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  • Documentary filmed near Marmarth badlands will have its first local viewing at the historic Mystic Theater

    Shannon Johnson, courtesy of the Fallon County Times|Updated Jul 4, 2024

    In recent months, three local boys have caught national attention after discovering a juvenile tyrannosaurus rex while on a fossil hunting hike in the badlands near Marmarth, ND. Brothers Liam and Jessin Fisher, along with their cousin Kaiden Madsen made what they would soon learn to be a remarkable find in the summer of 2022. With the help of family friend, paleontologist, and curator of paleontology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Tyler Lyson, the work towards...

  • Marmarth family unearths a rare Juvenile Tyrannosaurus Rex in upcoming documentary

    Shannon Johnson, courtesy of the Fallon County Times|Updated Jul 4, 2024

    If you type the search word "legacy" into a search engine, you'll see it defined as "the long-lasting impact of particular events, actions, etc. that took place in the past, or of a person's life". If you type the search words "Juvenile t-rex North Dakota" into a search engine, you'll be greeted with 6 pages of news stories covering the remarkable discovery made by Marmarth's own Fisher family. In the summer of 2022 while out on a hike, the Fisher brothers, Liam and Jessin, al...

  • The voice of 100.5 signs off after a 22-year career

    Shannon Johnson, Fallon County Times|Updated Apr 20, 2023

    Vaughn Zenko, the man behind the voice that Baker’s started their day with for the last 22 years, retired his microphone last week. Vaughn moved to Baker from Milwaukee, WI for a job with KFLN as a sports announcer in January of 2001. It wasn’t long before young and ambitious Vaughn pitched the idea of a morning radio show to his boss, Russ. He was given the go ahead and he couldn’t have been more excited “I’m really proud of what we did, and I hope I made Baker proud,” said Zenko. “A whole generation grew up with what I w...

  • New storefront in downtown Baker

    Shannon Johnson, Fallon County Times|Updated Dec 8, 2022

    On Nov. 1, at 125 South Main Street in Baker the ribbon to mark the official grand opening of the much-anticipated Junction 39 was cut at 10 a.m. "This will make it so real," said JoDee Pratt while preparing things for the opening. "It's actually kind of mind-blowing," added Deanna Hayden. Junction 39 is the vision of Baker community members JoDee Pratt, Rita Breitbach, Pam Nelson and Deanna Hayden. "We talked a couple of different times about doing some sort of second-hand st...

  • Carter County welcomes new brand inspector

    Shannon Johnson, Fallon County Times|Updated Jan 12, 2022

    Montana native, Jake Eshelman, recently took the role as brand inspector for the southeastern Montana counties of Carter, Fallon and Wibaux. As a brand inspector he will be handling grazing permits, supervising deputy and local brand inspectors, doing horse inspections and acting as law enforcement personnel for the Department of Livestock. Eshelman grew up on the western side of the state in Lincoln. He grew up around agriculture with his dad helping several of the local ranchers. He took a strong interest in it. “I was real...

  • EPEDC welcomes a new employee to their new Baker office

    Shannon Johnson, Fallon County Times|Updated May 16, 2019

    The Eastern Plains Economic Development Corporation has had a busy month of April between hiring a new Community Development Specialist and opening a new office in Baker. Beth Epley, the Executive Director for EPEDC, had been working out of her home while the previous Community Development Specialist worked at an office in Terry. The office in Terry closed when the Community Development Specialist resigned at the end of 2018. "When I was offered the position and we were both...