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Articles from the February 9, 2024 edition


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  • January BARK Awards

    Updated Feb 8, 2024

    Ekalaka Elementary School Behavioral BARK award winners for the month of January are shown above. BARK is an acronym for Be Respectable, Act Responsible, Remember Safety and Kindness Matters. In January awards were given for respect....

  • Lady 'Dogs go 1-2 in conference games

    Updated Feb 8, 2024

    The CCHS Lady Bulldogs went 1-2 in their last three conference games, dating back to a January 30th contest in Broadus against the Lady Hawks in which they lost by 14, 46-60. Lady Blue went 10-18 (56 percent) on free throws, 9-33 (27 percent) on two-pointers, and 6 of 17 (35 percent) from behind the arc. They did manage to out-rebound the Lady Hawks, 34-29, but lost the turnover battle, 21-10. Kendra Tooke had a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds for Lady Blue. Lady...

  • 'Dogs play close contests

    Updated Feb 8, 2024

    The Bulldogs have made a habit recently of playing in tight contests. On January 26th they lost to Broadus by 2 points. Since then, they have a win-loss record of 1-2 with a point differential of -3. In their last four games, they have scored 214 points and allowed 219. Hopefully, all of that close game experience will come in handy when the District 4C tournament begins in Miles City next week. Blue was seeking revenge when the played the Hawks in Broadus on January 30th; onl...

  • CARTER COUNTY COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS

    Updated Feb 8, 2024

    1-16-2024 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Rod Tauck, Chairman, Mike Watkins, Vice Chairman and Pamela Castleberry, member were present. The meeting was called to order by chairman Rod Tauck. Bob Jacobs, County Maintenance stepped into the meeting to let the commission know that Precision Mechanical will be here next week to repair the heater...

  • Cooking in the West

    Susan Metcalf|Updated Feb 8, 2024

    Covid 19 effectively ended our ranch vacation business when all of our summer guests cancelled during the spring of 2020. The silver lining of the pandemic was we found that it was much easier just to rent out cabins than offer guests a full-fledged ranch experience. During our years of hosting ranch vacations, we hosted several travel writers and journalists. I recently found this column written by a New Jersey journalist, Erin Boyle, who visited the ranch with her Northern Irish friends, Cathy and Jules. The following is...

  • Letter to the editor

    Updated Feb 8, 2024

    Dear Editor and Fellow Constituents, Montana’s election process belongs to the people. We want to facilitate open and fair discussions during our primaries. The National Republican Senate Committee-Chairman Daines- does not need to choose the Arizona candidates or the candidates for Montana… Montanans can pick our own candidates, we do not need rich establishment politicians spoon feeding us our choices for Federal or State offices. We want fair and honest Elections not Selections. Now is a time for the Grassroots of Mon...

  • CAPITOLETTER

    Karen Odell|Updated Feb 8, 2024

    February 5, 2024 February has come around already, with mild weather. The beginning of the week was beautiful, and warm for this time of year, while the last of the week became foggy mist for three days. Some people are figuring 90 days until rain or snow, that may come about the first part of May. Dick and Erma Albert made a trip to town, so that Erma could have a wisdom tooth removed. It was such a fun time, that she also went on a diet for a few days. On Wednesday, she went to the chiropractor in the morning, and then got...

  • Conversations with God

    Updated Feb 8, 2024

    Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know, Lord, when we ask You to bless us or to bless others, we are asking YOU to impart Your favor, protection and peace. Blessings prayed for others have a way of returning to bless the one who prayed. Yes, we ARE born to die and several folks we know, have recently passed on to You. Can’t we just imagine how ‘John’ kissed his son, Fred, tucked him into bed, and said, ‘Good night, and God bless you, my precious son.’ Then, years later, when ‘Freddy’ was visiting his frail dad in the nursing hom...

  • Secretary Christi Jacobsen: 'More than 240 candidate filings processed'

    Updated Feb 8, 2024

    Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen says more than 240 candidate filings have been processed by the Secretary of State's Office as of 5 p.m. on Friday, February 2. "Twenty new candidate filings were processed by our office this week, bringing the total to 242 now that the calendar has turned to February," said Secretary Jacobsen. "Many of this week's filings were for the state legislature, but I wish all of the candidates the best of luck during the upcoming election c...

  • JV boys beat Plevna, Terry

    Updated Feb 8, 2024

    The CCHS JV basketball boys lost to the Broadus JV boys on January 30th in Broadus, 38-52. The boys were down only one at halftime but were outscored by 6 in the third quarter and 5 in the fourth. Kinch Rost shot and made Blue’s only two free throws throughout the game. Nine Bulldogs scored in the game, four of them finished with 6 points. Hawk Logan Capp led all scorers with 14. CCHS JV 11 21 28 38 Broadus JV 14 22 35 52 CCHS JV: Clay Rost 6, Eldon Morris 6, Roger Beach 6, Ethan Mellon 6, Tiernan O’Connor 4, James Enos 4, Ry...

  • New ways to get things done in small towns topic of second Reimagining Rural session

    Updated Feb 8, 2024

    The second session of Reimagining Rural will feature nationally known rural experts Becky McCray and Deb Brown, who encouraged community members to try new ideas as a way to deal with the changes we see in our small towns. Also featured in this session is a story of success from a small Montana town. "We need to be more open to new ideas," McCray said. "Iowa State University studied 99 small towns over 20 years and found that the communities that survived the best were the...

  • $1.28 million benefits eastern Montana economy in 2023 thanks to EPEDC help

    Brendan Heidner, Ranger-Review|Updated Feb 8, 2024

    Under new leadership for part of 2023, the Eastern Plains Economic Development Corporation continues to show itself successful in its efforts to work with businesses and government entities to secure funding for projects in five counties across eastern Montana. EPEDC Executive Director Terra Burman provided a presentation to the organization's Board of Directors during its annual meeting at Yellowstone River Inn in Glendive at the end of January. Burman made it a point to...

  • Youth tour winners announced

    Updated Feb 8, 2024

    Southeast Electric has chosen two candidates to go to Washington D.C. in June of 2024. The candidates had to write an essay answering the question, "If you could have dinner with one prominent Washington, D.C. figure, whether from the past or present, who would that person be and why? What would you ask them?" Travis Schallenberger chose Theodore Roosevelt stating that Roosevelt was an extraordinary leader who made a significant impact on American history. He also mentioned...

  • Carter County Growth Policy development and availability of community survey

    Updated Feb 8, 2024

    Carter County has received planning funds from the Montana Department of Commerce Community Development Division to update its County Growth Policy. County Commissioners have authorized the Carter County Planning Board to update the Growth Policy on behalf of the County. A Growth Policy is a means of proactively preparing for change affected by growth or lack of growth. It is a community’s development plan. It evaluates existing community conditions and sets goals for housing, land use, economic development, local s...

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