Week of March 13, 2024

  • County Commissioners Talk PC Fair Grandstand

    Kari Hould, PCN Staff

    The County Commissioners were contacted on Monday and asked to provide an update on the grandstand project at the Dodson Fair Grounds. The Commissioners met, discussed the item and made a conference call to the Phillips County News and provided the following information. "No, the grandstand will not be completed in time for the fair this year," said Commissioner John Carnahan. The project has been put out for bids and the bids arrive at the County Commissioners office, sealed, and will be...

  • Memories for Wednesday, March 13, 2024

    Compiled by Kari Hould

    10 yrs ago Mar. 12, 2014 Willis McKeon, 92, a WWII Army Veteran and retired attorney, passed away with his family at his side. Colter Salveson was this year’s Youngest Top Hand winner at the annual Wagon Train Feed. He was awarded the Red Bandana in honor of the late Darci Miller of Canada. The Montana Community Preservation Alliance fundraiser was held at the Lucky Bullet, and the fundraiser took in about $2,800 in donations. The group is still a ways from achieving their goal of providing No Monument / No Free Roaming Buffalo signs. Ron...

  • North Country Wins State C Title! Again!

  • U.S. Cattle Inventory Smallest in 73 years

    Bernt Nelson, Economist

    Editors Note: This article was brought to the PCN's attention by Marko Manoukian, Secretary/Treasurer of the Phillips County Livestock Association. USDA's January and July Cattle Inventory reports, released toward the end of each respective month, provide the total inventory of beef cows, milk cows, bulls, replacement heifers, other steers and heifers, and the calf crop for the current year. With drought and high input costs compelling farmers to market a higher-than-normal percentage of female...

  • AG Knudsen Helping Combat Fentanyl Problem in Montana

    Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced today an over 20,000 percent increase in fentanyl seizures by anti-drug forces in Montana since 2019. Additionally, over twice as much fentanyl was seized in 2023 compared to 2022, shattering previous records. In 2023, Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area task forces seized a total of 398,552 dosage units of fentanyl in Montana – a 111 percent increase in the total amount seized in 2022 when 188,823 dosage units were seized. It’s also a nearly 600 percent increase from 2021...

  • Application deadline for some landowner programs is March 15 

    Landowners have until March 15 to apply for Unlocking Public Lands (UPL) Program or the Public Access Land Agreement (PALA) Program. These programs are designed to provide public access to state or federal land where access is either limited or doesn’t exist.   For enrollment in UPL, landowners will receive an income tax credit in the amount of $750 per agreement and up to a maximum of $3,000 in tax credits in exchange for allowing access across the private lands via roads or trails to reach inaccessible public land. Landowners must...

  • District 2 American Legion Meets

    Kari Hould, PCN Staff

    The Chinook American Legion Post 48 hosted the spring meeting of the American Legion and Auxiliary on Sat., March 9th. The members convened at the American Lutheran Church. Department Officers from Helena also joined those from the hi-line. The Auxiliary members met and their agenda included Recognition of the POW/MIA with the covering of a chair with the drape of the POW/MIA emblem, silent time in remembrance of those who have passed since the last meeting, and the pledge to the flag followed. The preamble to the American Legion Auxiliary...

  • School Calendars for the Week of March 13, 2024

    Malta School Calendar Mar. 13: School Board Mtg. Mar. 14-15: State FCCLA Convention @ Bozeman Mar. 18: Missoula Children’s Theatre Auditions Parent Presentation-Laura Stack Mar. 19: MHS Career Fair Class C Calendar Dodson Mar. 20: FFA mtg at lunch Mar. 21: Ski Trip 9th-12th Saco Mar. 13: Saco Science Fair Mar. 14-17: Band Trip to South Dakota Mar. 18-22: Missoula Children’s Theatre Mar. 18: 6th-12th Presentation in Malta Whitewater Mar. 20: HS Academic Olympics Mar. 21: Parent/Teacher...

  • PC Prevention News for February / Early March

    Phillips County Prevention has been busy preparing for the March 18th presentation on “The Dangerous Truth About Today’s Marijuana: Johnny Stack’s Life & Death Story” by Laura Stack, Founder & CEO of Johnny’s Ambassadors of Colorado. Prior to the 6:00 pm Community presentation (for ages 21 and up), A.E. Catering will begin serving a FREE meal in the High School Cafeteria at 5:00 pm, until food runs out. The meal is being sponsored by the PC Local Advisory Council on Behavioral Health, First State Bank, Independence Bank and Bank of...

  • Red Cross of Montana Asks You to Test and Turn this Weekend

    Daylight saving time begins on March 10 and the American Red Cross encourages everyone to test their smoke alarms as they turn their clocks forward to make sure the devices are working. “Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in a home fire in half as you only have about two minutes to get out,” said Scott O’Connell, regional disaster officer for the Red Cross of Montana. “Every second counts when there’s a home fire and the sooner an alarm alerts you to a fire, the sooner you can get to a safer place. When you turn your clocks...

M-ettes Fight Hard, Take Down Falcons, but Fall in Consolation Semis

Pierre Bibbs, Publisher

The Malta M-ette basketball team's 2024 campaign ended much like their last two outings, in the State B Consolation Semifinals. The team picked up a win in the opening round of the 2024 State B Girls Basketball Tournament in Billings on Thursday, March 7, as they defeated the Florence-Carlton Falcons 48-43. The M-ettes fell to the Missoula Loyola Breakers 56-46 in the semifinals. The Breakers went on to lose the state championship game to the Baker Spartans on Saturday, March 9. Malta went on...

  • Briefly for Wednesday, March 13, 2024

    Malta Senior Center BINGO is every Friday at 1:00 at the Malta Senior Center Malta School Board Mtg School Board Meetings are held every second Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the MHS Boardroom. Times and dates are subject to change. (March 13) City Council Meetings City Council Meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at City Hall at 5 p.m. Knitting and Crochet Club The Knitting & Crochet Club will meet at Gone to Pieces Quilt Shop at 11 a.m. every Thursday. Lunch at River’s Bend Mon. and Wed. River’s Bend...

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