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1 years ago- Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Hi-Line Retirement expansion is almost done Hi-Line Retirement Center’s new $5.1 million expansion project is nearing completion. “The current residents have picked what rooms they want to move into,” said Cheryl Weaver, Chief Operating Officer. “We had one gentleman who said he didn’t care what room he got as long as he could look out and see the cows.” Record number of junior dragsters show up for races; a total of 99 cars raced on Sunday Phillips County Motor Sports’ second race of the year turned o...
Drew Henry was hired as the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 6 regional supervisor in northeast Montana, based out of the regional headquarters in Glasgow. Drew replaced Mark Sullivan, who recently retired after working 35 years with FWP, including six years as regional supervisor. Drew, who is originally from Glasgow, was the Glasgow-area regional wildlife biologist for the last nine years. He holds both a bachelor's degree in biology from Minot State University and a master's degree in...
In a historic win for Montanans living and working on the Hi-Line, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today secured up to $100 million in dedicated funding to rehabilitate the Milk River Project as a part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework he recently negotiated with the White House and nine of his Republican and Democratic colleagues. The water infrastructure portion of the Framework, which was voted out of Committee today with a bipartisan majority, was directly negotiated by Tester. “Today is a historic step forward in making long-overdue a...
The Phillips County News and KMMR-FM Radio Station were both recognized and thanked for their support of Veteran projects this week during Military Appreciation Month. Each business was presented with a certficate acknowledging their continued involvement in the sharing of activities and events which honor our military, past and present. The VFW Auxiliary of Buster Deo Post 4067 presented the certificates to the men behind the support, those being Pierre Bibbs, manager/publisher/editor of the...
The Malta School Board approved the addition of two sports to the athletic program during their regular meeting on July 14. Boys Cross Country and Girls Wrestling were approved by unanimous vote. Both sports are sanctioned by the Montana High School Association. Boys Cross Country will take place in the fall of the year following the same season dates as Girls Cross Country. Girls Wrestling will take place during the winter and will follow the same season dates as Boys Wrestling. Malta High School Principal Shawn Bleth sent a press release...
Kenny and Gayle Stahl are working with Rhonda Dalby and Granny Lou (The Quilting Machine) to give this beautiful patriotic American quilt away to one Phillips County hero. Gayle Stahl said, "I came up with the idea just thinking about all of the tragedies and everything that has happened in the last year or so. We are so thankful for our Sheriff's Department, MCS, Border Patrol, EMS, Fish and Game, Highway Patrol, Fire Department, and Phillips County Dispatch." Stahl said she went into Hardware...
The Malta City Council held its regular meeting on Tuesday, July 13, in City Hall at 5:00 PM. The council started off by approving the minutes of the last meeting, the agenda for the nights’ meeting, reviewed the audit committee for payment of claims and approved the June 2021 payroll. Public Works Director Jim Truelove gave his report to the council. Truelove said there has only been one dig since the last meeting, but there will be a couple more coming up. The new ADA-approved stair set has been installed in the City Pool. All reports say t...
Phillips County native Riley Mortenson, who serves as the COVID-19 Small Business Advisor for Bear Paw Development Corporation, will be leading a “Mastering Google Workplace” workshop in Malta on Thursday, July 22nd from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. The workshop will be at the Malta Business Center Conference Room, located at 46 South First Street East. “Not a fan of paying for Microsoft Office? Have you tried Google Workspace? This is a great workshop to get a general idea of how Google Workspace works and the different publications it offers. We will...
The Malta Dirt Daubers and the Malta Kiwanis Club, and others, planted many beautiful flowers at the H.G. Robinson House. I even helped them, too. People should come and see the pretty flower beds. We all worked very hard and we hope deer don't eat our flowers. Construction News Also, MOI received a large brand new washing machine from Salt Lake City, Utah, on a big truck, for when we do laundry for other people. Amanda James, Matt Ereaux, and Matt VanWinkle installed the new...
Amid a historic drought gripping Montana, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today announced that impacted Montana farmers and ranchers will begin receiving financial and technical assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA also announced that, following a Tester push, emergency haying and grazing of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres may be authorized to provide additional relief to producers. “Montana is experiencing one of the worst droughts in my lifetime—Sharla and I see it on our farm and I’ve heard from family farme...
1 years ago- Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Smith ties for 2nd in bull riding Malta resident John Smith tied for second place in bull riding at the Vigilante PRCA Rodeo in Butte, July 15-16. Beau Bill of West Glacier and Smith each scored 82 points on their rides and each won $437 in prize money. Schwenke, Ramone 2nd in team roping The team of Shane Schwenke, Zortman, and Spider Ramone, Hays, took second place in team roping at the CM Russell Stampede in Stanford on July 17. They won $798 in prize money with a time of 5.5 seconds. The winning time...
A fun time was had by all who attended the Summer Festival and Crazy Days this past weekend in Malta. Starting Friday, July 9, at 5 p.m., Veteran's Park was ready to go with craft vendors, inflatable bouncy houses, water slides, and food vendors. Travis Rhodes was set up in the gazebo with his DJ equipment, playing some fun, summer vibe music. And if you were down there, you may have seen two or three grown-ups rolling around on adult-sized tricycles on First Street. Not naming any names, but...
