Articles from the October 27, 2022 edition


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  • Lady Hawk Volleyball Finishes Regular Season Undefeated

    Oct 27, 2022

    With their win against Wibaux last Thursday, the 2022 Broadus Lady Hawk Volleyball team finished their regular season with a perfect 23-0 record, having won all 12 conference matches this season. In the match last week, Wibaux tried a different defense to try to counteract the hard hitting kills of Zeason Schaffer, and the defense seemed to work for a time. The problem for Wibaux was that Broadus' serving was on fire, as the team went 93% on serves, with 11 aces in the three set match. On top...

  • Local Emergency Personnel Work Together During Extrication Training

    Oct 27, 2022

    By Adam Johnson, NRP, PR County Director of Emergency Medical Service Operations One of the largest strengths in a community, aside from its members, is when community assets like law enforcement, fire/rescue, and emergency services all train together to improve skills and knowledge. On Wednesday, October 19th, the Broadus Fire Department hosted an extrication training class at the Powder River Landfill. Included in this training were Powder River Sheriff's Deputies and Powder River EMS, as...

  • Voices From The Past

    Oct 27, 2022

    October 27, 1922 Flour Given Name Powder River Best “Powder River Best,” is the name adopted for the Broadus flour now being manufactured by John Leno and Adam Berndt at the local flour mill. The name was decided in a contest in which 100 pounds of flour were to be awarded to the winner. Leno selected R.T. Blenkner, Geo. W. Taylor and Chas. S. Einsel to canvass the different entries Saturday evening and left it to them to decide the most appropriate name of all those submitted. The judges selected “Powder River Best”, “Lily of Powder River” an...

  • Area Women's Conference Held in Sidney

    Oct 27, 2022

    Submitted by Katie Ward Following the recent recognition of Suicide Prevention Month, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sidney held a special training and Women’s Conference for the women’s Relief Society from the Glendive Stake of the church. The focus of the conference was on dealing with depression and stress, with the title of “Keeping Ourselves Emotionally Resilient.” Attendees came from cities and towns all over eastern Montana as well as from Watford City, ND. After a delicious luncheon, the featured interactive speaker...

  • POWDER RIVER  COUNTY CLAIMS

    Oct 27, 2022

    October 2022 2 Hanging 7 Enterprises, LLC, $2,950.00 Broadus Foods Inc $70.47 Incontact Inc. $257.49 Powder River Examiner $943.25 Range $517.42 Range Telephone Cooperative $2,862.51 Town of Broadus $2,336.57 Wilhelm Land Surveying $1,500.00 ABC Glass & Signs $80.00 Allbridge $834.34 Amazon Capital Services $1,645.26 Amazon.Com Credit $436.49 Amsden, LLC $550.00 Aramark Uniform Services $260.09 Availity LLC $366.00 Aye’s Fabricating & Repair $554.00 Barbara K Mitchell $190.00 Barbero Estates, LLC $850.00 Big Horn Tire Inc. $7,237.32 Big Sky C...

  • Broadus XC Runs At State

    Oct 27, 2022

    The Broadus Cross Country team competed at the State race in Missoula at the University of Montana golf course on Saturday, in the culminating race of the 2022 year. Running for the Lady Hawks were Seniors Rheanna Schroeder and Mercy Brost, Sophomores Alix Heacock and Rebekah Rasmussen, and Freshman Gracey Bradley. Conditions for the race were similar to previous State races in Missoula, that is to say conditions were not blue bird weather. Rainy conditions prevailed for the race, with the...

  • Fall Festival Draws Families

    Oct 27, 2022

    Broadus Bumblebee Daycare and Powder River Petals combined to hold the second annual "Fall Festival", on Saturday at the courthouse in Broadus. The event featured family fun events including hayrides on a flatbed pulled by a tractor, a face painting booth, an event where kids tried to eat doughnuts off a suspended line without using their hands, bobbing for apples, gunny sack races, a bean bag toss, and a photo booth with a fall theme. A free will donation pick a pumpkin setup was also...

