Articles from the December 22, 2022 edition
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Town of Broadus Passes Community Decay Ordinance
On Monday night the Town Council passed the second and final reading of its new “ordinance on community decay”, which will go into effect on January 20th of 2023. The new ordinance updates the previous ordinance from 2010, and deals with junk, rub...
Basketball Teams Win Home Games
The Broadus Girls and Boys Varsity teams motored over Terry on Friday, in their first conference test of the basketball season. The Broadus teams combined for 125 points in the wins, with both Broadus...
Winter Storm Buffets SE Montana With High Winds, Snow
A severe winter storm pummeled the Northern Great Plains last week, forcing road and school closures in Powder River County. The storm dumped a varied amount of snow around the area, with much...
Broadus BPA Competes Strongly At Regionals
By: Mercy Brost, BPA Reporter Battling the winter storms, 24 members of the Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter traveled to Baker for BPA Regionals on Monday, December 5th. A few others were fortunate enough to place well from the at h...
Examiner Christmas Issue
Be sure to check out the Broadus Elementary Christmas cards, poems, and stories in this issue. The Broadus 5th grade drew wonderful cards for us, which have been made into custom Christmas cards from local businesses (and are featured in the print...
In Defense of the Mantelpiece
One holiday tradition I remember as a youngster was going to my grandmother's house for Christmas in Big Horn, Wyoming. These occasions usually gathered a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, and family...
Superintendent's Report
By Broadus Schools Superintendent Jim Hansen This is a season of giving, but have you noticed how often people dwell upon what others have? Over the years I have heard many comments from individuals who believed other school districts were more...
Broadus Wrestlers Compete At Glasgow, Huntley
The Broadus Wrestling Team was decimated by illness last week, as they had only 3 wrestlers compete at Glasgow. Colton Playle went 1-2 on the weekend, pinning Kale Aldrich of Billings Central in the 152 lb weight class. Collin Weatherall went 0-2 in...
Subscriptions Due In January
Annual subscription cost is $38 in county, $39 out of county, and $40 out of state. Please mail checks to: Powder River Examiner, PO Box 328, Broadus, MT 59317. We will also mail an invoice as a reminder. Feel free to drop payments in the payment...
Letters To The Editor
Dad used to recite this poem at Cowboy Poetry Gatherings. He would introduce it by saying he grew up in town, his father Tom was a carpenter, but he watched all the Gene Autry and Roy Rogers movies, a...
Voices from the Past
December 22, 1922 Electric Light Service Resumed in Broadus Public electric light service was resumed in Broadus Friday night of last week by G.E. Franklin and his three associates. The poles and wires were repaired. Service is supplied from the...
Powder River EMS At Year's End
By Adam Johnson, PR County EMS Director On December 17th, 2022 Powder River EMS hosted an end of the year dinner and emergency medical awards ceremony at the Broadus VFW Post 1595 for the EMS team and included agency partners from the Powder River Sh...
Trouten Graduates Basic, AIT
PV2 David Trouten graduated from US Army Advanced Individual Training, or AIT last week at Fort Leonard Wood, MO, with the MOS of 12N Horizontal Construction Engineer. Trouten was awarded the "...
Broadus VFD Receives Donations From Denbury
By Raymond Ragsdale Broadus Volunteer Fire Department would like to thank Denbury Onshore LLC for the support they have given our department over the last few years. In 2021 they donated 20 SCBA...
What's Up With Energy Share
By Rachel Haberman, Energysharemt It is no secret that the cost of living is significantly higher than it was a year ago. Things are tough out there for a lot of people. If you or someone you know is struggling to pay their home energy bill, please...
PR County Claims
The following is a list of expenses from the county departments, as submitted by the Clerk & Recorder’s office and approved to be paid by the PR County Commissioners for the month of November, 2022 Alderman Oil Co. $11,915.17 Grant’s Hardware $16...
Additional Detections of Avian Influenza Confirmed in Montana
Helena, Mont. – On Thursday, December 15, the Montana Department of Livestock (MDOL) confirmed that Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) killed a small backyard poultry flock in Flathead County. This case marks the 16th HPAI affected flock in t...
Town Council Minutes
The minutes listed below were recently located and written up by Town Clerk Josie Morris, so we bring them to you now, though they are not in the original order in comparison to the November and December minutes. TOWN OF BROADUS Regular Council Meeti...
Court Report
Powder River Co. Sheriff’s Office Bayram Gurdov, Bellevue, WA, speeding in restricted zone (79/65) $65. MacKenzie Cherry, Florence, WY, speeding in restricted zone (85/65) $85. Charlie Joe Gaskill, Volborg, MT, assault, dismissed by Prosecutor. Jack...
My Favorite Thing About Christmas Is...
Mrs. Smith’s Kindergarten class tells us their favorite thing about Christmas. …being a polar dinosaur. Brent Andrews …having a toy. Ryker Augare …playing in the snow. Abaleigh Blakeman …staying home with my family, eating cookies and watching...
My Favorite Christmas Color
By Mrs. Swenson’s First Grade My favorite Christmas color is green. As green as the Grinch is. Green like Christmas trees and little sneaky elves. By Wyatt Ellison My favorite Christmas color is white. As white as the ball on Santa's hat. As white as...
4-H News
On December 11, 2022, the Liscomb Mountain 4-H Club met at the Broadus Community Center. Each family brought supplies to make Christmas ornaments. Then one member from each family demonstrated how to...
How To Catch A Reindeer
Mrs. Lambert’s 2nd Grade Class tells us their techniques for catching one of Santa’s reindeer. How to Catch a Reindeer I think I could catch one of Santa's reindeer easy peasy! I would get a rope. When the reindeer steps in the rope I would pull the...
Third Grade Acrostic Poems
Mrs. Zellers’ 3rd grade class showed off their poetry skills by writing acrostic poems, where the first letter in each line is representative of the corresponding letter in the title, spelling out a word. SANTA by Caden D’Amico So jolly A pre...
FWP Region 7's First Late-Season Antlerless Elk Hunt Runs Nov. 28-Feb. 15
Unused general elk or limited-draw elk B licenses valid in HDs 702, 704 and 705 By MT FWP MILES CITY – Southeast Montana's first late-season hunt, previously known as a shoulder season, will run fro...
