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  • In Eastern district U.S. House race, it's Rosendale versus the idealists

    Eric Dietrich, montanafreepress.org|Updated Jun 2, 2022

    On paper at least, Montana's newly drawn Eastern U.S. House district is Matt Rosendale's to lose. The incumbent U.S. congressman, elected to represent the whole state by a 12-point margin in 2020, had his re-election bid endorsed by former President Donald Trump in November and by the Montana Republican Party in February, four weeks before the deadline for candidates to file for the June 7 primary. With Montana's left-leaning university towns drawn into the Western district,...

  • CCHS Track results

    Updated Jun 2, 2022

    RESULTS State B/C Track and Field Meet Memorial Stadium, Great Falls May 26 - May 28 MENS 110m Hurdles - Prelims 21. Ethan Frye, 19.20 300m Hurdles - Finals 21. Ethan Frye , 47.10 4x100 Relay - Prelims 22. Carter County (J.W. Elmore, Ryker Carroll, Ethan Frye, Turner Tooke) 48.20 Shot Put - Finals 24. Jaden Pardee, 37-06.50 WOMENS High Jump - Finals 20. Katie Tooke, 4-06.00...

  • CARTER COUNTY COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS

    Updated Jun 2, 2022

    5-16-2022 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on, May 16, 2022, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Present were Steve Rosencranz, Chairman; Rod Tauck, Vice Chair and Mike Watkins, Member. There was no public comment. Road and Bridge Supervisor Carl Knapp stepped into the meeting to let the commission know about the trip to purchase the 6x6 plow truck from Atlanta, Georgia. County Attorney Corbit Harrington...

  • Conversations with God

    Updated Jun 2, 2022

    Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know Lord, family, friends and loved ones seem to be losing family, friends and loved ones, every week or every month. How great that remaining dear ones have a ‘time’ together, sharing special deeds and thoughts of those who’ve passed on. At one ‘gathering’, friends and family shared about their special ‘Ms. B.’; what she’d meant to them, all she’d shared, quilts she’d made for family, friends and even several she’d sent to an orphanage. On and on they chatted when suddenly there was a pa...

  • Carter County Public Health Corner

    Updated Jun 2, 2022

    submitted by Carter County Public Health COVID-19 vaccine and testing | On Thursday, June 9th appointments are available for the COVID-19 vaccine (both primary and booster doses). Free COVID-19 At Home Test Kits are also available for residents. These are easy to use and provide quick results in 15-30 minutes. They can be used for various reasons including right before or close to attending an indoor event or a gathering. Free shot clinic for kindergarten and seventh grade vaccinations | Don’t miss out! Call Carter County P...

  • Cooking in the West

    Susan Metcalf|Updated Jun 2, 2022

    As the primary elections loom in Montana next week, I find myself not on the ballot for the first time in 16 years. I have decided to hang up my red pencil after 41 years in education at the end of my fourth term as County Superintendent of Schools this December. Having run for public office, I feel the pain of those running in contested races. It is not easy to run for office any place, but living in a small community makes it even harder! I remember well the first time I ran for my County Superintendent of Schools position...

  • Local students named to Dickinson State University honor rolls

    Updated Jun 2, 2022

    At the end of each regular semester, Dickinson State University recognizes students named to the President’s and Dean’s Lists. Eligible students must be enrolled full-time and have a minimum semester grade-point average (GPA) of 3.9 or higher to make the President’s List, and a 3.5 GPA or higher to be eligible for the Dean’s List. Brandy Hansen of Ekalaka and Hannah LaBree of Ekalaka were both named to the President’s List for the 2022 spring semester, and Heather LaBree of Ekalaka was named to the Dean’s List. The Univers...

  • Carter County Museum partners with Billings museum to share 'Shots Felt 'Round Montana'

    Updated Jun 2, 2022

    The Western Heritage Center in Billings, in partnership with Carter County Museum and Humanities Montana, recently opened the exhibit "Shots Felt 'Round Montana: Maurice Hilleman and the Montana origins of the fight against pandemics." The project centers around "Shots Felt 'Round the World," the traveling exhibit created by Carter County Museum, which is touring the region over the coming years to share this incredible story from southeastern Montana history. The CCM team des...

  • Museum unveils new summer exhibit featuring cartoonist Ethel Hays

    Updated Jun 2, 2022

    Carter County Museum has partnered with the Western Heritage Center in Billings to bring "With Wit and Style," a touring display about Ethel Hays - the famous illustrator from Montana - to Ekalaka this summer. Ten traveling pop-up banners share the story of Ethel Hays, a native of Billings, and one of the most recognizable artists of the 1920s. Called the "greatest of all women newspaper artists" and the "foremost portrayer of the American Girl," her newspaper cartoons...

  • Local teen crowned Miss Southeast Montana Rodeo

    Updated Jun 2, 2022

    Bella Rae Jensen of Ekalaka was crowned Miss Southeast Montana Rodeo 2022 at this year's Miles City Bucking Horse Sale on May 21st in Miles City. Jensen will be a freshman at Carter County High School in the fall. She plays volleyball, basketball and rodeos. Additionally, she is a member of the Puptown Wranglers 4-H club and the local CCHS FFA chapter. Besides school and extracurriculars, Jensen enjoys helping on the family ranch and anything that has to do with animals and...