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Getting to know your school board candidates
Four individuals have filed for two open positions on the Ekalaka Public Schools Unified Board of Trustees. Both openings are three-year terms for candidates from Elementary District No. 15 and High...
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Climate fix or pollution pipeline?
Ridge resident Dan Dinstel remembers his introduction to the Snowy River project, a proposal to inject 150 million tons of carbon dioxide thousands of feet below southeastern Montana's sagebrush...
Settling in
The Carter County Extension Office (formerly Fallon/Carter Extension) is up and running. Extension agent Amanda Williams, who served as the agent for the combined agency, has set up her office in the...
Extension gardening program in Ekalaka
submitted by Amanda Williams, Carter County Extension Agent The Carter County Extension Office and the Carter County Conservation District will be hosting a gardening program on April 29th at the Event Center. The program will run from 1 p.m. to...
Carter County Public Health Corner
submitted by Carter County Public Health To all of the Graduating Class of 2024 in Carter County, MT We are excited to announce the offering of three (3) scholarships! We take pride in our efforts through our Tobacco Prevention Program and this...
County developing a growth policy
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...
MSGA opposes BLM's carbon sequestration project in Carter County
submitted by Montana Stockgrowers Association The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) recently submitted comments in opposition to the BLM Snowy River CO2 Sequestration Project Environmental...
Local FCCLA students attend state leadership conference
Kendall Kittelmann, Brynn Loehding, Natalie Foxley, Kendra Tooke, Nicole O'Connell, Kendra Matthews, Danica Shepherd, Tracy Wilson, Kamryn Miller and Jillian McGraw attended the Family, Career and...
Ringling scholarship stipends support welding, museum partnership
submitted by Carter County Museum Carter County Museum recently announced that Ethan Frye and Cole Rost have been selected for two project stipends for the Big Sky Seaway exhibition for the Spring 202...
Grand march next Sat.
The junior class will host Carter County High School Prom next Saturday, April 20th. The public is invited to attend grand march at 8 p.m. inside the gymnasium. Royalty will be crowned immediately...
Local elections take shape
Carter County voters will need to head to the polls to cast their ballot in the upcoming primary election on June 4th. Locally, republican incumbent Tracey D. Walker was the only individual who filed...
Three more file for school board
By last Thursday's deadline to file, four individuals had filed for two open three-year terms on the Ekalaka Public Schools Unified Board of Trustees. Both of the positions are for Elementary...
Carter County High School and Ekalaka Junior High third quarter honor rolls
HS A HONOR ROLL (3.5 GPA or higher) Braxton Bucholz Brynn Loehding Chace Loehding Clay Rost Corlan Laughery Danica Shepherd Ethan Frye Jadyn McGraw Jillian McGraw Justin Wyatt Melton Kamryn Miller...
Mid-Rivers announces expanded scholarship awards in 2024
Mid-Rivers Communications recently announced the award of 76 scholarships to students from the Cooperative’s service area, an increase of 40 scholarships over the original 36 planned. Last fall, the Cooperative announced the availability of 30 H...
Carter County Public Health Corner
submitted by Carter County Public Health April 24th Vaccine Event We are partnering with PHARM406 for a vaccine event here in Carter County. The following will be available: Pneumonia, RSV, Shingles, Covid-19. Come by the Event Center at the...
Museum to host 'Albert Fost's Fossil Finds' with Dr. Nate Carroll on April 4
submitted by Carter County Museum Staff Join Carter County Museum on Thursday, April 4, at 7 p.m. for the monthly Carter County Geological Society Meeting for a special presentation of Albert Fost's F...
School District No. 15 and High School District No. 3 mail ballot election nears
By press time on Wednesday, only one individual, incumbent Samantha Wright, had filed in the upcoming election for trustee on the Ekalaka Public Schools Unified board. Wright filed for one of two...
Kapptie signs contract
In a split vote, the Ekalaka Elementary District No. 15 and Carter County High School Unified Board of Trustees moved to offer a superintendent/principal contract to candidate James Kapptie at a...
Supplemental tax bills heading toward property owners
Last year, during a dispute with Gov. Greg Gianforte over the state's "95 mill" school equalization property tax, officials with 49 of Montana's 56 counties chose to reduce their fall tax bills...
Betty Mueller
A Memorial Service for Betty L. Mueller, 90, of Baker will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 29th at Stevenson Funeral Home in Baker with Don Buerkle officiating. Burial will follow in Bonnievale Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. at...
CARTER COUNTY COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS
2-29-2024 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Thursday, February 29, 2024, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Rod Tauck, Chairman...
Don't let eastern Montana's ag lands become a corporate polluter's dumping grounds
Liz Barbour Hammond I’m a ranch manager in Carter County. Open, “Big Sky” country and expansive grasslands surround my life here. Years ago I stood in my new home and overlooked the plains stretched out before me, baby in arms, feeling overw...
All about reptiles
submitted by Mrs. Mardee Guyer A group of high school zoology students from Carter County High School recently conducted educational sessions on reptiles for younger learners. Led by science teacher...
Public meetings on school election, levies
The Ekalaka Public Schools Unified Board of Trustees will soon be hosting public meetings about the upcoming school election and levies for both Carter County High School and Ekalaka Elementary District #15 that will be on the ballot. The first of...
Winners of statewide Montana Ag in Color drawing contest announced
Earlier this month, the Montana Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) announced the winners of the Montana Youth Agriculture Literacy program drawing contest. "Montana Ag in Color" was developed in...
