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On the evening of Tuesday, September 22nd, Powder River Public Health announced that four PR County residents had tested positive for COVID-19, two of which were staff members at Broadus Schools, one a male age 20-29, and the other a female age 40-49. Additionally, a male and female, both age 60-69, were added to the PR County count – they had originally been counted in a different MT county where they also maintained a residence. With the increase in case load, PR County met the four active case threshold for Governor Bullock’s mask man...
In a similar tone to what we published previous to the primary election, we sent the local candidates running for contested offices a series of questions. The only contested local election this fall is for the Powder River County Commissioner District 1 seat. In order to maintain fairness, we asked the same set of questions we asked this spring, with Rod adding some comments to what he had previously written in May. The added comments are shown in italics. We present the answers in the fashion...
In a similar tone to what we published previous to the primary election, we sent the local candidates running for contested offices a series of questions. The only contested local election this fall is for the Powder River County Commissioner District 1 seat. In order to maintain fairness, we asked the same set of questions we asked this spring, with Rod adding some comments to what he had previously written in May. We present the answers in the fashion in which the candidates replied, with mini...
By Margie Riley The South Stacey School, located in northern Powder River County, is the oldest one room schoolhouse, using the same building on the original site, in the state of Montana. From 1900 to 1919, South Stacey School was District 29 in Custer County, but when Powder River County was formed in 1919, the school district was organized and became District 90. The school was modernized in the 1960s. At that time, the windows were redone and papers dated 1900 were found stuffed in beside...
By Broadus Schools Counselor Dori Phillips The annual FAFSA Workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, October 6th, at 6:00 p.m. in the High School Library. If you are in need of financial aid to help pay for postsecondary education, the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is the place to start. You can use it to apply for federal student aid such as grants, loans and work study. Most states and schools use information from the FAFSA to award non-federal aid and to determine eligibility for need-based scholarships. Even if you don’t t...
Funding has come through to help replace the Moorhead, Little Powder River, Pilgrim Creek, and Horse Creek bridges and resurface 18.1 miles of Powder River East Road. The seven million dollar grant was awarded by the Economic Development Administration, a federal agency in the US Department of Commerce which works to provide grants and technical assistance to economically distressed communities. The seven million dollar grant comes on the heels of a $750,000 grant from the MT Dept of Commerce,...
The announcement of two high school staff members testing positive for COVID-19 late on Sept 22nd resulted in a short-lived shutdown of in-person learning in the high school. The school made the decision to shut down in person learning through October 2nd, and cancel all sporting events through the 3rd. This decision was reversed at the school board meeting on Friday, with in person learning beginning again on Monday, September 28th. Due to the sequence of events, games which were originally scheduled for last weekend were all cancelled, but...
Any parent who has a child that is doing remote learning may get lunches to go. Please e-mail at [email protected] or private message me before 9 AM. You may pick up lunch between 11 & 12, just come to the cafeteria door & knock. If you would like to opt out please notify me. Thanks to all the kids & parents for letting me do the job I love. Tammy Schoenbeck, Food Service Director, Broadus Public Schools...
By PR County Health Officer Sean Hill Communicable disease in its nature creeps into a community, infects the susceptible, creating waves of devastation, and at times, death. It will then mutate, so that it infects as many more people creating a world-wide pandemic which as we have seen, has killed thousands. On September 21, 2020, Powder River County reported a single case of COVID-19. This quickly morphed into our High School, into Health Care workers and now has affected our most vulnerable in our Nursing home. Powder River County is now a...
Judy Ann Rue passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2020. Born in Miles City, Montana on June 6, 1943 to W.W. (Bill) and Gladys Trusler. She grew up on the Trusler Ranch east of Ashland, Montana. She attended school at Willow Crossing, Ashland Public School, and Custer County High School in Miles City. On June 20, 1959 she married her high school sweetheart Victor Robert Rue of Broadus, Montana. Judy and Victor attended college at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. While living in...
Miriam (Grandma Gus) Ruth (Scoles) Capra passed away at the age of 90, at the Powder River Manor surrounded by her family on September 26, 2020. She was born on July 2, 1930 in Baker, MT to Alvy Merle (A.M) and Leona Elizabeth (Brownson) Scoles. She and her 7 siblings grew up on the family farm near Baker, MT. Miriam attended Baker High School and boarded with her Uncle Aaron & Aunt Myrtle Brownson during those years. After graduation, she attended and graduated from Nursing School at Holy Rosar...
Joe Quiroz passed away earlier this week. Services are pending as of press time; we will publish an obituary when one becomes available....
The Election at Coalwood will take place at the Coalwood School, not the church, as written in last week’s election article - Cynde Jo Gatlin...
By Billie Harms The Broadus High School Rodeo Club held their annual High School/Jr. High/YRA rodeo on September 11-13, 2020. Members of the club are: Seniors - Tel Harmon, Garrett Cunningham, Kortny Cathey, Ashley Bilbrey and Harley Meged; Junior member is Chalee Harms; and Freshman member Holden Meged. The weekend started out with the Cutting and Reined Cowhorse being held at the Harms Ranch. Both rounds for each event were held Friday evening, September 11th. The Cutting is split Boys and Girls, but the Cowhorse combines them. The Cutting...
Thursday, October 4, 1990 Coalwood Ladies Aid celebrates 75 years Coalwood Ladies Aid recently celebrated its 75th year of continuous service to the Coalwood, Olive and Volborg Community. Members and families and friends gathered for a picnic on a beautiful day under the trees at Lew Janssen’s Ranch. It was a festive celebration shared by young and old. While the children had sack races and searched for coins in sawdust, other shared memories of earlier days in the Aid. As members looked through the scrapbook with its pictures and newspaper cli...
August 31, 2020 Commissioners met for their weekly meeting with all members present. Meeting was called to order. No public comment was received at this time. Consent agenda – Rod moved, Donna seconded this motion, all in favor, motion carried. Consent agenda approved. Discussion was held on the positive COVID-19 case and county’s plan for future cases. A health board meeting will be set for September 8, 2020. Additional help for Public Health was discussed. A local resident and bus driver stopped in to request the Moorhead Road to be bla...
Kingpin 9-21-20 High team games: Askin Construction, 763, Sagebrush/IGA, 700, Sagebrush/IGA, 666; high series: Askin Construction, 2044, Sagebrush/IGA, 2003, Big Sky Bar, 1879. Individual games: Frank Danielson, 220, Frank Danielson, 215, Tommy Stokes, 204, Jeff Engel, 204; high series: Frank Danielson, 626, Tom Herzog, 558, JJ Quiroz, 540....
OUR SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN CHURCH-ELCA Pastor Julie Long, 436-2457 “Rooted in the Word, Dwelling in Christ, Branching out for the sake of the World” All are welcome! Please join us for Sunday worship at 11:00AM., followed by a time of fellowship. Holy Communion celebrated first and third Sundays and Festival Sundays. During this COVID time of restrictions, there is no monthly “pitch in” lunch on Oct. 4th. We follow public health and government restrictions as necessary. Church council and Pastor Julie monitor information and activities may chang...
