Week of January 2, 2025
Week of January 2, 2025
By Amanda Eggert Montana Free Press www.montanafreepress.org Ed: The case described in the following article is contemporarily known as Held vs. Montana. Rikki Held, one of the co-plaintiffs in the suit, attended Broadus Schools from Kindergarten through 8th grade, and is currently serving a two-year term with the Peace Corps in Kenya. The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's ruling in a precedent-setting constitutional climate lawsuit brought by 16 young Montanans. In the 48-page...
Winners of the Powder River Chamber’s Christmas lighting and decoration contest were Rich & Melinda Biesheuvel, in the residential category. The Biesheuvels have won the award multiple times throughout the years, with their bright display. This year they received a gift box with custom coffee mugs from Powder River Petals for an award. In the business category, Gardner & Billing CPAs won top honors. Honorable mentions in the residential category went to Tavy Turnbough for her hillside lighting display, as well as Ken & Kelly...
Powder River Co. Sheriff’s Office Collin Brown, Shelley, ID, speeding in restricted zone (91/65) dismissed by Co. Prosecutor. Ronald Proctor, Drummonds, TN, stop sign violation, $85. Michael Havenhill, Lubbock, TX, speeding in restricted zone (88/65) $95. Randy Miller, Granger, IN, speeding in restricted zone (79/65) $65. Jacob Stone, Hammond, MT, nighttime speeding (85/65) $70. Reo Lewis, Silverdale, WA, speeding in restricted zone (80/65) $65. Patrick Ranson, Moscow, ID, speeding in restricted zone (84/65) $85. Anthony Britt, Shawnee, KS,...
By Shavon Harmon We had 23 teams this year. Of those 23 we had 20 check back in on Saturday. 99 legal coyotes were checked in, 3 fox and 16 porcupines. This year we did a coin flip for 1st and 2nd based on the biggest coyote and the smallest coyote. 1st and 2nd went to Team # 17 Gabe Havener, Uriah Turner and Jeremy Turner. Big coyote weighed 35 lbs and smallest weighed 15.20 lbs. That team had 8 coyotes total. 3rd place with most coyotes was Team # 6 Hank Phillippi, Andy Cathey and Gavin Severeide with 12 coyotes. The fox side pot was won by...
Info courtesy of the Association of Montana Retired Public Employees On November 23, 1889 the 1st Montana Legislature convened. On January 6, 2025 the 69th Montana Legislature will convene. Here’s some info on the process: Legislative Day 1: Monday, January 6th, 2025 Adjournment: within 90 Legislative Days Senate Composition 50 members -Republicans: 32 (64%); Democrats 18 (36%). House Composition: 100 members - Republicans: 58 (58%); Democrats: 42 (42%). Legislators serving Powder River County include Senate District 17 Senator Bob...
By PR Extension Office The annual Extension Ag Winter Series has been scheduled for Tuesday, January 21st, 2025 starting at 10:00 am until 1:00 pm. Light snacks will be available. The workshops will be held at the Broadus Community Center and 2 private applicator points will be available. From 10:00-11:00, Abiya Saeed, MSU Extension Horticulture specialist, will be presenting Troubleshooting Tree and Turf Issues in Montana. This presentation will cover common tree-related issues...
Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year to everyone! We have our last reading challenge for the year coming to an end this week. We had some fun coming up with new ideas and got some new people to join us in the challenges. Time to think of something new… I tried to get caught up on Memorial books, and since our youngest readers outnumber the rest of us, we changed things up a bit. In memory of Sally Borla we have “Cats Don’t Like That” by Andy Wortlock, from Randy Sullivan, for Charles Carter, “How Music Heals Us” by Kim Cannan...
Monday, December 9, 2024 Commissioner Lori Fortner 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 approved the consent agenda. The minutes of December 2, 2024 meeting were read, approved, and ordered published. Jackie Beardsley came in to give an Extension update regarding Achievement Night, the Christmas Stroll, 7th grade workshop, Shooting Sports, Healthy Living, the Heart & Soul Grant must be matched...
January 2, 1925 How Country Editor Got Rich An exchange says an editor of a weekly newspaper moved to town one day and deposited $50,000 in one of the local banks. He had been publishing his little country paper for thirty years and had moved to the city with around $50,000 to his credit. When asked by the reporter for the secret of his great financial success, he said: “I attribute my ability to retire with a $50,000 bank account after 30 years in the country newspaper field to close application to duty, always hewing to the mark and...
By PR Senior Center Director Tammy Jackman HAPPY NEW YEAR! Wow, 2024 just scurried right by, didn’t it? I hope everyone had a wonderful and joyous holiday season. For me it was a bit hectic but I made it through. Christmas Stroll was quieter for us this year, but we did have the Biddle Busy Beavers 4-H Club here putting together Blessing Boxes. They put together 12 amazing boxes of food for us to give to those in need. The kids, with adult supervision do all the shopping and then come to the center and sort into piles and box the items...
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, 2024. ABC Glass & Signs $60.00 Action for Eastern Montana $3,970.54 Activitypro $1,609.00 Airgas USA LLC $88.95 Alderman Oil Co. $21,026.53 Alderman's Quikstop $1,813.88 Allbridge $862.06 Amazon Capital Services $762.20 American Express $747.20 Amsden, LLC $600.00 Aqreva LLC $122.50 Ayche Draine $115.00 Barbero Estates, LLC $850.00 Big Horn Tire Inc....
BOZEMAN — For the second time in four seasons, the Montana State Bobcats will play for a national football championship. The Football Championship Subdivision title game will kick off at 5 p.m. Mountain time on Monday, Jan. 6, at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. MSU enters the contest against the North Dakota State University Bison with the top national seed and its first-ever undefeated season. As Big Sky Conference champions, the Bobcats earned a first-round playoff bye before defeating the University of Tennessee, Martin and the...
The Broadus high school basketball teams traveled to Melstone prior to Christmas break, with both boys and girls team falling to the Bronc teams. The Broadus boys fell behind in the first quarter but kept the score within a single digit difference well into the third quarter, before ultimately falling 46-61. The Hawk's three point scoring accounted for over half of their scoring, with 8 three point shots sunk in the game, led by Zach Jones who had 5 of those scores. Zach would ultimately sink...
On the evening of December 19th, 2024, Jake Herman Brost passed away peacefully after battling against cancer. He was surrounded by love and comfort from his family and friends in his sister's home in Spearfish, SD. Jake was 54 years old. Jake was born in Belle Fourche, SD during calving season on April 23rd, 1970 to Herman Boyd Brost and Kay Marie Brost. According to his father, he looked like a 9-pound prize fighter who had gone several rounds. His early life consisted of being spoiled and...
Edwin "Buzz" Jones, a cherished individual known for his warmth and musical talent, passed away peacefully on October 17, 2024, in Jacksonville, Florida. Born on April 27, 1933, in Billings, Montana, to Ashton and Amelia Jones (née D'Amico), Buzz spent his formative years in Broadus, Montana, where he attended school. Buzz pursued higher education at Montana State University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Following his academic achievements, he served honorably in...
Dear Editor Billy Stuver, The December 12, 2024 Powder River Examiner “Voices from the Past” column had a 1924 story about Wm. L. Lavell, newly elected county commissioner. I read it with great interest because Wm. L. Lavell was my paternal grandfather. He died in 1933. I was born in 1936. So I never knew him. The story was well-written and exciting. I quickly called my Lavell brothers and sisters in California, Ohio, West Virginia and Colorado and read it to them or mailed copies. The story had other information about our grandfather...
