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By Shane Dunning In my most recent column, I described the attempt in the late 1940s and 1950s to construct a dam on the Powder River south of Moorhead, Montana, just north of the border with Wyoming. In 1947, Congress appropriated $900,000 to make initial studies and build a camp for the engineers, staff, and construction workers. This initial appropriation was primarily the work of Wyoming's Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, a Democrat occupying an influential seat on the Senate Appropriations...
Marriage Licenses Issued Travis William Gergen and Erica Anna Naillon, Broadus, MT James W. Thrush, Gillette, WY and Taylor L. Price, Hammond, MT Kyle C. Queer and Alyssa J. Riley, Broadus, MT...
By PR Extension Office Longtime residents of Powder River County, Tracy and Becky Anderson have been involved in the Powder River County Fair for years. Becky grew up on the family ranch in the Stacey community, northwest of Broadus. She was involved in 4-H for ten years and FFA for four years as she was growing up. Becky participated in a number of projects while in 4-H including sewing and showing cattle and sheep. Becky spent another twelve years involved as 4-H leader helping her own kids a...
By Shanna Talcott, Broadus District Conservationist The Powder River Conservation District in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Broadus field office are gathering input from local stakeholders on how NRCS can most effectively deliver conservation assistance in Powder River County. To participate, complete a publicly available survey. Every year, Local Working Group meetings allow farmers, ranchers, conservation partners and other members of the community to discuss the natural resource needs for the county. B...
By PR Extension Office Come enjoy a fun, active and educational morning at the Powder River Historical Museum on Tuesday, July 26th. The action-packed adventure includes butter-making, sun photography. and a visit from Carter County Museum’s Paleontologist, Nate Carroll, and more. The event is free and open for youth ages 4 to 12 and will be from 9 a.m. until noon. Youth can register at the Powder River County Extension Office, 436-2424 or at the Powder River Historical Museum by Thursday, July 21st. The event is organized by the Powder Riv...
By Broadus Schools Activities Director Mike Richards ImPACT Baseline Testing ImPACT (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing) is described as a scientifically validated computerized neurocognitive test used by more than 7,400 high schools and 1,000 colleges and universities to help evaluate and manage suspected concussions. Every Broadus student planning to participate in athletics needs to establish an ImPACT baseline. This baseline needs to be reestablished every two years. All 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th graders and any...
Members of the Broadus Lady Hawk Volleyball team played in the Big Sky State Games 11th and 12th grade age division volleyball tournament at the Big Sky State Games last week, earning bronze medals for their third place showing at the annual event. Teams from as far away as Butte, along with teams from Billings and other Eastern Montana rural towns competed in the event, which led off with a two game pool play format, then progressed to a normal tournament styled bracket once the brackets were...
July 14, 1922 Bores Hole with Bullets Frank Allison broke his wagon reach Monday while employed in road work on Rough Creek. He didn’t have the necessary tools for repair work but thought of an ingenious scheme to employ his 25-35 Winchester rifle and axe as a substitute. With the axe he felled and hewed a small pine tree and standing off a few feet shot a few bullets into the proper places until the hole was large enough for the bolts. His team became frightened while he was thusly engaged and ran down the road about half a mile where they wer...
Ashland — The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) would like to notify the public and seek comments on a proposal to construct a new section of sidewalk in Ashland. The project is located along the south side of US Highway 212. The proposed sidewalk will begin at the Ashland School and proceed east to the Ashland Community Health Center. Proposed work includes approximately half a mile of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant concrete sidewalk, grading, and revegetation. The purpose of the project is to construct a 5...
By Jerry Coulter The end of the year Minors Baseball tournament was held the last week of June. In the first game, Broadus Insurance (Green Team) won a close game against Yellowstone Bank (Gray Team) by a score of 11 to 9. The games only went three complete innings. The Gray Team was coached by Elliott Barnhart. Yellowstone Bank was defeated by Powder River Petals (Blue Team) by a score of 16 to 9 in the second game, setting up a game between Powder River Petals, coached by Jeff Ryan, against...
9 young wrestlers in grades K-12 attended the Zadick Wrestling Clinic in Broadus last week. Olympic Wrestler and World Championship Silver Medalist Mike Zadick from Great Falls coached the event, which featured youth wrestlers from Broadus as well as other areas. Several awards were presented at the clinic, including "hustle" caps, for those who displayed the best hustle on respective days of training. Day 1 winners included Monte Goggin, Thane Kolka, Sophie Ostendorf, and Myla Gatlin. Day 2...
