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I wasn’t ready for last week. I’m Nnot going to lie here and say that I was. The news on the COVID19 virus effecting Montana really started to hit the fan Sunday, March 14, with the announcement of all of our schools closing and the news rolled downhill from there on. Now, a few days and lots of Netflix series later, the news has somewhat died down. But for how long? After we printed last week’s PCN we decided that it was in everyone’s interest that we close the doors of our shop for the time being and conduct all our business via phone o...
The Phillips County Board of Health passed and approved an Emergency Declaration in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and emailed it to PCN on Thursday, March 19, affirming that there are no known virus cases in the county and that testing has occurred and medical quarantines have been mandated. "Phillips County Commissioners have Declared a State of Emergency for Phillips County in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic," the statement says. "The Phillips County Board of Health met on Monday, March 16th and Wednesday, March 18th and determined...
Malta Mayor John Demarais has announced that Malta City Hall will be closed to the public starting Monday, March 23 and that this week’s Tuesday Malta City Council Meeting (March 24) has been canceled according to a letter released from the City. “We are reaching out with empathy during these challenging times,” Mayor Demarais’ letter states. “So far, we have had no reported cases of COVID-19 in the City of Malta and we ask everyone to be vigilant in best practices.” Malta City Hall will continue to offer all of their services by phone (406-...
Montana Governor Steve Bullock announced a Directive on Friday morning that all dine-in food service and alcohol beverage businesses and other activities are to close by 8 p.m. tonight, March 20, and the directive expires at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, March 27, 2020, in order to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Montana. In the interim, those establishments that offer food and beverage services are permitted and encouraged to use delivery, walk-up, and drive-through service "and to use precautions in doing so to mitigate the potential...
Dodson Public Schools (DPS) have announced the "Mean Green Coyote Machine" will be dropping off free, emergency meals in Dodson for all children enrolled at Dodson and will include all children in those households during the mandatory school closures. The "Mean Green Coyote Machine" - one of the newest vehicles to the DPS transportation fleet - will be delivering meals in Dodson and regular route bus stops at noon. "Once again, these meals will be for students and their siblings who live in one household registered in the Dodson Public...
The Phillips County Health Department on Thursday night 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 groceries or seeking medical care and hours before Gov. Bullock announced the first...
The Phillips County Hospital and Family Health Clinic announced Monday afternoon that to deal with the Covid-19 virus and influenza situation that people who don’t have scheduled clinic, lab or physical therapy appointments not enter the buildings until further notice. “This is a precaution to keep our staff and community healthy,” a press release reads. The Phillips County Hospital and Family Health Clinic is following the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) if: ○You have a fever over 100.4, cough and sho...
When long-time Malta Walleyes Unlimited member and current Malta Mayor John Demarais entered the special monthly Walleye meeting at Stretch’s Pizza the second to last day of February, he thought it may be the last Malta Walleyes Unlimited meeting ever. “There was only about three people there and I was pretty scared,” Mayor Demarais said. “But as the night went on, we had about 25 members show up, we had some major discussions and we had some people step up. Malta is Malta though. When you call for help, people show up.” Mayor Demarais...
Nearly 60 people filed into Malta Opportunities Inc. (MOI) last Wednesday afternoon to help celebrate the grand reopening of their building in Malta - which includes an update laundromat, new thrift store, and drop off area around back - and perhaps none were as excited as Selina Davis, a client who works at MOI. "I love it," Davis said of the new and improved building. "My grandmother, Anne Henderson, helped start MOI and this building was partly named after her...she would have loved it."...
The Malta Public School’s Board of Trustees held an emergency meeting on Tuesday morning at noon, March 17, and passed a unanimously “unquarantined emergency“ motion. Board Chair Mark Knudsen moved that the Malta Public School District Board of Trustees declare an unquarantined emergency “due to the community and school health concern the COVID-19” virus “and authorize the administration to take necessary steps to execute this declaration and inform the public and government agencies of this declaration.” The Board unanimously approved the moti...
These are crazy times we are living in, but let’s not lose our heads and above anything else, let’s come together, not further distance ourselves from one another. The COVID-19 virus really hit us at home last week, first with the announcement of the virus making its way to the Treasure state, and then again when Montana Governor Steve Bullock announced the closure of all Montana schools. Some people (not all, thankfully) took to social media last week to bash our current and former federal leaders, the media, and then one another as the new...
Dodson Public Schools (DPS) have announced the "Mean Green Coyote Machine" will be dropping off free, emergency meals in Dodson for all children enrolled at Dodson and will include all children in those households during the mandatory school closures. The "Mean Green Coyote Machine" - one of the newest vehicles to the DPS transportation felt - will be delivering meals in Dodson and regular route bus stops at noon. "Once again, these meals will be for students and their siblings who live in one...
Edited at 5:32 p.m., March 19, purpose: Health Board Members were incorrect. The Phillips County Board of Health passed and approved an Emergency Declaration in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and emailed it the PCN on Thursday, March 19, affirming that there are no known virus cases in the county and that testing has occurred and medical quarantines have been mandated. "Phillips County Commissioners have Declared a State of Emergency for Phillips County in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic,"...
