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Funeral Service for Anabel E. Yates, 97, of Ekalaka, will be 1 p.m., Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka with Pastor Steve DeFord officiating. Visitation will take place one hour prior to service. Burial will follow at Alzada Cemetery. Anabel Yates passed away at Dahl Memorial Healthcare in Ekalaka on April 7, 2022. Anabel was born October 30, 1924 in Belle Fourche, SD to Austin and Stella Westland Whitney. Joining the family later were siblings...
Carter County High School Prom took place on April 9th inside the school's gymnasium. After grand march, royalty was announced....
A team of fourth graders from Ekalaka have been traveling around the region to basketball tournaments this spring. Over the weekend, the five boys pictured competed in the Dickinson Optimist tournament and won their bracket....
RESULTS Baker Invitational Schillinger Field Saturday, April 9 MENS 100 Meters 3. Turner Tooke, 11.86 38. Ethan Frye, 13.11 47. J.W. Elmore, 13.26 200 Meters 2. Turner Tooke, 24.91 400 Meters 34. Zander Ashbrook, 1:07.67 110m Hurdles 4. Ethan Frye, 19.45 11. Ryker Carroll, 21.09 300m Hurdles 4. Ethan Frye, 48.64 10. Ryker Carroll, 52.82 4x100 Relay 13. Turner Tooke, Ryker Carroll, J.W. Elmore, Ethan Frye, 51.45 Shot Put 30. Jaden Pardee, 31-03.00 47. Brayden Bucholz, 24-06.00...
Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know, Lord, William D. Longstaff (in 1882) paraphrasing Hebrews 12:14 wrote the song, “Take Time to Be Holy.” In those four verses he tells us to make friends of God’s children, help those who are weak, spending time with the Lord, and lead by His Spirit, our friends, in our conduct, Your likeness they shall see. That is an Easter message that is just as powerful and significant today as it was when it was written. Here is a poem that emphasizes those thoughts: WHAT IS THE GOSPEL ACCORDI...
3-31-2022 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Rod Tauck, Vice Chair and Mike Watkins, Member; were present. Steve Rosencranz, Chairman; was absent. The meeting was called to order at 9 a.m. by Vice-Chair Rod Tauck . There was no public comment Kathy Rosencranz joined the meeting where she requested the option to purchase the old Public Health...
Many readers know the Story family and might remember that Chance Story, from Martinsdale, Montana (formerly of Big Timber and Ennis, Montana) won a $3000 Academic All-around rodeo scholarship last spring in part for his essay that I ran in this column last spring. Chance, who is a freshman rodeoing for the MSU Northern Rodeo Team in Havre realized a rodeo family's worst fear when he was kicked in the face by a bucking horse on April 1, 2022 at the Bigger Better Barn in...
submitted by Carter County Public Health We have partnered again with Smiles Across Montana to make a return visit to our community in the later part of May. This is a dental care opportunity for parents of students in Ekalaka Public School districts (K-12). Keep an eye out for more information and by visiting our Facebook page - CarterCountyPublicHealth. Smiles Across Montana (SAM) mission is to improve the oral health outcomes of Montanans and believe that everyone deserves access to equitable preventive services. SAM has...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is implementing a new process for elk hunting access (EHA) agreements to provide more transparency with the public and landowners and allow for a clearer process for Fish and Wildlife Commission review. EHA agreements were codified in Montana statute in 2001. The agreements were known as “454 agreements” reflecting the bill number of the original legislation. The statute was amended several times in the past 20 years, including during the 2021 session. In general, EHA agreements allow lan...
Montana’s unemployment rate hit another record low in February, dropping to 2.6% for the month, down from January’s rate of 2.7%. Montana’s total employment and labor force continued to show strong growth in February, both setting new all-time highs. “Hardworking Montanans and Montana businesses are fueling our historic economic recovery, with record-low unemployment in Montana and more Montanans working than ever before,” Governor Greg Gianforte said. “And while Montanans are making gains, skyrocketing inflation is making i...
The National Weather Service is hosting a Skywarn spotter training in Ekalaka on Wednesday, May 4 at Carter County Event Center. The training will begin at 6 p.m. and end at 8 p.m. This free, two-hour training will help participants become a sever weather spotter. Those in attendance will learn about thunderstorm basics, identifying potential severe weather, storm structure, damage that hail, wind, flooding and tornadoes can cause, how to report information and more. This is...
Ekalaka Public Schools will be honoring all student-athletes for the 2021-2022 sports seasons during a program scheduled for Thursday, April 28th, beginning at 6:30 p.m. All student-athletes in grades 5-12 will be recognized. The public is invited to attend in order to help celebrate the accomplishments of these youngsters....
April is Montana Archaeology Month and this year Carter County Museum is partnering with the Bureau of Land Management (Miles City Office) for an artifact roadshow on Saturday, April 16 from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the museum. The public is welcome to bring items from their personal collections to be identified or shared with other history and paleontology buffs. BLM archaeologists will be at the event, as will Dr. Nathan Carroll to identify paleontological items. Please note...
Carter County Undersheriff Clark O'Donnell recently completed a training program at the Montana Law Enforcement Academy in Helena. Upon completion of the program, O'Donnell received the Josh Rutherford Award for excellence in defensive tactics. Undersheriff O'Donnell was the second officer to bring back an award of excellence for the Carter County Sheriff's Department recently. In March of 2020, Deputy Dwayne Bruce received the Jimmy Kaaro Memorial Award for attaining the...
A spring blizzard that started early Tuesday morning brought some much needed moisture to the area but also created hazardous travel conditions and posed a significant threat to young livestock. By Tuesday at 5 p.m., the National Weather Service had recorded 11.5 inches of snow in Ekalaka. Additional snow fell throughout the night and into Wednesday morning. A blizzard warning was in effect for the area from Tuesday through Thursday. Along with the snow, wind chills were...
