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Phillips County Commissioner Richard Dunbar reports that both action items of the August 17 Agenda were approved last Monday in Malta. “Understandably, many people have been concerned with making sure that the election goes as smoothly and safely as possible,” Commissioner Dunbar noted. “About 75-percent of voters are already registered to receive absentee ballots in Phillips County, so we are already pretty well set-up to handle something like this. Voters in Montana, especially in counties with smaller populations like ours can be assur...
Sporting fresh war wounds and a shirt that read "I was normal three cats ago," Raelynn Robinson reports that eight additional cats have been neutered and vaccinated thanks to the efforts of Malta's newest 401(c) 3. Malta Trap, Neuter, and Return, (MTNR) led by Robinson, along with Shannan Clark Fried, Vanessa Mann, Kate Cleveland, and David Rummel has been hard at work to keep Malta's stray and feral cat population under control. The biggest need they have right now is funding to buy or rent a...
Facing a budget shortfall. the Phillips County Ambulance Service reached out for help and Phillips County answered the call and raided 14,000 during a KMMR Radiothon last week. "With the challenges of COVID 19, our usual fundraisers such as concessions and our annual BBQ weren't feasible this year, and so we had to find a different avenue," said Rhei Tharp, Malta EMS Coordinator. "Many people don't realize that we are a self-funded organization and that our crew is staffed by volunteers, aside...
Retired Phillips County Sheriff's Deputy Alan Guderjahn has received the Purple Heart Award for an incident in which he was injured. Alan was the responding officer for a 911 call about a male walking along the highway in only socks, underwear, and a sweatshirt. When he made contact, Alan attempted to talk to the man and encourage him to get in his patrol vehicle to go to the hospital for help. Without provocation or warning, the individual pulled a knife from his sweat-shirt and attacked...
The Milk River Wagon Train Association has announced the route for the 51st Annual ride. This will be one of the most scenic routes ever, crossing Stinky Creek, Whitewater Creek and the Milk River 4 times Participants are asked to gather on Wednesday, September 2nd on Stinky Creek about 7 miles east of Whitewater, halfway between Turkey Track and Forks Road. On Thursday morning, the group will cross Stinky Creek and head southwest to camp on Plouffe land adjacent to Forks Road. This will be...
Malta Boys & Girls Club’s afterschool program is excited to be open the first day of school, Wednesday, August 26th! The program is free of charge. Weekday hours of operation are Monday-Thursday, afterschool until 5:30 pm. There will be NO bus service from the elementary to the Club after school at this time. We are working on other possible transportation options. With COVID-19 restrictions in place, children MUST wear a mask, be a minimum of 5 years old, AND registered for Kindergarten this fall. Membership Forms may be picked up from M...
Happy birthday to Sally Austin, Chalise Hoff, and Mitchell Moore. Did you watch the Democratic Convention? It was great — Michelle Obama’s speech was awesome. OF course, Joe Biden was fantastic! Make sure to vote in the 2020 election. Here in Whitewater, school has started. It is different as they are all wearing masks and practicing so-cial distancing due to the COVID-19 virus. Good luck to all students, teachers, and staff. Yesterday, Janet Dunbar (census taker) stopped by my house, but I had...
During a trip to Cooke City last week I was asked about my license plate. “Where’s 11?” the woman who brought my barbecue sandwich wanted to know. “Phillips County,” I replied. She said nothing, just gave me look. I didn’t think anything of it until I got home and told my friend Dave. “She probably thought you were diseased,” he said. Phillips County, which had skated through the pandemic unscathed, with zero cases of covid until it blew up a couple of weeks ago, now tallies 90 some odd cases....
There are times that I wish we could all unplug. What I mean is unplug from technology and media. What would a world like that even look like? I am lucky to remember times without Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and other social media apps. My kids won’t have that luxury. Instead, whenever they get a smart device, they will be ex-posed to so many things that I am just praying that it doesn’t ruin them. I have been taught that what comes out of your mouth is from the overflow of the heart. This is...
Well, if I am not going to see it, maybe I am okay with no longer paying it. US President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders recently to provide temporary relief to Americans who are dealing with the economic-impact felt during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. One of those orders was to instructs employers to defer certain payroll taxes for the rest of the year for people who earn less than $100,000 annually. On August 8, President Trump said he intended “terminate the tax” referring to Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes. “It...
Paul Mitchell Doney was born on November 5th, 1998 at Northern Montana hospital, Havre Montana to John Andrew Doney and Delina Marie Cuts The Rope. From the very beginning, Paul was a very rambunctious imaginative child. He was forever playing make-believe with his siblings, his sisters Serena Cuts The Rope, Ithey Heck, and brother Xavier Buffalo. When they were all together Paul could make dream worlds real, and play elaborate games to make their tiny house in Hays a master fortress that would...
Grain harvest in Phillips County is well underway. Local farmers are smiling with the yields they are experiencing. In August of 1912, it was reported that John Hardin, a well-known farmer, and rancher, had been highly successful in raising winter wheat. He had just harvested a large field of 23 acres of beautiful Turkey Red Wheat and was finding a yield of 35 bushels to the acre. The paper expressed that should Mr. Hardin compete for a prize at some of the grain shows he would be likely to carry off a substantial sum and blue ribbons too!!...
