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The man cuts an impressive figure as he enters a room, generally clad in his favorite color – red. When that room is in his personal museum of local memories, and he begins to explain what lies therein, he becomes even more impressive. The man is a virtual encyclopedia of historical knowledge. The fellow of which we write, Slug Mills, has built this remarkable collection of knowledge and historical artifacts during his 70+ years of life in Southeastern Montana, building an equally remarkable a...
The county compensation board met Monday at the courthouse, for a meeting to discuss the salaries of elected county officials. Present at the Board were the three County Commissioners, Darold Zimmer, Donna Giacometto, and Rod Schaffer, as well as County Attorney Jeff Noble, County Treasurer Pat Phillippi, Sheriff Allen Drane, County Clerk & Recorder Carole Richards, and the members of the Compensation Board representing the community, Mike Riley and Kathy Heidel. Others present for the meeting who were not on the Board itself included Cynde Jo...
The 4th of July Parade, put on the by the Chamber of Commerce, and led by Grand Marshal Charlie Barbero was a very well attended event this year, with Pete Wenzel and Julie Collins providing MC duties and music from atop Bella Si Salon. Parade winners included the following entries: Category Winners: Class - Class of '78; Youth - Biddle School; Business - Broadus Boot & Tack Overall: 1st - Biddle School; 2nd - Broadus Boot & Tack; 3rd - Class of '78, Honorable Mention: Jane's Antiques, VFW, CBS...
Broadus VFD firefighters responded to several fires over the weekend, most of which were started by lightning from storms on Friday night. On Saturday, a 4.5 acre fire was doused on Butte Creek, in the southern end of Powder River County, on Russ Bryant’s property. Another fire, just across the Baking Powder Divide on Ernest Creek, was put out by responding BLM resources. The fire burned 0.5 acres. Belle Creek VFD responded to a small fire on Marie Gotfredson’s on Saturday, the blaze amounted to several acres. A bale caught on fire at the Ols...
The Powder River County Sheriff’s Department had a fairly uneventful 4th of July week, according to Sheriff Allen Drane, Jr. Deputy Brenden Stevenson arrested an individual on a felony warrant out of Yellowstone County during a traffic stop, a Delio Mance. Mance was wanted for a felony charge of distribution of dangerous drugs. Yellowstone County came down and extradited him back to Billings. Mance is apparently a rap artist, going by the name “G-money”, with videos of his exploits on Facebook…complete with wads of cash being proudly display...
Several questions have been brought to The Examiner’s attention regarding the new online version of the paper. The online version of the week’s paper will come out on Fridays, barring any technical issues. The current plan is to make PDFs of the print paper available to download online, so folks are able to check out all the advertisers, and read the paper in its natural form, on a screen instead of in hand. The local classifieds are available for viewing online; folks may also go online and compose their own classifieds with pictures, whi...
After spending the fall hunting season of 2017 without a local game warden, Powder River County welcomes FWP Warden Kyle Queer to the area. Kyle initially moved to Broadus last winter, but was away for training through much of the winter and spring. Now, Kyle is ready to get to work, in the myriad tasks of which befall a game warden. Kyle is a Butte native, graduating from High School in the Copper City in 2008, and continuing his college education at Montana Tech, where he graduated with a...
You hear the conversation while leaning against the counter at the coffee shops, sitting around the breakfast table, bellied up to the bar, or browsing Facebook. An ongoing conversation about the Powder River County Commissioners’ salaries has been on the lips of community members, across the county. The optics on the salary issue, as many see it, is that while some county departments have been asked to look for ways to cut their budgets and limit spending, the Commissioner salaries have remained full time, including a benefit package i...
