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I've Been Lucky Enough to Have Seen a Few
The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks inform me regularly when lion hunting season closes in each district. I don’t hunt mountain lions, but I like living in a state where I could if I...
Dodson News for Wednesday, February 15, 2023
We had a week of much warmer weather----getting up into the 30s and 40s and one day inched past 50 for a short time. It did settle the snow in several places but we still have lots in all the yards...
Whitewater News & Opinion for Wednesday, February 15, 2023
How about that huge Chinese balloon floating over Montana and Billings, Montana? That’s where Janet Brown and her family live. What a crazy world. Here in Whitewater, there were basketball games...
Loring News for Wednesday, February 15, 2023
OH, MY GOODNESS!! We’re already enjoying our first false spring and it's only February! Watch for Ice! Dixie is off for a few days enjoying herself. Wednesday, Feb 8, 2023, was the county spelling bee and we had two Loring youth competing, which...
Two Bills Pertaining to Minors are Going Through Legislature
Dear Editor, I am writing to you to inform the public on two bills protecting kids that are going through the MT legislature right now and need urgent attention. For those constituents of Representative Casey Knudsen, I ask that you contact him, let...
Daines Condemns Biden, Senate Democrats' Inflation Crisis at Senate Leadership Press Conference
U.S. Senator Steve Daines today delivered the following remarks at the weekly Republican Senate Leadership press conference condemning Senate Democrats and President Biden for recklessly spending trillions of dollars and creating record-high...
Isn't This What the Space Force was Created For?
I was sitting on the patio at the lake last summer enjoying the sun when I noticed an object high in the sky to the north. It was roughly the shape of an oval with a bright, shimmery border. It...
Dodson News for Wednesday, February 8, 2023
The weather and the world are staying about the same. It stays cold and we still have most of our snow. I have always enjoyed winter but think I have changed my mind this year. It has finally warmed...
Whitewater News & Opinion for Wednesday, February 8, 2023
It is February 2023, time sure flies! “Get Well Wishes to Dallas Green and Jeanie Green. However, Jeanie can’t stay sick long, as she is lambing. They are so cute. I used to raise bum lambs on a...
Loring News for Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Oh, the temps are spring-like! We’ve had a few days with 40 degrees plus, so the snow is melting a little. The banks have a crust of ice and when the sun hits them, the glare is shocking! My drivewa...
Operation Christmas Child Update for Malta
Dear Editor, I am writing to thank Malta-area residents for sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. Generosity throughout contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off...
Winter is the Great Equalizer
With all the snow this winter it’s getting hard to tell who’s new to Montana and who’s not. Almost everything’s covered. That lump in the snow might be carefully planted shrubbery or it might...
Whitewater News & Opinion for Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Sympathy to the family of Mr. Zimbelman. He was a teacher in Whitewater for years. There were basketball games in Glasgow on Saturday, January 29, 2023. Whitewater Penguins/Mavericks girls won again...
Loring News for Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Mercury is visible in the morning just before sunup! It is so close to the sun that it isn’t visible very much! We had nice weather with thawing for most of the week. Then the arctic cold hit...
Senater Bill 72 Could Change Local Water Management
Dear Editor, Legislation under consideration in Helena on water use and water rights could negatively impact the economic future of Montana family farms and ranches. Senate Bill 72 makes sweeping changes to Montana water law, directly targeting our...
American Prairie: Giving Back to the Community
Dear Editor, “What does American Prairie do for the community?” As the organization’s Senior Outreach Manager, and a Lewistown resident, I’m grateful to reflect on that question at the start of a new year. First, American Prairie is part of...
Winter Refuge in a Another Town
I finally gave in. Admitted I was tired of the snow. The endless winter. The unrelenting cold. But while many of our neighbors seek refuge in the Arizona desert once winter tightens its grip on...
Whitewater News & Opinion for Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Here’s hoping you have a warm house this cold snowy winter weather. There was a wonderful birthday party for Patti Young at the North 40 in Whitewater. The party was well attended by friends and...
Loring News for Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Day after day of thick fog made some beautiful frost on the trees, but it also made the electric lines heavy and low. The power went out many times in Loring, but just a flash. One day it stayed off...
Dodson News for Wednesday, January 25, 2023
It is still staying cold and looks like no relief for a while. We said goodbye to two members of our community this week with the funerals of Travis Scheffelmaer on Friday and the funeral of long-time...
Contact Representatives To Assist in Nursing Home Crisis
Dear Editor As most of you know Hi-Line Retirement Center in Malta closed early last fall, partly because Medicaid did not reimburse the facility the cost for skilled long term care per resident per day that it costs. At least ten others in the...
Wild Game in the 40's / Pittman Robertson Tax
Dear Editor While traveling the highways between Saco and Malta, you can't help but notice all the antelope on the north side of the highway. I was thinking about them, and the game we have now and what I can remember as a boy in the 1940s. There...
Barb Says It All Has To Go
My wife tells me I need a special counsel. Apparently, she’s fed up with all the documents I have stored in the basement of her office. She insists a special counsel is necessary to move all of my...
Making New Steps, New Imprint
Some of you know I am an individual of few words, quiet, and hard to engage in a conversation with. Yet, here I am, working with the capable and accomplished staff of the PCN. Thank you to all who have reached out with text, email messages, cards...
Whitewater News & Opinion for Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Sympathy to all the flood victims in California and other places. Get well to Pat Murdock of Whitewater. She was in Billings but is home now. Sympathy to the family of Annaleise Harms who passed away...