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From getting stray cats out of town to bringing chickens into it, last Tuesday’s Malta City Council meeting discussed those animals and much more and on Monday night held a special meeting to decide what to do with the Municipal Pool and if the Malta Swim Team will be able to use it this summer (See page 1B for that story.) A total of seven people were at the meeting last week to discuss either chickens and cats. As for chickens, the current law in the City of Malta (Ordinance No. 453, Section 6.23.010) states that it is unlawful for any p...
At the high watermark, the Malta Walleye Unlimited Chapter boasts a member roster of 162 people, but because the 31st Annual Banquet was postponed and then canceled due to COVID-19 restriction, the proud membership of the group has dwindled to 18 paid members and has put this year's annual 'Take a Kid Fishing' trip in limbo. Last week, long time member Pete Dalby (currently the Chapter's vice president) and Don Voegel stopped by the PCN offices and though things are looking a little bleak for...
The Great Plains Dinosaur Museum (GPDM) announces that up to 500+ rubber duckies will race to the finish on Saturday, July 18th starting at 3:00 PM – just fol-lowing the wrap up of the First State Bank Car Show and start of the PC Motor Sports race weekend (dates tentative.) GPDM officials state that “ducks will race regardless if other event dates are changed due to COVID 19 restrictions and will be streamed live online for everyone’s enjoyment!” The traditional “duck boards”, offering numbered ducks for adoption for the fee of $5 are availab...
When the rubber hits the road is when winners are eventfully crowned and couple that with the adage of "use it or lose it" states, it's time to head to the Villa Theatre in Malta and buy some tickets because it could possibly be now, or never. Since Greg and Jan Kirkwood have taken a stronger interest in the storied movie-house (and eventually bought it) the work that has gone on over there to make the accommodations as pleasing as possible is kind of incredible. There were a lot of complaints about the Villa before this — and let us not f...
Many changes have and continue to occur at Malta Villa Theatre, but perhaps the most important change at the storied moviehouse is the doors will reopen for film viewing on Friday, May 22 after months of being closed dealing with COVID-19 restrictions. In November of last year, the Villa reopened with new seating, a new concession stand, new bathrooms after closing that summer and management and eventually ownership changed as Greg and Jan Kirkwood purchased the nearly 65-year old Phillips...
Among the ballot items voters in Phillips County are asked to decide on in this year's primary election, three levies are being proposed by the Phillips County Commissioners; A County Road Levy, County General Levy, and a County Bridge Levy. All active voters receiving a ballot in rural areas of Phillips County will vote on all County levy issues. All active voters receiving a ballot in the City of Malta, Town of Dodson, and Town of Saco will vote on the County General Levy and County Bridge Levy. The Phillips County Commissioners gave their re...
Dodson High School has announced that Christina Jaynes has been named the Class of 2020 valedictorian and that Corbin LoneBear has been named Class salutatorian. Christina is the daughter of Rob and Cathy Jaynes of Wagner, Mont. She is as yet undecided what she would pursue following high school graduation and her interests outside of school include "anything to do with the outdoors." Corbin is the son of Sarah Wilson and Pat Ditmar of Dodson. After graduation, he plans on attending Dawson...
The Phillips County Fair Board has proudly announced that Country Music's Easton Corbin will be headlining the 2020 Phillips County Fair Concert in Dodson this summer, July 31, 2020. With two No. 1 singles, four Top 5 singles, multiple awards, and nominations, performances on some of the biggest stages in the world, according to his bio, Corbin recently had a spot on one of the biggest tours in country music, Carrie Underwood's 2016 The Storyteller Tour, where Corbin made a lasting impression...
Larry Putnam is no stranger to taking a position as an Interim CEO of a hospital and took on that position at the Phillips County Hospital and Family Health Clinic in Malta following the departure of Ward VanWichen last February. What is new for Putnam at his latest Interim CEO spot in Malta is, as many of you well know, he has held the CEO position in Phillips County before. That said, Putnam told the PCN he is happy to be back in Phillips County, but by no means wants or can have the job full...
Correction: May 6, 2020 8:06 a.m. The positive test for the COVID-19 virus in Fergus County reported below was taken off of that county’s total after it was discovered that the infected person no longer lives in Fergus and hasn’t for at least a year. There are no positive COVID-19 cases in Phillips County or any of the counties that border it as of this correction. As of Monday, May 4, the total number of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus in Montana is at 457 with 404 recovered and 16 tot...
As a part of the U.S. Air Force Salutes flyover program, two C-130 aircraft from the 120th Airlift Wing of the Montana Air National Guard, will perform flyovers throughout Montana on Wednesday, May 6, and in Phillips County, folks should look towards the sky from approximately 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Capt. Dan Bushnell, Chief Public Affairs Officer for the Montana National Guard told the PCN that the planes are expected to fly a route along Highway 2 and that the planes will fly lower than...
With in-school learning shutdown across the state of Montana, so too were the Missoula Children's Theatre's remaining performances for the rest of the 2019-2020 school year, and some young thespians in Saco were disappointed by that fact so their grandmother came up with a fun alternative. "Bandit Joaquin & Ricochet" was a three-act, 20 minute play penned by Saco's Lexie Haynes which featured several of her grandchildren cast in a bank robbery story performed for family and friends while the...