The Montana Department of Livestock (DOL) is asking Montanans to follow all animal import requirements to help protect the health of the state’s livestock industries. Recent packing plant closures throughout the country have resulted in a backup of pigs going to feeding and slaughter. Many farmers, especially in Midwest states, continue to seek new outlets for their animals. This has resulted in an influx of pigs coming to Montana for feeding and harvest. Washington state recently announced its first case of Porcine Reproductive and R...
The weather has been very hot all week with quite chilly nights. Everything is getting very dry---the gardens need watering more often again. They are getting harvested slowly tho so will not need it much longer. There has been one case of COVID 19 tested positive in Dodson now. Dolores Shettel stopped at Dora Henry's to visit for a short time this week. The school had the two wooden storage sheds next to the track torn down and hauled away this week. Looks sort of bare there now. Time is...
Malta Club Malta Club meetings are cancelled until further notice. Home Schooling in Phillips County If anyone is interested in home schooling they need to talk to Darlene Kolczak, Phillips County Superintendent of Schools in the basement of the Courthouse. any questions I can be reached at 654-2010 or cell at 390-1526. Phillips County Library open 8-24. The Phillips County Library re-opened on Monday, August 24 for regular summer hours, Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to noon, and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., and Friday from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m....
Please be advised: If you are planning on using Trafton Park shelters for an event in the future, please contact the Malta City Office, 654-1251, to reserve the shelters, get the key and pay for the electricity. The Phillips Co Sheriff’s Office will no longer be handling this. Thank you. As of August 7, 2020, all fingerprints and photographs for concealed weapon permits or other reasons will only be done on Wednesdays, from 0900 hours to noon. This policy change will be in effect until the active COVID-19 cases in Phillips County drop to near z...
1 years ago August 24, 1920 Clark Gish of Lovejoy was badly hurt when his saddlehorse fell with him. *** Knute Numeland, a farmer around 15 miles south of Malta, died of injuries when his team ran away with a mower. Numeland lay in the field for 24 hours before he was found by a neighbor. *** A marriage license was issued to Harold Garland and Ethel Mead of Freewater. *** Final testimony was taken in the county division case and the matter was taken under advisement by the county...
While I was on vacation, one of the things I got to do was ride the Spokane Gondola and I got to see a waterfall. Also, I went to a restaurant in Wallace, Idaho, called the 13 Club where I had a pulled pork sandwich and it was good. When I was in Sand Point, I went to Lake Pondera where my family and I got to wade in the water. Our family vacation was 13 days and we had a good time. As for construction, the house being remodeled across the street from the Phillips County Hospital and Family Heal...
Name: Tricia LaBrie Hometown: Whitewater, MT Position and school: K-12 Music Teacher High School & Grad Year: Whitewater High School 2002. University or College and year of graduation: Rocky Mountain College, MSU Bozeman, Western Governors University, MSU Billings. Last teaching job, where, when and what position: This is my first teaching position. Hobbies: Singing, writing music, reading, and watching sports. Favorite Food: Oriental Chicken Salad. What I did this summer: I spent most of my...
As the school year begins Wednesday, August 26, Malta Elementary School will welcome Corey Clark as it's the new principal. Clark replaces Cadence Wipplinger, who was principal at MES for the past two years. Due to current events, including COVID-19, Clark opted to start working early at the school and has been working since the mid-July. "It's a nice community," Clark said. He described Malta as clean and like a Norman Rockwell painting; wholesome and traditional. He hasn't experienced a typica...
Wishing all the school kids a successful year along with the teachers, cooks, and all the support staff! Malta starts this week and most of Whitewater started last week. A huge wind blew through Loring and northern Phillips County on Thursday! I have never seen the pine trees bend so far and the noise was scary! Lightning was prevalent but I have not heard of any fires starting here. There was one north of Whitewater but it was before the wind and the neighbors got it out quickly! When out...
New Zealand mudsnails were detected at Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Bluewater Fish Hatchery on Tuesday, Aug. 18. This is the first time FWP has detected mudsnails in a state fish hatchery. The Bluewater Fish Hatchery, located near Bridger in southcentral Montana, is a trout hatchery and is the third largest production facility in the state. Its primary purpose is stocking sport fish into urban ponds, reservoirs and other public waters. New Zealand mudsnails are an aquatic invasive species. It was first discovered in Montana in 1995 in the M...
In a year of uncertainty due to COVID-19, Malta Public Schools welcomes Matt Genger as the new superintendent. "I am very grateful and excited to be a part of this district," Genger said. Genger knows that Malta has high expectations for its public school district and he looking to continue its tradition. Genger replaces former Malta Public Schools Superintendent Kris Kuehn, who had held the position for the past 16 years. "Kris and I have known each other for a long time," Genger said. Genger...
The remaining Deer B and Elk B licenses left over from the new surplus list opportunities will become available Tuesday morning, Aug. 25 as over-the-counter sales (OTC). Purchases can be made at any license provider as well as online at: fwp.mt.gov and then clicking on “License: Buy/Apply.” The price of the Deer B license is $10 for residents and $75 for nonresidents. The price of the Elk B license is $20 for residents and $270 for nonresidents. These prices are in addition to the cost of conservation and base hunting licenses. For updates on...