Phillips County News - One Nation, Under God

When the dread of winter hit the county and Mother Nature bit the noses off snowmen, visibility was non-existent. The bitter cold was at -70 with the wind factor, and the Montana Highway Department...

Tuesday evening the community welcomed Gov. Greg Gianforte, his wife, Susan, and traveling staff to a town hall meeting at Trafton Park. The visit was part of his 56 County Tour. This town hall was...

Tuesday afternoon, a handful of people gathered at the Phillips County Library to meet and greet not only Montana's First Lady, Susan Gianforte, but an advocate for reading...Dolly Parton! Well, at le...

Ashley Pankratz, Dodson Public Schools English Teacher, has earned a Distinguished Award in Teaching Research Fulbright. Upon entering her 11th year of teaching in Phillips County, Pankratz will...

Just coming off a gig where he opened for Bruce Springsteen (aka 'The Boss') at Hyde Park in London, Sam Barber then headed to Detroit to open for Ed Sheeran. The country boy from Missouri is keeping...

You might have driven by it. Perhaps you noticed it. Two sets of eyes don't always see things the same way, either. This vision caught my eye Tuesday at the post office. It immediately spoke to me....

I saw a picture online last week of a friend posing with a handsome brown trout he’d caught. “It’s hopper season!” read the caption. I hadn’t thought about “that” hopper season in...

After landing and renting a car in our vacation to Sweden, the first thing we did was eat at a Swedish Fast Food place named Max. Seems fitting given the stereotypes that we as Americans have earned...

Enclosed is a letter from Denmark. These people were visiting their son who lives in Whitewater and his family. We were all glad to meet and visit with them. Visitors at Marjorie Olson’s home were...

The heat is almost as bad as the cold was back in January! I think 100 degrees is drying it up here. My son’s family visited for a couple of days this past week. They came to help me go through box...

People of Malta and Phillips County Residents Greetings citizens of Malta and Phillips County. As you peruse the Malta City Council meeting minutes in the Phillips County News issue dated July 19,... Full story

Starting out with a guitar and a dream, Tanner Laws is making his way into the music field. Prior to his appearance at the Phillips County Fair, he opened for Marty Stuart in Thompson Falls, and was...

This group of students placed third in the Big Sky Games 7th/8th Grade Tournament. The team played in a 16-team bracket....

The Malta Cheer Teams went to a two-and-a-half day camp at Lockwood High School held by Kansas State University July 17-19. Dani Ruoff, head coach of K-State is from Shepherd, so she comes to Montana...

Halle Sawicki (age 14, of Billings, along with six others (all ages) from Montana, competed in the National Powerlifting Competiton in Las Vegas Nev. on Thursday, July 13. Sawicki, the grand-daughter...

The Malta Swim Team took eleven swimmers to the 2023 Montana Federation of Swimmers Eastern Divisional meet last weekend and eight of them qualified for state this upcoming weekend. "I would say that...