Billy, I want to commend Governor Steve Bullock for doing what many governors in rural states like ours were unable or unwilling to do -- work with both parties to expand access to health care and boost our economy through Medicaid expansion. By brin...

Billy, The foxes bring back a good memory - we raised one, one summer. It finally ran away (maybe to the river). Our little dog was seen playing with it in the field by the Tastee Freez. I sure enjoyed Joe’s Mexico trips. I look forward to reading t...

By Joe Stuver My idyllic several months in Mexico flashed by in a flurry of friendship, wonderful food, soft, sweet smelling hugs and happy people. I stopped downtown to my favorite street side restaurants to say farewell, and exchange hugs, with...

Hello Powder River County Voters, My name is John Wayne Olson, I am the son of Grant and Mary Olson. I am running as an Independent in the November Election for County Commissioner. You will not see my name in the June Primaries, but I want to wish...

I recently was in Milton, Iowa where I looked for the grave of Mary Mills, which I believe to be kinfolk prior to 1920 and I was able to locate her grave, born in 1880 and died in 1932. I had a very interesting journey and searched through the...

Billy, At the end of January, Ray Traub became ill with what was thought the flu, on February 1st it was discovered that he had viral meningitis and shingles on his brain, leading to encephalitis and pneumonia. On February 11th Ray was moved to the...

Dear Editor, I am a retired rancher from Powder River County, member of Northern Plains Resource Council, and along with other ranchers and consumers, have been fighting for mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling for nearly 20 years. We’re not a...

Remember to set your clocks forward an hour this Saturday night, as Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 AM, Sunday morning. Daylight Saving Time (DST) is an outdated and archaic remnant of a bygone era, originally organized by the Germans and the A...

To the Editor, Some other points to consider when listening to those promoting a socialist agenda for America. Since taxing away fully half of all income made by those making $197,651 or more, as has been suggested, would net the U.S. government...

Remembering Carol Cain Memories of a little girl with pig tails long ago And a strawberry birthmark on her big toe She came into this world down Christmas lane That’s why us older kids chose Carol for her name We loved the Christmas carols we l...

Billy, Another letter to the editor on socialism: As we anticipate another long election year ahead, and I hear those proposing more socialism for us, perhaps we should contemplate more questions about that system. Knowing that VA hospitals and...

Hi Billy, My thoughts about the death of K Huckins. TRIBUTE Kemo Sahbee. For a time this is how K Huckins and I tagged and greeted each each other. We borrowed the term from one of the oft-recurring Lone Ranger fads. This one during the 1950s, a...

To Powder River County, We hear people say all the time how they couldn’t live in a small town because there's nothing to do, or how it doesn't offer them anything. This may be true, we don't have Walmart or Mcdonald’s. But we don't need those thi...

Portland, OR August 30, 2019 Dear Examiner, Your statement just arrived so it is time to send the annual check for Alvin’s subscription. Although we moved away from Broadus in 1969, Alvin looks forward very much to the arrival of his hometown n...

By Joe Stuver A lot of folks are wondering how the heck I managed to shoot myself. I’ve also noted, though, that my stupid causes a lot of anxiety for those who care for me. We Stuver “boys” have indeed kept our Guardian Angels pretty dang busy....

Hi Billy, A brief greeting to all the celebrants regarding the 100-year anniversary observation of Powder River County. Having had the good fortune to be born in Broadus, 84 of those 100 years ago, wish I could be there to help celebrate. But it's...

A poem by Lyman Amsden on his days in the Navy. Some things are kept forever by the crew of the 509. Shore patrol at French Martinique The bars of Fall River, Mass Scolley Square in Boston Bourbon Street in Orleans Snow up to your ass in Adak Scrapin...

A poem on how the trees in Cottonwood Park came to be. Someone once said, the time to plant a tree Was at least twenty years ago How about fifty years give or take Is how I’ll tell you so. It’s been 60 years for the class of ‘59 Since we kissed...

A poem written by Lyman Amsden during his days on the USS Formoe. Lyman served on this ship during the Korean War. He now runs the Corner Store in Broadus with his wife, Anne. PASS THE WORD Set the special sea detail, the ship is now underway. S...

By Joe Stuver I guess I should carry a sign while I’m working cleaning Patti’s memorial flower bed that says “I’m ok!” The other day, three good ladies came to my rescue, several with no little amount of panic and concern etched across their fac...

By Joe Stuver Memories of Mexico One of my most-favorite things in Mexico was hanging out with my family of friends in the little village of Jarratadas. Like most small Mexican villages, it is a place of happy, laid back, hard working folks. The...

By Joe Stuver Sights worth seeing: MORE MOISTURE! It’s going to be a wonderful spring, if it gets here before summer. We send out a huge community salute to Bucky Billing and Lyle Rogge, who retired last week after serving TRECO, and their c...

Your recent column “70 Years Ago” described the January weather of 1949 and brought to mind the story Mom (Bobbie Heidel) would tell of her untimely arrival from eastern Tennessee to eastern Montana on January 1, 1949, as a 21 year old who had nev...