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FYI: 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. Please remember to file a new burn permit for the 2021 year. If you plan on doing any burning in 2021, please file one BEFORE you start to burn. These permits are good for all of 2021 and you only have to file one a year, not every time you burn. All 2020 permits will no lon...
1 years ago- Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Buechler is PC Distinguished Young Woman for 2012 Lauren Buechler was named the 50th Phillips County Distinguished Young Woman (formerly Phillips County Junior Miss) on Saturday and Jessica Cole was the first runner-up. Buechler received a $300 cash scholarship for being named the winner and Cole received a $150 scholarship for first runner-up. Individual category scholarships of $100 each were also awarded. Nicole Arnold and Jessica Cole won the fitness category; Jessica Cole and Lauren Buechler received...
Pinochle April 29, 2021 Lee Stevens took first with a score of 6,640. Second went to Clairw Waters with 6,500. Traveling prizes were awarded to Nina Jones and Clair Waters. Whist April 27, 2021 Leonard Leader took first with a score of 47. Clair Waters took second with a score of 41. Kenny Blunt was awarded the Traveling Prize....
The 67th Session of the Montana Legislature is one that Montanans can be proud of. Voters sent us to Helena with a mandate to change the way state government does business. At the beginning of the session, we made policy promises that we are proud to report we have delivered on. Our primary constitutional duty is to pass a balanced state budget. We created a conservative budget by keeping state spending below inflation and population growth while still responsibly funding government operations. We positioned our economy to come back stronger...
Montana will regain its second congressional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to the 2020 Census state population count released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The count reveals that Montana’s population grew from 989,415 people in 2010 to 1,085,407 people in 2020 – an increase of 95,992 residents over 2010, or nearly 10 percent. “Thanks to the efforts of Montanans across the state, the 2020 Census shows what we’ve known to be true – Montana is a great place to live, work, and raise a family,” Gov. Greg Gianforte s...
Pheasants Forever and twelve dedicated partners have been selected to receive a major Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) award from the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) totaling $6.4 million for habitat delivery efforts in north-central Montana. Matched dollar-for-dollar through partner contributions, the Big Game Habitat Improvement Project will focus on outreach and technical/financial assistance programs to farmers and ranchers for improving grazing operations, restoring grassland habitat, and retaining intact...
On Friday, April 23, the city of Malta got out and about in their cars and let the good times roll! The weather was a bit on the chilly side, but that didn't stop a large number of people from getting out. There were many different types of vehicles out on the loop. From new cars to old classics, pickup trucks and even one RV! People sitting along the route were waving and trying their best to get everyone to honk as they passed by. Many of the local restaurants and bars were busy throughout...
Freedom was at the forefront this week in Helena. This week at the legislature, we made significant progress in ensuring freedom and protecting liberty for Montanans all across the state. House Bill 702 prohibits discrimination against all Montanans based on their vaccination status. That means employers may not punish or fire employees for personal medical decisions, nor can they require employees to get a Covid vaccination. However, employees must understand. The policy manual of the employer. This bill is not an attack on vaccines. The...
Near US Highway 2, they are pouring down asphalt near the Royals Inn Motel. They have also put down asphalt and paved the parking lot at the Phillips County Museum in Malta, so that children and friends won't track mud inside when they walk into the museum. A team of workers are remodeling the 3 Sisters building....
How many remember the old Trafton Door Store? The following is a story told by Tom Laurence on how Trafton’s first store floated in! The prairie was covered with buffalo bones when Bob Trafton first arrived. He hired every man he could to gather bones. He was known as the “bone boss”. He bought a small building up the river where Wagner now stands and hired me to move it down the river for him. I took it apart in sections, pulling the floor into the river then put the sides on the floating floor, then the roof, lashing them all together. I too...
April brought us a mix of moisture, a little mist, a little rain and a bit of snow, too. But not much! We had lots of wind! The birds are migrating through. I even heard the sandhill cranes the other day! The spring flowers crocuses are still blooming on the hillsides. I have not seen the yellow bells that I look forward to the last week of April. Maybe they are just a little slow this year. I went to senior lunches in Whitewater on Wednesday, then Lu and I spent a few hours at the Great Plains...
The Dodson Lutheran and Catholic Ladies furnished lunch for the people donating blood at the Red Cross blood drawing on Thursday. On Wednesday Mayor Cole was assisting the people installing Hi-Fi find existing lines and etc. Polly Solberg was visiting Malta. Dora Henry was in Malta on Friday. Bill Henry stopped at his mom's, Dora's, on Friday. Things are pretty quiet around Dodson, probably due to a combination of the Covid and the continued colder weather. It still gets so cold at nights and...
FYI: 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. Please remember to file a new burn permit for the 2021 year. If you plan on doing any burning in 2021, please file one BEFORE you start to burn. These permits are good for all of 2021 and you only have to file one a year, not every time you burn. All 2020 permits will no lon...
