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A severe blizzard brought heavy snow, wind, and cold to the area last week, closing roads, knocking out power, killing young animals, and leaving travelers stranded. Beginning on Tuesday, April 12th, the spring storm continued through Wednesday, while temperatures bordering on record lows persisted, lasting through the weekend. The storm began on Tuesday and quickly knocked out power to the area due to an outage with Northwest Energy at Colstrip just after noon, with power restored around 4:30...
In 1886. the town of Birney was not located at its present location at the mouth of Hanging Woman Creek. The Birney post office was then located several miles south of present-day Ashland, which was then known as "Strader." The office was located concurrently with a trading store operated by the postmaster, John W. Toohey. Toohey was Birney's second postmaster, the first being trader A.M. Birney, for which the town was named. In March 1886, Mary O'Connell, the wife of Custer County Assessor...
On Monday night of last week, on the evening before the blizzard descended on Eastern Montana the Broadus School Board Trustees met for their regularly scheduled monthly meeting. First on the agenda were a number of resignations, including Trustee Patrick Emmons, as well as Head Football Coach Ross Randall and Head Boys Basketball Coach Mike Richards. We reached out to all three gentlemen but did not receive comments about their resignations as of press time. Additionally, the board accepted a request for a one year unpaid leave of absence...
Powder River Co. Sheriff’s Office Navdeep Singh, Surrey, BC, stop sign violation, $85. Christopher Burgess, Williston, ND, speeding in restricted zone (65/50) $65. Joshua Aurand, Biddle, MT, PFMA (1st off.), pled guilty, fined $285, 40 hrs. anger management counseling. Ahsan Ullah, Calgary, AB, fail/stop for school bus, $135. Cory Hopkins, Olive, MT, oper. veh. not properly registered, $85. Anthony Sanchez, Enumclaw, WA, speeding in restricted zone (84/65) $85. Wilfredo Portillo, Washington, DC, daytime speeding (82/70) $70. Jessie M...
By County Election Administrator Cynde Jo Gatlin Election judge training will be held Wednesday, May 4 at 10:00 a.m. and Monday, May 9, at 6:00 p.m. in the Election Room. According to the Montana Secretary of State’s office, across the nation over 1.4 million citizens are trained to serves as election judges. The job of election judge is critical to our democracy, as voters depend on election judges to run polling places and counting centers on Election Day. As an election judge in Montana, you will help ensure the state’s elections remain sec...
A community blood drive will be held on Thursday, April 28th from 2 to 6 pm at the Broadus Community Center. Those looking to make an appointment may call Sue at 436-2896, or go to vitalant.org to sign up....
(Ed: The following was emailed to the PR Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber and Examiner wanted to share Carlos’ email with the community.) I would like to send the town of Broadus a Big Thank you. It’s a beautiful thing what you are doing for my fellow Truck Drivers. May God bless you all. Carlos Zepeda...
By Pat Hanlan, VFW Auxiliary Buddy Poppy Chairman Buddy poppies will be available soon. The money from the poppies stays locally for the fund to help people in need. You donate for a poppy, you don’t buy a poppy. Wear or display the poppies proudly. Poppies can be worn on hats and caps - guys or gals. Poppies can be stuck in your shirt pockets or attached to a button. Poppies have also been attached to purse straps. Poppies can also be made into jewelry or worn in the hair. Displaying poppies is a great too. Hang them in the cars, pickups, tru...
Paul Mobley, age 53, of Olive, Montana passed away in his home with his wife and two sons by his side on April 14, 2022, ending a year-long battle with aggressive neck cancer. Paul was born on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1969 in Miles City, Montana, bringing joy to his parents, John and Dee, and sister Julie. Later, sister Megan would be born, allowing Paul to gain the title of big brother as well. His early years were spent on the family ranch near Powderville, attending the Spring Creek...
Alice Mae Morris passed away at Westview Healthcare Center on April 11,2022. She was born January 15, 1932 to Harry and Irene (Decker) Powell in Sheridan, Wyoming at the Eureka Home. She grew up during the depression and the drought of the thirties on the Powell family ranch at Quietus, Montana. It was there that she developed her love of horses and all animals by shadowing her father almost constantly, learning and observing pioneer ranch life. She became an accomplished horse woman and riding...
April 21, 1922 Eggs at 15 Cents per Dozen, Now’s Time for Storing With fresh eggs selling at 15 cents a dozen many housewives are taking advantage of the opportunity to store them away for use when their price is several times as much (ed: $0.15 is equivalent to $2.57 in today’s dollars). The hens of the country have not yet acquired the strike habit and their egg product is far in excess of the demand so that a surplus is accumulating. And people generally have grown somewhat prejudiced at the sight of egg meals for many of them have had no...
By Rita Harden, Senior Center Director Area I Agency on Aging housed in Action for Eastern Montana would like to announce a new program that we are going to be offering for our residents of Eastern Montana: the Home Modification Program. The goal of the home modification program is to enable elderly persons to remain in their homes through home modifications to reduce older adults’ risk of falling, improve general safety, increase accessibility, and to improve their functional abilities in their home. This will enable older adults to remain i...
Monday, March 28, 2022 Chairman Lee Randall called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioner’s office, Powder River County Courthouse. Commissioners Donna Giacometto and John Olson were present. Lori Fortner, commissioner candidate, joined the meeting to observe. The board read and approved meeting minutes from March 21, 2022 to be published. The board reviewed and read consent agenda. Donna left the meeting to attend the MACRS conference in Great Falls. 9:00 a.m. - Discussion was held regarding the EMS Director position. The a...
