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Phillips County Commissioners talk local issue on June Ballot
On March 7, 2022, the Phillips County Commissioners passed a resolution to request voter approval for a local option motor vehicle tax on the June 7, 2022 federal primary ballot. Approval of this issue would place a 0.5% tax on all new light-weight...
CI-121 petition would hurt small businesses
Hello to all, Constitutional Initiative 121 or CI-121 is a proposed initiative petition currently circulating to gather enough signatures to qualify for the ballot this November. If asked, decline to sign the petition for CI-121! We must keep this...
Kindle invites community to Sunday Service
Dear Editor, Hello to all, I'm writing to invite people to come to church. The pastor of the Methodist Church of Saco and the Little White Church of Malta is a thought-provoking pastor who tells it like it is. He tells us what we need to hear, not...
Dimas to be featured on Discovery Channel
Dear Editor, Last spring I, Lowell Young, was watching Operation Outdoor Freedom on the Discovery Channel. It is a great show that honors our Veterans. At the end of the show it said that if you wanted to nominate someone, to send an email with...
Cannabis is a gift from God
Dear Editor, I wanted to take a moment and thank Todd and Brenda at The Loaded Toad for all their help in getting me the medicine I need. I have been treating my own throat cancer because I refuse to go the traditional mainstream medical...
Mayor of Dodson Addresses Issue Brought up from 2021 Election
Dear Editor, My name is Angel Arocha, the Mayor of Dodson, Montana. I have occupied that position since being appointed to the vacant seat in May of 2021 and elected in November 2021. During my tenure, the City Council and I have worked on a number...
Malta's eponym brought up in a Seattle newspaper on issue of Cannabis
Dear Editor, We received a clipping from a Seattle newspaper about "Malta," an island in the Mediterranean Sea, our namesake here in Phillips County from Pat Milne Hitchcock, a 1953 MHS graduate. Her father, C.R.Milne, was a fuel distributor for...
My Life at M.O.I.
Dear Editor, The My name is Saleena Davis and I am about to tell you about my life at M.O.I., which is also known as Malta Opportunities Inc. I moved into the group home in 2013. It gave me the opportunity to meet great staff and clients and to meet...
Response to Missing Person Case from 1981
Dear Editor and Readers, The November 3, 2021 newspaper had a letter to the editor about the 1981 disappearance of Barbara Louise Cotton. The article was interesting as Barbara was a 15 year old from Williston, North Dakota. As a parent, not knowing...
Concerns about "Build Back Better" bill
Dear Editor and Readers, By now, I'm hoping some of you have called Senator John Tester's office and asked him not to vote for the Build Back Better bill. I have an update to report. I have been calling every couple of days just trying to talk to...
Letter to the Editor for Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Dear Editor, It was the second week of March 2020, Sonia and I were in Janesville, Wisconsin attending a seminar on raising game birds. Something I thought would be fun to do in retirement. At the conference there were participants from all over the...
This is not the country that we grew up in
Dear Readers, I don't know if any of you are feeling like myself, but I feel like we're on a cliff and they're pushing us over the edge. Our country doesn't look or act like the country we grew up in. I'm tired of it and I think it is time for us to...
Superintendent of Malta Public Schools talks levies
To the Malta Schools Community: The Malta School Board of Trustees determined the necessity to run two (2) levies. A General Fund levy for $23,472.29 and a Building Reserve Fund Levy for $100,000 for ten years for a total of $1,000,000. Because of...
Update on the status of the Milk River Gospel Jamboree
March 11, 2021 Dear Editor, Two weeks ago, we had our second Milk River Gospel Jamboree meeting for this year. The main topic of discussion was the jamboree, that until 2020, we have held every year since 2001. Last year, the plague of 2020 hit! We...
Hanson set to graduate with Master's Degree
Dear Phillips County News, On behalf of the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS), I am pleased to announce the graduation of cohort 1905/1906. Darin Hanson is a student in the cohort and will receive a Master of...