Articles from the April 11, 2019 edition
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Steps for Charity Winners Announced
By PR Extension How many steps does it take to win a Steps for Charity challenge? This year, the weekly average number of steps a team member had to take to win the charity challenge was 16,158. It w...
School Board hires teachers, staff at monthly meeting
The Broadus School Board met Monday evening, conveniently scheduled during the NCAA National Championship Men’s College Basketball Game. First on the agenda was the appointment of a representative for District 32J, which has been vacant for a y...
4-H Speaks Out and Shows the Way!
By PR Extension Want to know how to maintain your fishing reel? Or how to make wiggle bots, slime, or bovine bookmarks? Twenty-two 4-H members shared their knowledge at the annual County 4-H...
Powder River Summer Baseball Program is coming up
The Baseball Board of Directors is asking you to fill out the registration slip and return it by Monday, April 8, 2019 for any child(ren) interested in playing baseball. The program includes Minor teams (age 6-10), one traveling Majors team (ages...
State FFA Results
The Broadus FFA chapter attended the Montana State FFA convention in Bozeman this past week. The following are the results. The Sales team of Maclain Cathey, Troy Amsden, Callie Williams, and Megan...
High School Golfers hit the links in Colstrip
The Broadus High School Golf team began their season last week in Colstrip, on a course which Head Coach Chad Gatlin described as "the toughest course we will play on outside of State". Gatlin was...
Judd Bilbrey
Judd Truett Bilbrey, age 43 of Alzada, MT passed away unexpectedly on April 4, 2019. Judd was born on March 26, 1976 in Pierre, SD to John Otis Bilbrey and Mary Alice Slovek. The family moved to Monta... Full story
Legislative Report
Health Care, the 900# gorilla. The 2019 legislature is in the home stretch, and I, for one, am anxious to wrap up our work and get home. There are crops to be planted and calves to be branded. At the end of March, the legislature voted on one of the...
Broadus Track Team begins their season in Glendive
After a long winter in which the Broadus Track team was not able to practice on the track for the first few weeks of practice, the team traveled to their first meet in Glendive last weekend, for the...
Commissioners Proceedings
March 25, 2019 Commissioners met for their weekly meeting with Donna Giacometto, Lee Randall and Rod Schaffer present. No public comment was received at this time. Consent agenda – Rod moved, Donna seconded this motion, all in favor, motion c...
Legislative Roundup – Week 13
UM Legislative News Service University of Montana School of Journalism HELENA -- The House of Representatives passed a bill last week that calls for studying Montana’s tax structure in the face of quickly shifting economics and demographics. Rep. A...
30 Years Ago
Thursday, April 13, 1989 Ridenour, Jones merge local businesses Harlan Jones and Jack Ridenour have merged their businesses, along with over 70 combined years of experience in mechanics, to form Powder River Rebuilders. “We got together by a...
Tales from Old Mexico
Powder River County and Southeastern Montana are slowly transitioning from a most brutal late winter and early spring into a wonderful, near full-blown spring. The temperatures remain warm and nice, but we haven’t quite yet reached that soft, warmth...
Court Report
In Justice of the Peace Kathy Landa’s Justice Court Powder River Co. Sheriff’s Office Jenna Parrish, Broadus, MT, unlawful transactions with children, pled guilty, $285. Ernestina Sanchez, Austin, TX, daytime speeding (82/70) $70. Jose Martinez Sr,...
24 Hours of Prayer at Faith Bible
By Tom Herzog As Christians we are blessed to have special access to God through prayer. With the Easter celebration only days away, we want to focus on this blessing of prayer. Though we don’t understand just how prayer works, we do know that it w...
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
Every winter most of us look forward to spring with eager anticipation of a new beginning. This is also the time of year students begin to think about summer vacation. Teachers attempt to keep students engaged academically, and everyone tries to...
DNRC reminding public: Deadline to file exempt water right claims is June 30
HELENA, Mont. – The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) would like to remind water right owners that the deadline for filing a claim on their exempt water rights is June 30, 2019. The 2017 Montana Legislature created t...
Montana 4-H seeks families to host Japanese youth and chaperones
BOZEMAN – Montana State University Extension is seeking host families for 25 Japanese youth and two adult chaperones from July 22 to Aug. 17. The youth and their chaperones are part of an international exchange program with the Labo International E...
