News

  Southeast Montana Tourism will once again be offering marketing grants to organizations within the 13 counties and two Indian Reservations which make up our region. In order to qualify, organizations must meet these requirements:

 By Elaine Forman
Yellowstone Newspapers

  Come learn about garden soils including amendments and nutrients as well as how to grow better gardens in  Montana on March 7th. Toby Day, MSU Extension Horticulture Specialist, will present a gardening class from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Prairie County Courthouse.

Prairie County FSA staff will travel each Thursday to fill in at McCone Co. office

  The Prairie County Farm Service Agency Office is scheduled to be closed each Thursday until further notice.
        This closure is not due to any problem in Prairie County or the office. The Thursday closures will enable staff from Prairie County to travel to McCone County to assist with operations there.  

  The Eastern Montana Impact Coalition (Coalition) last week announced via meetings with eastern Montana legislators and government stakeholders that it has launched a study to identify how and when eastern Montana communities will be impacted by accelerating energy development.

 By Jason Stuart

  A John Deere 544K frontend loader was delivered to the Terry Airport Thursday, February 7. The loader will be used as a snowplow to clear off the airport’s runway. 

  Prairie County Fire and the sheriff’s office responded to an early morning incident occurring on Interstate 94 Wednesday, February 6. Crews were called out about 9 a.m. after a trailer, traveling in the west bound lane, caught fire 

Bridge card players are pictured clockwise from top left: Lucille Covert,
Jan Just, Ruth Lekse, Winnie Harmel; Table two: Darlane Pisk, Linda Strasheim,
Linda Koehler and Dorcas Lee.

By Kay Johnson