Montana Governor Steve Bullock announced plans to "Reopen Montana" last week during the COVID-19 virus outbreak which included schools, allowing them to open on May 7, but ultimately left the decision up to school boards who would need to implement a laundry-list of safety measures "that were nearly impossible," one source told the PCN. Under "school reopening considerations" Gov. Bullock's plan, schools were asked to consider a multitude of safety rules and guidelines including cleaning and...
For the first time since the COVID-19 virus began being tested in Montana on March 11, Sunday was the first time that there were no new cases reported by the Montana state lab among the 135 tests administered. Monday did, however, mark the 11th death associated to the COVID-19 virus as a woman in her 80s from Toole County passed away. Toole County has had five of the total 11 deaths attributed to the COVID-19 virus in Montana. “As we continue to learn more about how this virus can impact a rural community, I’m grateful for the dedicated health...
Shortly after 12:30 p.m. last Thursday in Malta, sirens filled Malta as Phillips County Volunteer Fire Fighters, Phillips County Sheriff's Deputies, and Phillips County Ambulance Service vehicles raced to the Marian Hills Golf Course south of town as a home's garage near the course caught fire. There were three individuals in the house, and none were injured in the fire. The fire department worked for the better part of the afternoon fighting the blaze as 20 firefighters, using six fire...
In an attempt to break up some of the monotony with social distancing and stay-in-place protocols as we deal with the COVID-19 virus, Malta's Rhonda Dalby took to social media and within a few minutes had the people of Malta whipped into a cruising frenzy, ready to get out, get some fresh air and good food, and cruise Central Avenue. Dalby's 'Cruising Main~6ft apart~Social Distancing" event was a major success as hundreds of Phillips County's finest spent the better part of two hours last...
Congressman Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.) teamed up with the Malta Area Chamber of Commerce last Thursday in a conference call to discuss the CARES Act which passed both the US Senate and House and was signed into law by President Donald Trump on March 27. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Provides direct cash payments to families and workers, expands unemployment, and provides relief for student loan payments; Assists small business so they can stay in business and keep paying workers, Sends $340 billion to the front li...
Aside from the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office and a few in the know, it was a surprise to many when music came bellowing through and off of the buildings on Saturday afternoon…the looks on some of the people’s faces in the Albertsons’ parking included confusion and pleasant surprise, to name just a few. About six hours prior to the music starting, Villa Theatre’s new owner Greg Kirkwood sits in his new office in the theatre’s building (the old H&R Block office). He and his wife, Jan, bought the Villa earlier this year after the couple retired...
As of Monday afternoon, April 6, there are no confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus in Phillips County nor any county that boarders Phillips County (Blaine, Fergus, Petroleum, Garfield, or Valley.) In Montana, there have been a total of 394 confirmed cases of which 171 people have recovered from the COVID-19 virus. There has been a total of seven deaths, the seventh announced Monday morning by Montana Governor Steve Bullock. “I am saddened to hear of another death due to COVID-19 in Montana and am thinking of the family and friends who are g...
A total of 218 of the total 415 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Montana have recovered from the virus as of the morning of Thursday, April 16, and a total of 9,936 tests have been administered statewide. The county with the most COVID-19 virus confirmed cases continues to be Gallatin where 141 (or nearly 34-percent) of the Montana cases are located. Yellowstone County has the second most cases with 67, followed by Flathead County with 37, Missoula County with 33, and Toole County with 26, according...
A day after Montana Governor Steve Bullock announced citizens of this great state were to "stay-at-home" to keeping residents indoors and limit travel to hopefully stop the COVID-19 virus from spreading, last Thursday to be exact, daughter of mine and cub reporter Sophia and I took off for an all-day trip around Phillips County. Now before you rush to judgment and scold us for being out and about during this time, keep in mind that the Governor has declared the media essential and, to be...
What started as a fun, family trip to Billings ended in "Thank God everyone is safe" moment, but what lay in between for Dodson's Deserae KillEagle was an event she, nor her family, are soon to forget. On Sunday, March 22, KillEagle announced on her Facebook page that she had been tested for the COVID-19 virus in Phillips County and the results were negative. Standing with her daughters Jazlynn and Kataya in a photo taken in Dodson by her sister, Francine (who, it should be noted, was a safe...
On Tuesday, March 24, Phillips County Hospital and Family Health Clinic staff took a COVID-19 training course taught by the Yellowstone Pathology Institute physicians from Billings as they continue to deal with the new medical challenge. Larry Putnam, Interim CEO at the facilities, said the clinic and hospital made preparations to screen and possibly test potential Coronavirus patients on Monday, March 9th. “Two weeks ago on March 16th, for the safety of patients and employees, the hospital suspended walk-in patients to the clinic and posted s...
Editor's Note: Written Wednesday, March 25 and updated on Monday, March 30. The Phillips County Health Department on Thursday night has recommended that anyone who has traveled out of county to a location where more than five positive COVID-19 virus cases have been discovered should self-quarantine for 14 days. This announcement comes hours after Montana Governor Steve Bullock's "stay-at-home" order keeping residents indoors with limited travel allowed for essential trips such as picking up...
The Phillips County Commissioners office announced Tuesday night that the Phillips County Courthouse will be closed to the public until further notice as a precaution to the COVID-19 virus outbreak. A press release from their office states people needing to conduct County business take the following steps. please call or email the following departments and they will respond as soon as possible: Treasurer – 654-1742 or [email protected] Clerk & Recorder –654-2423 or [email protected] Clerk of Court – 654-1...