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Let me just go on record right now, this changing time kicks my butt! I did remember to change my clocks, but my brain takes more time to change. Many cattle trucks have been traveling on the...

Autumn is here for sure, or is it winter? The high temperature has been in the sixties or fifties, with the lows in the teens and low twenties. The wind blew so hard that all the leaves blew off the...

Can you believe it? I’m in Arizona for a few days and reporting from my brother’s home. It is cool in the mornings and then it heats up to the low 90’s for the afternoon! Debbie Richau traveled...

Happy Columbus Day! It sounds like the Heritage Day celebration was successful in Malta. Jay and Whitney Blunt were among the celebrants from out here. We had our second snowstorm on Monday and I'm...

Happy October, all my autumn people! Let's hope that we have a month of wonderful fall weather before winter visits again! I've had two raucous blue jays in the yard the last couple of days! Very...

Wow! This will be a September to remember! Lots of snow, wind, rain and pretty much a mess for the ranchers and farmers! The snow was so wet and heavy that it broke two branches off my trees! It made...

Happy last day of summer and welcome to autumn! We have had an awesome week with the weather bouncing around a little. Hopefully, the crop can be harvested before the freezing temps of next week! Heat...

Our area was saddened again by the death of Marie Wasson on Thursday. Her funeral was on Monday. She lived on the North Bench Farms the whole time I was growing up! Then she and her husband moved to...

Congrats to Beau Simonson and the Mustangs on their recent win over Roundup! Kia Wasson played volleyball on Friday and Paige Wasson traveled with the junior high Mavericks all the way to the eastern...

And just like that, August is gone and September is here! The buck deer are starting to lose their velvet, the kingbirds have migrated and the grass has gone to seed! Wednesday, as I was waiting for...

The rainy season hit us like a huge wave from the ocean! Combining in the area has ground to a halt! The crops had been producing a nice yield, but I'm not sure how the average will end up. I always...

What a week! Sympathy to the Glenn Compton family and to the Justin Lucas family! Two huge funerals for the week. So much sadness. I spent the week house/dog sitting in Billings. I picked up Fran...

What a week of summer weather! High temps and plenty of wind! And even at night, it didn't cool down much. But that is what summer is in Montana! Only one night of warm temps and that may be more noti...

Oh, the wonderful variation of weather in Montana! One day this week I'm sure the temperature was over 100 degrees, windy, and just miserable to me. But then the next day was in the low 80’s, still...

Much of the hay barley has been swathed and huge bales are being dropped in the fields as the farmers store up the feed for winter use. To me, it looks like a great year, if the swathes can get baled...

Just the typical summer days for this week, hot, high temps in the 90’s then afternoon or evening storms that don't last long but still make me worry! Today for instance, I was driving back from...

Dr. Ray Rogers, professor at MacAlister University in Minnesota, attended the Judith River Formation Symposium in Malta recently with 13 freshman and sophomore students. These young people attend...

Happy July! And what a mixed up Mother Nature we have! The high temperatures ranged from the low 59’s to low 90’s! The rain was spotty, but where it rained, it was a deluge! We did not get...

What a wonderful week of summer weather! After the rains of last weekend, the bright sunny days were welcome, but then we'd have a thunderstorm in the afternoons right up until Saturday. The crops...

The rain came! I don't keep an almanac, but I don't think it has rained as much in June for five years or so. It really was a welcome rain! I've heard that we got more than 2.5 inches! Happy summer! W...

Lots of baby gophers around now! The grass is growing tall enough it is harder to spot the little buggers! We had a small shower of rain on Thursday. We will be praying for more since the crops look...

Greetings readers of the Phillips County News! The week started out cool but we warmed up by the end of the week to 80+! As someone said we had our two weeks of spring and now it is summer! Most of...

The little song birds are returning by the droves! I saw the flycatchers, white crowned sparrow, eastern and western kingbirds, and lots of different warblers this week! It will be an interesting summ...

I know I've been remiss in getting my news into the paper on time. I have it written, but just don't get it sent in. So sorry. The last couple of weeks I've been spending a lot of time with Tom at the...

I saw two pheasant roosters fighting for territory close to 191N yesterday. I forgot how bright and flashy they are in the spring! Lots of Easter celebrating going on in the Loring community! Becca...