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The 2015 Montana legislature passed the Medicaid Expansion program in Montana, providing healthcare coverage to low income and disabled individuals. Importantly this act included work/training programs, premiums, as well as a 4 year expiration “sunset” date to allow the legislature to review the data and consider whether to leave the program unchanged, make reforms or discontinue it. Initially the Federal government paid for 100 percent of the program, tapering down to 90 percent by 2020. The program is set to sunset in June of 2019, unl...
The Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture is pleased to announce that the eighth annual Bakken Brew Fest is Saturday, April 20, at the Richland County Event Center. The celebration begins at 7 p.m. People with VIP tickets can enter starting at 5:30 p.m. Attracting crowds from across Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, Saskatchewan, and beyond, the Bakken Brew Fest is a fun time that is looked forward to by many area residents and visitors each year. This year’s tasting event will f...
The Watford City Area Chamber of Commerce and Watford City Economic Development Corporation held their annual meetings on March 22 in the Outlaws' Gallery and Ballroom in Watford City. The meetings also included legislative updates from the local state representatives, some words from ND Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford and keynote speaker Pat Bertagnolli, VP of Human Resources at MBI....
The MonDak Heritage Center announces a screening of the documentary film California Typewriter as part of our First Friday Film Series sponsored by Mid-Rivers Communications! The film will show on Friday, April 5 at 7 p.m. at the MonDak Heritage Center, 120 3rd Ave SE, Sidney. California Typewriter is a documentary portrait of artists, writers, and collectors who remain steadfastly loyal to the typewriter as a tool and muse, featuring Tom Hanks, John Mayer, David McCullough, Sam Shepard, and...
The Brodie Brodie Gorder Memorial Dual Tournament was held March 22 at the Sidney High School Gym. An individual tournament followed on March 23. Over 400 wrestlers participated each day. Brodie Gorder Memorial Iron Eagle Individual Results for Sidney Wrestling Club, March 23 Tot 40A" Billy Franzen's place is 2nd and has scored 7.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Billy Franzen (Sidney Wrestling Club) won by fall over Landyn Dargatz (Aberdeen Youth Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:34) Semifinal - Billy...
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LuAnn Sharbono is retiring from the profession she has loved for 38 years. Inspired by ladies such as June Sullivan and Betty McConnell, she knew in high school that she wanted to be a teller at the bank in Fairview. She attended Montana Tech in Missoula and then returned to Fairview to start her career. Other than seven years off to raise her kids, Sharbono has been welcoming customers with her beautiful smile, and taking care of their needs with courtesy and efficiency. She hadn't planned to...
Sidney – Doctors spend their lives helping and healing others, and in 1990, Congress passed and President George H. Bush signed a bill into law proclaiming March 30 as National Doctors’ Day. Celebration of this day has grown from simply expressing our gratitude to our physicians to using this day as an opportunity to share some positive messages for the medical profession. As part of National Doctors’ day, the Fourndation for Community Care invites you to recognize a special physician who cared for you or a loved one. Let your physician know ho...
Greetings from Helena. We finished Legislative Day 60 on Saturday. SB 137, my Ag fuel bill, was signed by Governor Bullock on March 21. It will become effective on July 1, 2019. HB 2, the budget, will probably be heard in the Senate this week. This is always an interesting time because there are those who think we need to spend a lot more of the people’s money, there are those who think we need to spend a little more of the people’s money, and those like me who think we need to spend less of the people’s money. We know the Government doesn...
