Articles from the April 21, 2022 edition
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Spring Blizzard Wreaks Havoc On SE Montana
A severe blizzard brought heavy snow, wind, and cold to the area last week, closing roads, knocking out power, killing young animals, and leaving travelers stranded. Beginning on Tuesday, April 12th,...
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Death At The Birney Post Office
In 1886. the town of Birney was not located at its present location at the mouth of Hanging Woman Creek. The Birney post office was then located several miles south of present-day Ashland, which was...
Variety of Topics Discussed at April School Board Meeting
On Monday night of last week, on the evening before the blizzard descended on Eastern Montana the Broadus School Board Trustees met for their regularly scheduled monthly meeting. First on the agenda were a number of resignations, including Trustee...
Court Report
Powder River Co. Sheriff’s Office Navdeep Singh, Surrey, BC, stop sign violation, $85. Christopher Burgess, Williston, ND, speeding in restricted zone (65/50) $65. Joshua Aurand, Biddle, MT, PFMA (1st off.), pled guilty, fined $285, 40 hrs. anger m...
Election Judge Training Will Take Place In May
By County Election Administrator Cynde Jo Gatlin Election judge training will be held Wednesday, May 4 at 10:00 a.m. and Monday, May 9, at 6:00 p.m. in the Election Room. According to the Montana Secretary of State’s office, across the nation over 1...
Blood Drive Coming Up Next Thursday
A community blood drive will be held on Thursday, April 28th from 2 to 6 pm at the Broadus Community Center. Those looking to make an appointment may call Sue at 436-2896, or go to vitalant.org to sign up....
Letters To The Editor
(Ed: The following was emailed to the PR Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber and Examiner wanted to share Carlos’ email with the community.) I would like to send the town of Broadus a Big Thank you. It’s a beautiful thing what you are doing for my fe...
Buddy Poppies Available Soon
By Pat Hanlan, VFW Auxiliary Buddy Poppy Chairman Buddy poppies will be available soon. The money from the poppies stays locally for the fund to help people in need. You donate for a poppy, you don’t buy a poppy. Wear or display the poppies pro...
Paul Mobley
Paul Mobley, age 53, of Olive, Montana passed away in his home with his wife and two sons by his side on April 14, 2022, ending a year-long battle with aggressive neck cancer. Paul was born on St....
Alice Mae Morris
Alice Mae Morris passed away at Westview Healthcare Center on April 11,2022. She was born January 15, 1932 to Harry and Irene (Decker) Powell in Sheridan, Wyoming at the Eureka Home. She grew up...
Voices From The Past
April 21, 1922 Eggs at 15 Cents per Dozen, Now’s Time for Storing With fresh eggs selling at 15 cents a dozen many housewives are taking advantage of the opportunity to store them away for use when their price is several times as much (ed: $0.15 i...
Funds Available To Improve Homes Of Older Adults
By Rita Harden, Senior Center Director Area I Agency on Aging housed in Action for Eastern Montana would like to announce a new program that we are going to be offering for our residents of Eastern Montana: the Home Modification Program. The goal of...
Commissioner Proceedings
Monday, March 28, 2022 Chairman Lee Randall called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioner’s office, Powder River County Courthouse. Commissioners Donna Giacometto and John Olson were present. Lori Fortner, commissioner candidate, j...