  • Letters To The Editor

    Oct 27, 2022

    To the editor: Our elected representatives take an oath to uphold our Constitution. Should we not then rate them according to how closely they keep that oath? If your spouse only kept the marriage oath 70% of the time, would that be acceptable? Matt Rosendale's record is one of only a handful of representatives that maintains a 100% score on constitutional issues. Examples of his votes: voted NO on HR 2225 that passed 345 to 67, which cost every American household $614, voted NO on HR 391, which cost each household $23, voted NO on HR 4373,...

  • VFW Auxiliary News

    Oct 27, 2022

    By Annie Brimmer Seven VFW Auxiliary members attended the District 6 Fall meeting in Glendive Sunday, October 9. Those attending were Ginger Bird, Tracey Gorder, Pat Ridenour, Patti Brix, Molly Lloyd, Sue Richards, and Annie Brimmer. All of these ladies hold a district office, so Broadus is well represented in our district. It was a beautiful day and a good meeting. No wind that day. On Wednesday, October 12, we had our monthly meeting. Our District 6 President, Joby Parker, made her official visit to our auxiliary. We appreciate her pointers...

  • Gloria Jean (Preston) Patrick

    Oct 27, 2022

    Gloria Jean (Preston) Patrick, 75, passed away Monday, October 17, 2022 in her home. Gloria was born January 5, 1947 in Miles City, Montana to Kenneth and Alvera Preston. Gloria spent many summers at the Irion family ranch in Olive, Montana working at her Aunt and Uncle's drive-in. Gloria married Ralph Alan Patrick on February 5, 1966 and they moved to Colorado three months after their wedding. Gloria became an IBM wife, which meant moving to several interesting places with many opportunities...

  • Take a Break During Trick or Treating

    Oct 27, 2022

    By Tom Herzog Don’t forget to stop by Faith Bible Church between 4:00 and 6:00 pm on Monday to grab a quick reprieve and some healthy sustenance! We will be offering a bowl of chili and cornbread, or maybe just a hotdog as a gift to you and your family. Please stop by the church at the corner of Lincoln and Morris (one block from the high school) between 4:00 and 6:00pm on Monday, October 31st to grab a bite to eat and have a little bit of calm in the midst of the chaos....

  • JH Basketball Scores

    Oct 27, 2022

    The Junior High Basketball season is underway. Here are the scores for the games played so far this season. @Ekalaka 10/14 Girls B 33-7 W, Boys B 24-26 L Girls A 34-14 W, Boys A 41-24 W Vs. Jordan 10/15 Girls B 23-27 L, Boys B 33-15 W, Girls A 33-44 L, Boys A 22-35 L Vs. Wibaux 10/21 Girls B 32-8 W, Boys B 44-16 W, Girls A 51-21 W, Boys A 39-46 L @ Plevna 10/22 Girls B 32-2 W, Boys B 29-21 W, Girls A 53-3 W, Boys A 69-47 W...

  • Politics raises the stakes in Gustafson-Brown high court race

    Oct 27, 2022

    By KEELY LARSON Community News Service UM School of Journalism Ed: The election articles featured this here are provided by students in the University of Montana School of Journalism, through the U of M Community News Service. Students in the program have been covering the candidates and issues pertinent to the Montana 2022 General Election. The articles this week cover the Montana Supreme Court races. Montana voters will decide two Supreme Court races this fall, and one is attracting an unusual share of partisan attention. In that race,...

  • Veteran Justice Rice seeks a fourth term; challenger D'Alton vows to serve just one

    Oct 27, 2022

    By KEELY LARSON Community News Service UM School of Journalism Ed: The election articles featured this here are provided by students in the University of Montana School of Journalism, through the U of M Community News Service. Students in the program have been covering the candidates and issues pertinent to the Montana 2022 General Election. The articles this week cover the Montana Supreme Court races. One Montana Supreme Court contest is getting the most attention – and the most campaign cash – but there’s another race on the ballot, too....

  • BPA Seniors Attend Fall Leadership Conference

    Oct 27, 2022

    By: Libby Nisley, BPA Advisor Three local seniors attended the Business Professionals of America Fall Leadership Conference in Fairmont Hot Springs on October 2-3. Lucinda Cain, Senior President of our Chapter and returning Nationals Placer, stated that: "I was excited to go to FLC because I had never gone before, I learned a lot about fundraising and how to get our chapter members more involved with BPA. The best part about it was how interactive the State Officers were with us. Being part of...