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Eight Emergency Medical Technicians from the Powder River First Responders attended a class on Friday and Saturday taught by Ryan Pitts of Logan Health. Pitts is also the Assistant Professor of Emergency Management Systems at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell, as well as a nurse and paramedic. The class centered around state endorsements of specialized skills such as Medication Administration, Airway placement, IVs and IOs. Powder River County EMS Director Adam Johnson told us about...
A new deputy has donned the badge at the Powder River County Sheriff's Department. Tomasa Pacheco comes to the department after 31 years in the nursing field, having first worked in Broadus as a traveling Certified Nurses Aide in 1995. During that period, Tomasa traveled all around the state, and has recently worked at the Manor in her CNA role, where she reportedly did an amazing job with the residents. Pacheco is originally from Amherst, Texas, a small town near the Texas Panhandle located...
A wreck and several small fires kept local emergency personnel busy over the past week. A wreck involving a car and semi near mile marker 119 on Highway 212, approximately 10.5 miles east of Hammond resulted in one death, and one person transported to South Dakota with injuries. The Broadus VFD and First Responders responded to the incident, as well as Alzada Fire personnel and personnel from Belle Fourche, SD. The semi involved with the wreck burned to the ground and was a total loss, per reports. A fire east of Broadus on Monday caused by a...
TRECO held their 73rd annual meeting last Saturday in Broadus at the Community Center. The meeting was preceded by a meal served to well over 100 TRECO members, featuring chicken and beef prepared by Jeff Ryan along with sides by Tracy Vail. Board President Jim Collins called the meeting to order and welcomed the guests and members, along with introducing Alex Edwards, a Broadus High School student who won TRECO's trip to Washington, DC. Edwards spoke to the group about his trip, noting the vari...
By Liz Riter Zebra mussels have recently been found in Pactola Lake, in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The zebra mussel is considered an aquatic invasive species in Montana, and watercraft inspection stations, such as the one located at Powder River Taxidermy supervised by the Montana Conservation District is on the lookout for such invasive species in watercraft. A stop at the station usually takes between 5-7 minutes to get information, inspect, and seal your boat, canoe, kayak,...
Courtesy MT FWP HELENA – Boaters and other visitors will soon have a new resource when venturing out on the lower Yellowstone River corridor this year. Starting this week, the “Lower Yellowstone River Guide” will be available for free at FWP offices and local sporting goods stores in communities along this scenic remote stretch of the Yellowstone River. The guide can also be downloaded from the webpage: https://fwp.mt.gov/activities/boating/lower-yellowstone-river. This guide is aimed at helping current and future visitors of the Lower Yellows...
Louie Robert "Bob" Talcott, Jr. (84) passed away at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, on July 12, 2022. He was born on April 24, 1938, in Trinidad, CO, to Marjory (Jones) and Louie Robert Talcott, Sr. He joined his brother, Ronald Leroy Talcott, and later his younger brother, Kenneth Dewaine "Wayne" Talcott. The family lived in the Trinidad, CO, and NM area until moving to Hammond, MT, in 1947. Growing up on Box Elder Creek, the family raised sheep, cattle and farmed. Bob's school years were spent...
Shannon T. (Kirley) Jablonski passed away peacefully at home April 6, 2022 at the age of 81 years young. Shannon is preceded in death by her husband, Frank T. Jablonski Jr, her mother, Leona Kirley, and her father, William Kirley. She is survived by her children: Doug (Tammy) Jablonski, Jason (Tiffany) Jablonski, and Michelle Schroder (Jeremy Strom). She is also survived by six grandchildren: Justin (Kara) Jablonksi, Mason (Nicole) Jablonski, Nicholas Schroder (Cindy Sanchez), Cody Jablonski...
Submitted by PR County Health Nurse Darlynn Williams Remember “flatten the curve”? We still need to “flatten the waves.” Much has changed since this rallying cry of Spring 2020, but keeping the infamous reproductive rate (or “R-value”) down is still a worthy goal. While we *totally* feel everyone’s pandemic fatigue and frustration with fellow humans, it’s not all or nothing with prevention measures. We’ve now seen that SARS-CoV-2 comes at us in waves, often sparked by new variants that develop tricks to get around our existing immunity....
July 21, 1922 Law Compels the Repair of Fences Complaints have been made from many parts of the county that barbed wire fences are being neglected, wires are broken and down, and animals are being cut up by the wire. The Montana Code provides, in effect, that when barbed or other wire has been down or broken, so as to be dangerous to livestock for a period of thirty days, if written notice of that fact is served on the owner of the land, or, if he is out of the state, his managing agent, or the person who has the land leased, if there be such,...
By PR Extension Office As annual forages are being cut for hay, it is important to test for nitrate levels, according to Powder River Extension Agent Mary Rumph. “This is a year when I wouldn’t expect nitrate levels in cereal grains to be high…however, we have had some samples, especially triticale, that are surprisingly high. These samples have been prior to the dough stage in development, so I’m hopeful that the levels will drop as the plants mature,” said Rumph. High levels of nitrates in cereal grain are often present under drought con...
Bearett Lyle Holum was born June 30th in Rapid City, SD, to his mother Neddie Hayes and his father is Kyle Holum, joining his very excited big sister Morgan Hayes. Bearett weighed 6lbs 13oz, and measured 18.5 inches in length. Bearett's grandparents include Amy Samuelson & Russ Betlaf of Black Hawk, SD, Pat & Erica Hayes of Birney, MT, and Judy Holum of Wolf Point, MT. His great grandparents are Carl (de-ceased) & Melanie Samuelson of Broadus, Art & Marilyn (deceased) Hayes of Birney, Randy &...