1 years ago- Wednesday, April 27, 2011 Giant pothole in Highway 2 The build-up of ground water along, and under, Hwy. 2 west of Dodson, was the apparent cause of a sink hole which appeared in the eastbound traffic lane recently. “Actually, there were two holes,” said Ray Mengel, District Administrator of the Montana Department of Transportation, headquartered in Glendive. “The extreme amounts of groundwater loosened the ground around two culverts under the highway, washing the dirt next to the culverts away and causing the earth above the c...
The Whitewater Chapter of National Honor Society held their annual induction ceremony on April 21, 2021 in the Whitewater School Library. The new inductees are sophomores Kendra Cummings, Kora LaBrie, and Samantha Wisher. They were inducted by current members Kelsee Cummings, Beau Simonson, and Kia Wasson. Family members were on hand for each of the three to celebrate their accomplishment. Photo by Heidi Cummings....
Montana State University Extension will soon offer a program to help rural Montana residents gain skills needed to work from home as a remote employee, freelancer or entrepreneur. “This educational program will help people living in rural communities gain the skills needed to access high-paying jobs and larger markets for their business while remaining in their rural communities,” said Cody Stone, MSU Extension executive director. “This program has the potential to strengthen the economic well-being of individuals, families and commu...
Officials at Mayville State University are pleased to announce that Jeramiah Benson of Dodson, Montana has been awarded an Honor Scholarship for the 2021-2022 school year. Jeramiah is the son of Frank and Amy Benson; he will study Physical Education and play Baseball at Mayville State. Mayville State scholarship awards are based on previous academic performance and participation in extracurricular activities. They reflect the student’s past accomplishments and potential contributions to the Mayville State community. Mayville State University i...
During the last year, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks offered hunter and bowhunter education classes online due to COVID concerns. Since last spring, more than 17,000 Montanans completed the online courses, which is nearly double the number of students in a typical year. “The biggest increase we saw was among adult bowhunter education students,” said FWP outdoor skills and safety supervisor Wayde Cooperider. “It seems the online courses were popular with our students.” Because of the popularity of the online classes and to meet customer expecta...
On Saturday, April 17, 2021, the Malta Chamber of Commerce sponsored a day of laser tag at the Malta Pavilion. Bad Bear Laser Tag out of Billings was on hand to orchestrate the fun. They had a total of 8 sessions. Four in the morning and four in the afternoon. Chamber volunteers Jessica Cebulski and Kirsten Voegel were manning the ticket desk on Saturday. Jessica said, "We've had a fairly decent turnout today. The kids have been having a blast out there." Kirsten added, "We've had a few adults...
The Malta City Council held its bi-monthly meeting Tuesday night, April 13, at the Malta City Hall at 5:00 p.m. Mayor John Demarais called the meeting to order, it was attended by all council members, James Sinter, William Hicks, Bonnie Wiederrick, and David Rummel. City Clerk/Treasurer Lorie Bond and Director of Public Works Jim Truelove were also in attendance. The council began the meeting by approving the minutes from the last meeting, approving the agenda for the nights’ meeting, approving audit committee for payment of claims, and a...
On March 31, 2021, Gail Cummings retired from the United States Postal service where she had been a mail carrier for 42 years. She had been through five different Post Masters, a lot of vehicles, and a lot of miles. She has a couple of million mile plaques to prove that. She started carrying the mail in 1979. She didn't have a contract at that time, but things were a little different back then. She got into the mail carrying business after her father-in-law had been carrying it since 1954. She...
April is always a fast-paced month at the legislature, and this year is no different. The Senate has been busy voting on a lot of bills that covered a wide variety of topics. I am confident that the bills we passed will improve the lives of Montanans in many ways, however, nothing is perfect. This past week the Senate passed two critical appropriations bills that will help our state move past the pandemic and sustain prosperity for decades to come. As we decided what to do with the federal stimulus money, Republican leaders in Helena, unlike Wa...
Saco junior Dylan Brown qualified for the National Leadership Conference for the Saco Chapter of Business Professionals of America (BPA) by placing seventh in Medical Terminology at the virtual State Leadership Conference. The NLC will be held virtually this year in May. Courtesy Photo....
Two of the priority bills requested by Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen, Senate Bill 169 (requiring voter ID) and House Bill 176 (a deadline for voter registration), were signed into law by Gov. Greg Gianforte on Monday. “Montana sets the standard for elections across the country, however, there is always room for improvement, and voter ID and voter registration deadlines are best practices in protecting the integrity of elections,” said Secretary Jacobsen. Sen. Mike Cuffe (R, SD-1) sponsored SB 169, and echoed Secretary Jacobsen’s views...
On the evening of Thursday, April 15, 2021, a report was received by the Phillips County Sheriff's Office regarding a possible threat towards Malta High School administration. The Sheriff's Office notified the administrators of the High School of this threat. The student who made the threat was contacted prior to school starting on Friday, April 16, 2021, and it was determined the student would not be attending school that day. The Sheriff went to the high school as a precaution while a deputy sheriff monitored the student's activities until...