Montana Governor Steve Bullock announced a Directive on Friday morning that all dine-in food service and alcohol beverage businesses and other activities are to close by 8 p.m. tonight, March 20, and the directive expires at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, March 27, 2020, in order to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Montana. In the interim, those establishments that offer food and beverage services are permitted and encouraged to use delivery, walk-up, and drive-through service "and to use...
As a precaution due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Phillips County Commissioners have decided to close the Phillips County Courthouse to the public effective at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 20, 2020. If you need to contact one to the County Offices, please email the following departments and they will respond to your email as soon as possible: Treasurer – [email protected] Clerk & Recorder – [email protected] or call 654-2423 Clerk of Court – [email protected] Superintendent of Schools – superin...
Malta Mayor John Demarais has announced that Malta City Hall will be closed to the public starting Monday, March 23 and that this week’s Tuesday Malta City Council Meeting (March 24) has been canceled according to a letter released from the City. “We are reaching out with empathy during these challenging times,” Mayor Demarais’ letter states. “So far, we have had no reported cases of COVID-19 in the City of Malta and we ask everyone to be vigilant in best practices.” Malta City Hall will continue to offer all of their services by phone (406-...
Triangle Communications recently announced that they have implemented Community Wi-Fi programs within their service areas and during the COVID19 virus epidemic is offering free WiFi service to everyone in 32 cities and towns in Montana including four in Phillips County. “Open your wireless settings and select the network called ‘Triangle Community Wi-Fi," their web-site instructions state. In Phillips County, Triangle lists Dodson, Malta, Whitewater, and Zortman as having these free WiFi hotspots, each with a clickable map showing where the...
Phillips County Hospital & Family Health Clinic welcomed their newest Family Practitioner last week when Christy Scoggins joined the medical staff. Scoggins comes to Phillips County by way of Alaska but grew up in Coahoma, Texas, where she was raised by her parents who owned a Texaco Station in the area (her father is also a veteran of the Vietnam War as a member of the United States Air Force.) Christy was a fourth-generation Scoggins to the area and lived there until the age of 26 when she...
Members of the Phillips County Hospital and Family Health Clinic Board of Directors confirmed at their monthly meeting in Malta last Tuesday that Hospital CEO Ward VanWichen tendered a resignation letter on Thursday, February 20, which they accepted. The replacement for VanWichen, who took over the CEO position at the hospital in April of 2007, is in its infancy, accoding to the Hospital Board. Members of the board were introduced to the Phillips County Hospital's newest Family Nurse...
It was 116-years ago that Miss Marguerite Moore welcomed five students into her classroom that would be the start of the first school in Dodson. Now, in 2020, Dodson’s Bonnie Lankford and others are organizing a Dodson All-Class Reunion during the Phillips County Fair week this year. “It is an all-class reunion, but we want anyone who ever had anything to do with the school attend,” Lankford said. “If you attended, but didn’t graduate, or you worked as a custodian, come one, come all. The entire community is invited.” Lankford and her assista...
Though she hasn't lived in Montana for very long, Malta Middle School sixth grader Sadie Branham most likely knows how to spell it. Branham was crowned Phillips County's 2020 Spelling Bee Champion at the County Bee at Dodson Schools last week as she outlasted all the other 30 contestants from Dodson, East Malta Colony, Malta Middle and Elementary, Saco, and Whitewater Schools (see all entrants names lower in this story.) "I Just moved here like three weeks ago," Branham told the PCN post...
Mornings for the bus drivers for the Phillips Transit Authority (PTA) are going to look a lot different next winter...and feel warmer, for a little while at least, too. A typical morning for any one (or all) of the PTA bus drivers on a dark February morning - be it Candee Soennichsen, Scott Moran, Wade Hasler, or Bill Prior - includes arriving before the sun has crested the eastern part of town in order to get the buses running and warm enough to operate and be comfortable for the riders....
The 2020 election year is gaining steam with positions coming open and candidates throwing their hats in the ring. On the State level, incumbent Sen. Mike Lang announced that he has officially submitted the documentation for candidacy of Montana Senate District 17 “I have served the constituents of MT House District 33 and 35 before serving as your Senator in SD 17,” Sen Lang said. The constituents of SD 17 are from Hill, Blaine, Phillips, Valley, Daniel, Sheridan and Roosevelt Counties. On the county level in Phillips, County Commissioner Ric...
There were four members of Malta Boy Scout Troop #1429, along with three of their adult leaders and one member of Malta Cub Scout Pack 432 attending the final Malta City Council meeting of January and got a royal treatment. Malta Mayor John Demarais welcomed troop members Dre Oshio, David Schaldack, Eion Estill, and Marcus Knudsen, along with troop leaders Mark Knudsen, Steve Schumacher, and Sean Estill, along with den member Benjamin Schiffbauer to the nights meeting before requesting Oshio...
The Mustang Foundation recently announced that there five winners of their annual Teacher's Scholarship Awards and with the monies granted, those educators used the money to improve their classes. "We awarded $3,652.96 to the teachers that were successful applicants," Mustang Foundation member Darlene Kolczak told the PCN. "The Mustang Foundation does award these scholarships every year. We use the money from our chili feed, soup feed, and membership money to make these awards possible. We...