Articles from the April 6, 2023 edition
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Relentless Winter Holds On Into April
The weather in Southeastern Montana during February and March wasn't the worst – we've certainly seen colder and snowier late winters. One way to describe the late winter this year was relentless; i...
Track Team Starts Out Season With Strong Showing
The high school track season kicked off last Saturday in Miles City, with Broadus taking on 13 other teams at the Miles City B/C Invite. We spoke to Head Track Coach Jerry Coulter on Monday, who provided us with results from the meet, as well as...
Broadus Junior High Attends Music Festival
By Kim Blain Wednesday, April 22nd, was a big day for the 38 Broadus junior high music students who attended Junior High Music Festival at Colstrip High School along with Colstrip, Forsyth and St....
Voices From The Past
April 6, 1923 More Northwestern Rumors From the Miles City American That the Northwestern will build from Belle Fourche, S.D., to Broadus and possibly to Miles City is the opinion of E.M. Wilson, editor of the Alzada Fairplay, who is in the city on b...
Online Benefit Auction To Be Held For Fruit Family
By Heather Desatoff An auction for the Fruit family to help them rebuild their lives after losing their home to a devastating fire. All proceeds will go to the family. The auction will take place on our Facebook group (Fruit Family Benefit Auction)....
Powder River Chamber Of Commerce News
By Jessica Malone It may seem like we’ve been in winter hibernation with our newsletters, but we’re back with springtime news from the Powder River Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber board voted to continue our current meeting structure in 2023, so...
Ice Jams Are Out
After 11 days of ice jams threatening residents along Powder River in March, the ice jams went out sometime late on March 31/Early on April 1, including the jam south of Broadus, the jam just north...
High School Golf Season Tees Off
The High School Golf team has 19 athletes on the team, with 11 boys and 8 girls, 11 of which are returning to the team. We spoke with Head Golf Coach Chad Gatlin on Tuesday about how their season is going thus far, as the weather has precluded any...
Third Quarter Honor Roll Posted
The following Broadus JH and HS students made the Honor Roll for the 3rd quarter of the 2022-23 school year, earning GPAs of 3.5 or above. 7th Grade Lucas Capp Brooke Escott Brock Gali Emelyn Harper Whitney Hartman Christian Oylear Danica Sch...
And The Winner Is...
The Steps for Charity walking challenge ended March 31st with 20 teams and 80 participants logging over 33, 326,443 million steps or 750 miles in the two-month period. The Biddle Calving Crew logged the most steps with 3,417,699, raising $330 for...
Reminder: Health Fair Coming Up April 19 and 20
By Kerry Gardner This is just a quick reminder that the Health Fair is scheduled for Wednesday, April 19 and Thursday, April 20, 2023 at the Community Center and the last day to pre-register is April 13th. There are only a few slots left on both...
Court Report
Powder River Co. Sheriff’s Office Cruz Lara Larios, Kennewick, WA, speeding in restricted zone (80/65) $65. Christina White, Pekin, IL, speeding in restricted zone (80/65) $65. Donald Southerland Jr, Foreman, AR, speeding in restricted zone (...
Kelly Compton
Kelly Joe Compton, age 55, left us way too soon and took from us a husband, father, son, brother and friend. Kelly started life in Belle Creek, Montana, with his parents Russ and Gloria Compton, as we...
Advancements In Powder River EMS
By PR County Director of Emergency Medical Service Operations Adam Johnson Powder River EMS is excited to announce the completion of multiple Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR initial and refresher courses since January. The Emergency Medical Responder...
Church Notes
FAITH BIBLE CHURCH To Enable Believers/To Build Relationships/To Win the Lost Friday, April 7th - Good Friday Communion Service 5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 9th - Sunrise Service 6:00 a.m. meet at church to carpool to Valley Overlook -Easter Worship...
Broadus VFD Gains New Truck
The Broadus Volunteer Fire Department last week took delivery of an LMTV (Light Medium Tactical Vehicle) through a surplus program, which will be used to replace a water tender. The 4x4, 2.5 ton...
Legislative Feature- Week 13
By Elinor Smith UM Legislative News Service University of Montana School of Journalism HELENA – When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, it put abortion in the state on the line during the 2023 Montana Legislature. Now, l...
