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Terry Cayko may just have soil pumping through his veins. His career of farming spans a lifetime and he has no plans of retiring. It’s his passion. His family’s tradition. And something he’s darn good at. As owner of 6J Farms Incorporated, he was recognized by Sidney Sugars on Jan. 15, at St. Matthews Church during an appreciation banquet that recognized area beet growers in varying categories. Cayko was recognized as the top producer in the “large, over 247 acres” category. This is the third...
Terry Cayko may just have soil pumping through his veins. His career of farming spans a lifetime and he has no plans of retiring. It's his passion. His family's tradition. And something he's darn good at. As owner of 6J Farms Incorporated, he was recognized by Sidney Sugars on Jan. 15, at St. Matthews Church during an appreciation banquet that recognized area beet growers in varying categories. Cayko was recognized as the top producer in the "large, over 247 acres" category. This is the third...
Montana State University Extension and the Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) distinguished 135 “Steers of Merit” out of over 900 entries for 2013. Out of 775 steers entered in the Carcass Division, 111 were deemed Steers of Merit. In the Ultrasound Division, 24 out of 141 entries received the distinction. “The Steer of Merit award promotes and recognizes the production of the highest quality of Montana beef with carcass characteristics that meet the U.S. beef industry’s standards of excellence,” said Errol Rice, MSGA’s Executive V...
Location: Northeast Montana near today's Snowden Bridge just west of the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers. In the evening of a day that saw the Corps of Discovery cross into what would become Montana, Captain Meriwether Lewis put words to paper and commenced the first written history of Montana. Heretofore everything was oral. What follows are some of those sentences, excerpted from the original journals of Lewis & Clark as penned April 27, 1805: "This morning I walked through...
The imposing Rocky Mountain Front defines the eastern flank of Montana’s mountainous domain before it flows into open terrain to the east. On the north, it stretches 460 miles from Browning and the east slopes of Glacier National Park to the North Dakota line just beyond Sidney. Somewhat less defined, the central boundary begins in the valley of the upper Musselshell River, near Harlowton, and reaches for 300 miles to our state’s eastern edge. On the south, it is 250 miles as the golden eagle glides, from Red Lodge and the east face of the Bea...
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued a “no further action” letter on December 2, 2013, following successful cleanup of a release of crude oil from an abandoned Cowry pipeline north of Sidney, Mont. In August 2012, Cowry Enterprises reported a release of approximately 10 barrels of crude oil from an inactive pipeline that was being tested. The oil surfaced in a barrow ditch, then traveled 75 feet downhill to the Lower Yellowstone irrigation ditch. The irrigation ditch was closed at the time but did contain water. Cow...
Richland County Conservation and Weed District will hold their annual supper on December 5, 2013. Supper will be served at 6:00 pm at the Richland County Event Center. Highlighting this year's event will be Jon Reiten, MT Bureau of Mines and Geology discussing his findings on Phase 2 of the Lower Yellowstone Ground Water Reservation-Development Potential of Buried Channel Aquifer in Richland County, Montana. Jon has been collecting data on this aquifer since 2005. His talk will focus on the...
Come and celebrate Christmas at the Confluence Sunday, December 15 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. CST. Area musicians will be performing Christmas favorites for the audience to enjoy. A Christmas craft will be available for the youngsters to make and take. All events are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For more information call 701-572-9034. The Missouri Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center is located 22 miles southwest of Williston, ND....
Reprinted from the Cartwight History Book: Cartwright can boast of the only railroad tunnel in North Dakota. In the summer of 1911, the Great Northern Railroad started to build the tunnel by the Yellowstone River. This was one structure that was begun at the top instead of the bottom. The top half was put through first. It was put through by hand with the aid of dynamite. The dirt was hauled out with one horse and a small car on rails. The horse had a syrup pail with a lighted candle in it, fast...
The ditches are drained and it's time for paperwork and construction at Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project (LYIP) according to project manager James Brower. The accounts are being finalized, with personnel going through last year's audit and preparing for this year's. Staff has just finished verifying water assessment dues and new property owners. That information is given to the county courthouses so they can send out water assessments. In addition to routine maintenance, LYIP crews will be...