Jessica Domire has come back to Malta and is putting out her shingle as an independent Family Practitioner. She is seeing patients at the Newbern Family Healthcare location. Jessica is the daughter of Roger French and LeeAnn French of Malta and the granddaughter of Bill and Corky French of Malta, and Linda and George Ortner of Chinook, MT. She is married to Randy Domire, who is the Farm and Feed Manager at Equity Co-op. Together they have six children, Brendan and Trenton Domire (of Nevada),...
Chelsea Headley is the new director of the Phillips County EMS replacing Dr. Edwin Medina who had been in that position for the past 20 years. Headley grew up in the Pittsburgh, PA, area and then moved to upstate New York where she went to high school. She went to college at Philadelphia University, which is now part of Thomas Jefferson University, on a five-year program for physicians assistants. Headley said "Between the schools in Pittsburgh and then upstate NY, I have seen both the big city...
At 11 a.m. on Sunday, July 11, a ceremony to open the new National Guard Readiness Center was held. Captain Jacob Pancheau, Commander of the 484th Military Police Company in Malta, welcomed everyone to the ceremony. After the National Anthem and the invocation, he gave a short history of the National Guard and the Armory in Malta. CPT Pancheau said, "On December 13th, 1636, the first militia regiments were organized in Massachusetts. Based upon an order of the Massachusetts Bay Colony's General...
“The Saddle That Made Miles City Famous”. This slogan was used by Albert Frank Furstnow in his saddle making business in Miles City. The PC Museum is pleased to have a saddle by this well-known maker. The saddle is from the Collection of Art and Jack Busche. Furstnow was so dominant in the saddle making business that he published a catalog of his shop, products, and rodeo champions and political figures he made saddles for. Furstnow saddles made their way to California and movie stars such as Tim McCoy, Tom Mix, and Cisco Kid were known to rid...
1 years ago- Wednesday, July 13, 2011 2nd ‘Historic Walk Through the Past’ lets PC residents meet characters from history Colorful characters from Phillips County’s past traveled forward in time Sunday afternoon to entertain history enthusiasts. Kay Hould, president of the Phillips County Historical Society was excited to include the “Historic Walk Through the Past” at the Malta Cemetery in the H.G. Robinson Home and Garden Tour again this year. “It’s the most interesting project we’ve done since I’ve been president,” Hould said. But it...
Kasie DeVere (Christensen) Cooper graduated in December 2020 from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. Kasie is the daughter of Bret and the late Jen (Christofferson) Christensen of Billings, and the granddaughter of Joan Christofferson and the late Art Christofferson of Malta. She received a Master's Degree in Physician Studies and will specialize in Vascular Surgery. She previously graduated from Billings West High School and Montana State University Billings where she was...
On July 1, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) advanced American Prairie's modest request to graze bison on some public lands in Phillips County where they hold priority grazing privileges. The BLM's initial findings conclude that the proposed action will not have a significant environmental impact on the land and "will benefit local wildlife, improve land and water quality, and create new local jobs, all without impacting the value of the ranching economy." The BLM can issue grazing permits or...
On July 5, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte issued an executive order declaring a statewide drought emergency in Montana. Gov. Gianforte said, "Every region of the state faces severe to extreme drought conditions, and the situation is getting worse. These alarming drought conditions are devastating our ag producers, challenging our tourism industry, and could bring a severe wildfire season. This emergency order makes available all necessary state government resources to mitigate the impacts of...
The following is a list of students that have be named to Dean's Lists from around the state submitted to or found by the Phillips County News. If any name was missed please send info to Pierre a [email protected]. The University of Montana - Missoula The University of Montana had four Malta graduates on their list. Blake Sjostrom, who had a 4.0 GPA was named to the President's List. Travis Epperson, Mariah Salveson, and Grayson Waters were named to the Dean's List with a GPA greater than 3.5 but less than 4.0. The University of Montana -...
On 11 July 2021 at 11:00 AM, the Montana Army National Guard will be conducting a Grand Opening of the Malta Readiness Center at 509 South 10th Avenue, Malta, MT. At 11:00 a.m. the Adjutant General for the Montana National Guard, Maj. Gen. Pete Hronek will speak at the grand opening of the new Malta Readiness Center. The Malta Readiness Center is the Montana Army National Guard's newest Readiness Center. This state-of-the-art facility is 41,521 square feet including three classrooms, a full...
A wonderfully entertaining night was had by over 100 individuals at Montana Shakespeare in the Parks performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. On Wednesday, June 30, with the temperature hovering around the 100-degree mark, a decision was made to move the performance inside to the Malta High School auditorium. Though still a little stuffy, it was a much-welcomed decision by both the crowd and the cast. Anna LaBrie said, "Everything went really well. I'm really happy with the turnout we had. We w...
Drought conditions and grasshopper impact have taken a toll on the small grain industry in Phillips County. However, research and variety development to take on these challenges still go on. Crop tours will be held starting July 12 at the Mortenson farm. This plot was planted early and has had some moisture so variety comparison should be decent. Bank of Malta will be providing the meal. Tuesday, the plot tour will be east of Malta at the Karl Mavencamp farm. Dr. Traci Hoogland, MSU Barley...
