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The second to last Malta City Council meeting of 2018 was held at Malta City Hall last week on Tuesday, and Public Works Director Jim Truelove informed the council of several bits of information... Full story

The Town of Dodson was under a “boil order” for most water use for residents, by order of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), for several days in mid-November according to...

A night of good food, good friends, and holiday cheer were in the air last Thursday in Malta as the 15th annual Christmas gathering - this year titled "Old Fashioned Christmas" -was hosted by the Phil...

The National Weather Service hosted their November Weather-Ready Briefing for Eastern Montana and Wyoming last week and talked of the year-to-date climate review, drought status, and both short and...

100 years ago December 1, 1918 Adolph Krohn and Miss Ila Geeting were married at the J. E. Johnson home in Malta. ♥♥♥ Violet Veseth, Esther Edwards, and Lochiel Edwards were pupils of the fifth...

The Malta Lutheran Church hosted a free Thanksgiving meal on Thanksgiving in Malta last Thursday, accommodating 90 guests with turkey, potatoes and all the other goodies associated with the day. Ahead...

To know Malta's Katie Skiff at all is to know that she is the crafty sort, so it should come as no surprise that she and her husband Greg's recent purchase of the former Sew Sassy - cleverly renamed...

From a brand-new building at a brand-new location, to a new building on a current site, and a remodel of a historic building, there is no shortage of construction taking place in Malta these days....

BilliJo Doll has finished her latest book, My eMpTy Life, her ninth, and says that the book is in honor of the women of Eastern Montana. "There is not much of me in this book," Doll said of the...

I don’t intend to have sticky fingers…I really don’t. Yesterday, I visited the lovely ladies at the Phillips County Treasurer’s office to pay my taxes. We chatted for a few seconds and off I w...

The Malta City Council made a move at last Tuesday’s first meeting of November to pass a more cohesive, easier to understand Animal Ordinance for the City after nearly three months of work on the...

Malta Middle School Science Teacher Robert Twiggs rolled in a large screen and laptop computer at last week's Malta School Board meeting and rolled out how technology at the schools is allowing...

Missoulian Natural Resources Reporter Rob Chaney met with a small group of people at the Great Northern Hotel's Lodge Room last Wednesday morning as that newspaper is starting a series of stories focu...

100 years ago November 17, 1918 Six townships in the southern part of the county were opened for homesteading. Many "squatters" were awaiting the filing date. ≡≡≡ Miss Lily Noble and Arthur J....

A total of 10 floats joined this year's Malta Chamber Parade of Lights, meeting at the Hi-Line Retirement Center to form the parade-line before heading downtown to be greeted by a good number of... Full story

The Saco Sons of the American Legion received its charter last week at a ceremony held during the monthly Saco American Legion Post #79 with 12 people in attendance including Lowell Long, American...

The 2018 General Election is in the books, and with it, there are some new faces in the Phillips County public service sector while some remain the same. A total of 2,104 voters out of a total 2,742...

The staff at the Phillips County Museum completed the second of two days of setting up for this year's Phillips County Historical Society's "Old Fashion Christmas!" nearly three weeks ahead of the...

That’s a wrap…and none too soon, I reckon. Another election cycle has come and gone and with it, no more hateful ads attacking each other, no more robocalls from candidates I would never have vote...

In a day and age when most clothing has a limited shelf life, a garment in Phillips County has been in use, in one fashion or another, for the past 103 years. On October 26, 1915, Ella Johanson, origi...

About 100 costume-clad children and their families met at the Veteran’s Memorial Park last Wednesday in Malta ahead of the annual Halloween Parade, running around and scurry about until the...

Phillips County School's Superintendent Darlene Kolczak recently released total enrollment for all the Phillips County schools, Dodson, Saco, Malta, Loring Colony, and Whitewater. All told, Phillips...

INFOAhead of Monday morning's performance at Dodson Public Schools, Supaman told the PCN "We are going to rock them!" Supaman is a man of his word. Supaman - Christian Takes the Gun Parrish - came to...

100 years ago November 3, 1918 All business had come to a standstill in Malta while citizens celebrated Armistice on Tuesday, November 11. ♥♥♥ Forty-five men had left for Nitro, Va., to work in...

Though the fall weather has descended upon Phillips County, at least one mosquito lingers in Malta and it is larger than life. A tour through Malta's M-Trail has left some recent travelers scratching...