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8 was noted as a drier than average year in Broadus, with a total yearly accumulation of 11.07", compared to an average of 14.92". Overall precipitation tended to stray below the median line throughout the year, though a wet May had the totals trending at nearly normal. In the last four months of the year, Broadus received a scant 1.15" of moisture, right at half of the average. The dry fall and early winter made for a late fire season, with wildfires raging well into Fall, but also helped...
By Jackie Beardsley Powder River Area Economic Development Council and the Pilot Tourism Grant Steering Committee had a presentation by guest speaker Jeff Siegler on December 20th. Jeff is a civic pride consultant out of Pittsburgh, PA. Jeff had been in Broadus since Wednesday, December 18th speaking to community members participating in civic leadership. He took time and connected with our city government and town council, the heads of county departments, teachers and administration as well as a variety of non-profit leaders across our communi...
By Jackie Beardsley If you have a favorite charity and need motivation to move, enter your team in the Steps for Charity challenge. The 8-week event runs from February 1st through March 31st. Four people make up a team and local charities receive a part of the $15.00 per person registration fee. The event is organized by Powder River Trails and MSU Extension Powder River County. Last year, more than 96 people registered for the Challenge, which raised $1,440 for local charities including the Powder River Senior Center, the Broadus Cancer Fund,...
Two new road weather information systems (RWIS) are now operational in the local area, providing nearly real-time data for those looking to hit the roads. Those new sites are at Highway 212 at Home Creek Divide, west of Broadus, and at Coalwood, north of Broadus on Hwy 59. The sites are managed by the Montana Department of Transportation, and provide a variety of information, including several camera views of the roadway, with photos taken every 15 minutes during daylight hours. Other...
By PR Extension Office Teen 4-Hers are the best when it comes to creating a fun time for young people. This year, the 4-H Mini-Congress event was organized by a record number of fifteen Teen 4-Hers for twenty-four youth in grades 3rd through 7th, who enjoyed being with friends and having fun. The teens are the key for a positive and welcoming experience, their enthusiasm, leadership and organizational skills were impressive in coordinating and facilitating workshops for the participants. Teen 4...
The Broadus Lady Hawks went 1-1 in weekend basketball action, as they played in their first games of 2025, coming off the Christmas break. The team traveled to Carter County last Friday, where they lost to conference rival Ekalaka 32-56. On Saturday they traveled to Roberts, between Laurel and Red Lodge, and won 51-37. The win put the Lady Hawks at 4-3 overall. Conference records are just beginning to emerge this week, with the six teams in the 4C only playing one conference game a piece thus far in the season. Terry currently has the best...
By Josie Morris As the new year begins please remember that per our Town ordinance on dogs and cats, pet licenses are due February 15, 2025! Pet licenses run from Jan 1 - Dec 31 of every year. Dog licenses are $5.00, Cat licenses are $2.00, any replacement of lost tags for dog or cat is $2.00. Any licenses issued after the deadline of February 15th will incur a $5.00 late fee. The full ordinance can be found on our website at www.townofbroadus.com....
Ed: We plan to print weekly updates from the UM Legislative News Service during the 69th MT Legislative session. By Clayton Murphy UM Legislative News Service HELENA – The 69th Montana Legislature opened in Helena Monday with both Republicans and Democrats highlighting affordability as one of the issues that will dominate the 90-day session. Republicans have a 32-18 majority in the Senate and a 58-42 majority in the House this session, but after redistricting, they no longer hold the supermajority they held in 2023. At the first Senate sessi...
BOZEMAN – Montana State University scientists say the frozen remnants of an ancient forest discovered 600 feet above the modern tree line on the Beartooth Plateau may portend possible changes for the alpine ecosystem if the climate continues to warm. A paper about the discovery was published Dec. 30 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It describes what scientists have learned by studying the remains of a mature whitebark pine forest that formed at 10,000 feet elevation about 6,000 years ago, when warm-season t...
January 9, 1925 White Woman’s Scalp Sold as Relic in New York J.P.V. Evans has shipped to a New York curio firm a double-bowl Cheyenne Indian pipe and the scalps of a Cree Indian and a white woman, says a news dispatch. There was a tradition among the Cheyenne that no Indian could possess or smoke a double-bowl pipe unless he had accomplished certain deeds of valor, including the rescue of a comrade in battle or the killing of two enemies with one bullet. In 1872, according to Mr. Evans, a Cree Indian with a white woman and a half breed were tr...
Monday, December 16, 2024 Commissioner Chair Lee Randall 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 9, 2024, commissioner proceedings were read, approved, and ordered published. The board reviewed and signed the annual financial reports for the Belle Creek Fire District, Biddle Fire District, Powder River Soil Conservation District, and the PR TV D...
In the previous chapter of Sage and Leather, Evie met Mr. Carlisle and his wife Topsannah. The former came to the TR with the proposal that Mr. Hollister go north to Montana to settle a ranch up there. What will Mr. Hollister decide? Might Evie join them if they do go north? And what has become of the brother that she so often worries about? Find out in the newest installment. Chapter Four The TR was full of commotion for the next week. Every time I brought food to the mansion, Mr. Hollister and Mr. Carlisle were drawing out plans for a cattle...
Marriage License Issued: Lewis Bradford Stoddard and Julie Ann Russell, Broadus, MT....
Courtesy Southeast Electric Co-op Kayleigh Nisley has been selected as one of two students to represent Southeast Electric Cooperative Inc. at the 2025 NRECA Youth Tour. Kayleigh will embark on an unforgettable journey to our nation's capital in June of 2025. This year the students were asked, "What was the most important event to have occurred in our nation during your lifetime? How did it affect you?" It isn't surprising that both students wrote about the pandemic, although Kayleigh pointed...
Harlen Pod Wash was born on December 30, 1936 at 12:10 pm weighing 9lbs even and 21 ½ inches long in Elgin, Montana to Charlie "Pod" Wash and his wife Florabel Harkins Wash. He joined his big sister Norella Bea in the family sheep wagon that was their early home on the eastern flats of Carter County, Montana. Sometime later the family moved to a sheep ranch where both his parents were employed as sheepherders. Harlen attended a rural school in his elementary days and then headed to high...
Robert Duane (Bob) Carlat went peacefully to his heavenly home on December 23, 2024, at the age of 99. He was born August 10, 1925, in Nevada, Missouri to Lester Thomas Carlat and Jenny Maude (Palmer) Carlat. He was the third of five children, with brothers Ralph, Gerald, Clarence and a sister, Carolyn. Bob grew up in the Sonnette/ Sayle, Montana area on the family ranch. He first attended a country school called Fifteen Mile School. Later on, Bob went to Broadus, Montana schools, and attended...
