Articles from the April 20, 2023 edition
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Busy Week For Sheriff's Department
On Tuesday, April 11th the Powder River County Sheriff’s Department assisted the Montana Department of Corrections Probation and Parole with a search of the Kyle Giacometto property at 201 South Park in Broadus. Probation violations were found; d...
School Conducting Calendar Survey
Broadus Public Schools is conducting a survey to gauge interest in the proposed 2023-24 school calendar. The survey deals with the modified 4-day schedule adopted at the March meeting, and is available for all members of the community to fill out...
Ballers Play For A Good Cause
Basketball players from the local area, along with teams from Baker, Ekalaka, Fair-view/NE MT, and other parts of MT and South Dakota played in the 5th Annual Amanda Gaskill Memorial Tournament, held...
Broadus Track Hurdles The Competition
Broadus Tracksters competed in two meets last week with wildly different weather, representative of a typical Montana spring – on Tuesday the team attended a meet in Lockwood featuring 80 degree t...
Voices from the Past
April 20, 1923 Fort Keogh Ordered Closed Special to the Examiner Washington D.C., April 18 – The Fort Keogh remount station near Miles City has been ordered abandoned by Secretary of War Weeks on the grounds that maintenance costs are excessive. T...
Nursing Home Has Interim Administrator
Nadine Elmore with the Montana Health Network (a staffing agency) has taken over the helm at Powder River Manor as Interim Administrator, after the non-renewal of Sean Hill as Administrator. Powder River County Commissioners commented during a...
Dump Will Be Free To Use May 22-26
By Broadus Town Clerk Josie Morris In an effort to assist our community with clean up, in accordance with the Community Decay Ordinance that went into effect in January 2023, the Town Council and the County Commissioners have set up a free dump week...
Broadus Musicians Attend Music Festival
By Broadus Schools Music Director Lisa Lynch High School Music Festival was held Friday and Saturday, April 14th and 15th at Custer County High School in Miles City. On Friday, the students performed their band and choir pieces for two adjudicators....
Avian Influenza Confirmed In Rosebud County
Helena, Mont. – On Friday April 14, 2023, the Montana Department of Livestock (MDOL) confirmed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a Rosebud County backyard poultry flock. This is the 17th HPAI affected flock in the state of Montana linked t...
4-Hers Demonstrate Speaking Skills
By PR Extension Office On a beautiful spring afternoon, 4-Hers shared the steps on completing a variety of projects with judges, families, and friends. "We learned how to fold a flag, germinate s...
Biddle Elementary To Hold Living Wax Museum
Biddle Elementary students invite you to learn about groundbreaking people from the past and present in their Living Wax Museum, at the Biddle Hall on April 26th. The event will take place from 4-5 PM, featuring four of the older Biddle Elementary...
By Horseback Librarian - Chapter 2
Continued from March 16 In the previous installment, we were introduced to the small community of Miracle where Lanette met her host family the Lancings. This week we will be introduced to Lanette’s first venture into the Appalachian Mountains on h...
Tom O'Grady
Tom O'Grady, a decorated combat veteran of the Vietnam War, passed away on April 3, 2023, at the age of 73. He was born on July 22, 1949, and spent his formative years between Broadus, MT and Western...
Legislative Roundup - Week 15
By Caven Wade UM Legislative News Service University of Montana School of Journalism Lawmakers Hear Testimony on a Bill that Would Increase Firefighters’ Hazard Pay Lawmakers are considering a bill to increase hazard pay for firefighters working o...
Commissioner Proceedings
Friday, March 31, 2023 Commissioner Chair Lee Randall called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioner’s office, Powder River County Courthouse. Commissioners Lori Fortner and John Olson were present. Commissioners reviewed and a...
High School Golfers Compete At Colstrip
The Broadus girls topped the teams at the Colstrip Golf Meet, last week. Emma Isaacs and Lauryn Billing tied for second place by each shooting a 90, as Abby Baer of Colstrip won top honors with an 84. For the boys, Cade Sorlie of Huntley won the...
Bur Buttercup Control
By PR Extension Office One of the earliest weeds to appear in the spring, as early as the mustards, is a small yellow flowering annual known as bur buttercup, according to Powder River Extension Agent Mary Rumph. It is a winter annual that e...
