couple times and dropped several, but it continues to track my steps, explained Tammy Van Tine, BACKPACKERS team member. Duane and Debbie Talcott, Cancer Tramplers team members, tracked their steps in w...

By PR Extension Office The 2020 Powder River County Fair scheduled for August 4th – 7th will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year, according to MSU Powder River Extension County Agent Mary Rumph. “We are interested in old photos from Fairs...

The names of the players on the District 4C All Conference Basketball teams were released Monday. Four Broadus players made the list – three from the boys team, and one from the girls. For the boys, Tayden Gee, Marcus Mader, and Beau Kuhbacher m...

Julia Mable Hope Kogele Gatlin was born June 23, 1948, in Miles City, MT., to Robert Hope and Irene Yeager, joining her sister Gloria. She passed March 14th with Kenny and Gloria at her side. Her mom later married Wilbert Kogele in 1952. Julie...

Ruth Baxter, age 98, passed away February 22, 2020. Ruth lived an amazing life! Born in the hospital in Miles City, Ruth grew up on the family ranch near Biddle, Montana, learning the value of hard work. She earned hired hand wages, helping her...

Public Reminded of Fire Danger The former Belle Creek School, now a residence and shop owned by Jerry Lei, burned down in late February. The PR County Sheriff’s Department says the Fire Marshal looked at pictures of the burned building and there w...

By Doreen Marshall, Ph.D. Submitted by PR Extension Office “After cancelling the MSU Extension Arthritus and Tai Ji classes provided by MSU Powder River County Extension and contacting the loyal participants, the following article certainly str...

Beloved Friends and Members of Powder River Congregational, May Christ’s grace and peace be with you in this troubling and confusing time. This year during Lent, we find ourselves in the wilderness. Like our ancestors of faith, we must journey t...

A message from Julie Long, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Pastor We are all navigating these new and uncertain waters of the COVID-19 pandemic and we are all in this together. God has been and always remains with us through whatever is going on in our...

Powder River Co. Sheriff’s Office Gincent McMullen, Atlanta, GA, speeding in restricted zone (57/30) $105. Steve Smith Jr, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, speeding in restricted zone (94/65) $105. Ben Franciosa, Fitzgerald, GA, speeding in restricted zone (...

February 2020 Globalstar USA 86.30 Incontact Inc. 358.55 Powder River Examiner 1281.25 Range Telephone Cooperative 2932.30 Town Of Broadus 2253.51 1st Bank 311.00 Alderman Oil Co. 39516.47 Alimed Inc 182.64 Allbridge 609.58 Amazon.Com Credit 243.16...

Local PBR Bullriders/Brothers Jess and Jake Lockwood have been busy racking up points and cashing checks in the PBR this season. That is, until Jess suffered a hamstring injury on March 1 in Kansas City, Missouri, while trying to dismount a bull....

Thursday, March 22, 1990 Carroll new Historical Society president Ann Carroll was elected president of the Powder River Historical Society during the organization’s recent annual meeting, held in the newly remodeled Western Reading Room of the m...

Submitted by PR Extension Office Prom, graduation and brandings have often been associated with a “party” atmosphere during which underage drinking can occur. The Powder River County Youth Issues Coalition would like to remind adults of the perils of...