The Montana Department Fish, Wildlife, and Parks is on a strange mission to impose a free-roaming bison herd in Eastern Montana. It’s puzzling because it’s a plan that few Montanans want, and a large, diverse majority oppose. Yet, inexplicably, Governor Bullocks’ administration and FWP Director Jeff Hagener seem determined to give us a dose of a bitter medicine we don’t want or need. The opposition to free-roaming couldn’t have been more evident at a recent FWP meeting on the issue in Lewistown. One after another, ranchers, sportsmen...
Sawyer Flynn, son of Scott and Dona Flynn of Fairview, received the 2013 Youth Award from the State Historical Society of North Dakota. He was nominated for the volunteer work he does at the Fort Buford State Historic Site and the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center by Kerry Finsaas. Flynn is a member of the 6th Infantry which provides assistance with the Flag Raising and Flag Retreat ceremonies, the Summer and Winter Encampments and the annual Cemetery Walk at Ft. Buford. Flynn...
In the spirit of Co-op Month, Lower Yellowstone Rural Electric Association (LYREA) is holding its annual coat and food drive through the entire month of October. With the increases in the price of food and necessities, there is an overwhelming need for help. It’s a great time of the year to clean out your closets and find any winter gear such as hats, gloves, scarves, mittens, boots, snowsuits, or coats that are no longer used. You may also drop off any monetary donations (please make checks payable to Richland County Food Bank), n...
The results are in! Altogether, more than 230 area residents, businesses, schools and government agencies recycled just over 21 Tons (42,049) of e-waste at this year’s “E-rase your E-waste” events, organizers reported last week. This is the fifth year in which the annual total collected has exceeded 20,000 pounds of e-waste, bringing the county’s overall collection total for the past nine years to more than 154 Tons! “Things went very well again this year,” Jackie Couture, Co-Chair of the E-rase...
The E-rase your E-waste committee would like to thank everyone who participated in our spring and fall 2013 “E-rase your E-waste” e-cycling events, particularly the Fairview community which held their first collection event this past spring. We’ve had another great year, with a grand total of 42,049 pounds of e-waste collected for recycling! That’s more than 21 TONS of e-waste that DIDN’T go into our local landfill again this year! That e-waste included an estimated 16,464 pounds of plastics, 4,511 pounds of lead and 0.696 pounds of mercury....
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Director Jeff Hagener and members of the Fish & Wildlife Commission will be in Miles City Oct. 9-10 to host a public open house and conduct the commission’s regular monthly meeting. The open house will be hosted for area residents to informally visit with Director Hagener, Fish & Wildlife Commission Chairman Dan Vermillion, and fellow commissioners Richard Stuker, Lawrence Wetsit, Matthew Tourtlotte, and Gary Wolfe–as well as other FWP staff. The open house starts at 6:30 PM on Oct. 9 at the Sleep Inn & Sui...
In the spirit of Co-op Month, Lower Yellowstone Rural Electric Association (LYREA) will be holding its annual coat and food drive through the entire month of October. With the increases in the price of food and necessities, there is an overwhelming need for help. It’s a great time of the year to clean out your closets and find any winter gear such as hats, gloves, scarves, mittens, boots, snowsuits, or coats that are no longer used. You may also drop off any monetary donations (please make checks payable to Richland County Food Bank), n...
In the spirit of Co-op Month, Lower Yellowstone Rural Electric Association (LYREA) will be holding its annual coat and food drive through the entire month of October. With the increases in the price of food and necessities, there is an overwhelming need for help. It’s a great time of the year to clean out your closets and find any winter gear such as hats, gloves, scarves, mittens, boots, snowsuits, or coats that are no longer used. You may also drop off any monetary donations (please make checks payable to Richland County Food Bank), n...
Elene Weege moved to Stevensville, MT from Wisconsin in 1998, after retiring from a medical business profession to pursue a career as a full time artist. She spent five years studying art at two campuses of the University of Wisconsin as a returning student and focused on oil painting and photography. She has exhibited at the Western Heritage Annual Art Shows, Great Falls, The Montana Professional Artists Association Annual Shows, and the Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies, plus many other...
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Treasure County Health Department and RiverStone Health, have confirmed two West Nile Virus (WNV) human deaths in Montana over the past week. There have been 15 confirmed WNV cases this year. The deceased, a Treasure County male in his eighties and a Yellowstone County male in his seventies, died of severe complications related to West Nile Virus infection. The individuals had no history of travel outside the state within the past month. “These deaths are a...
Come one, come all to the Montana Historical Society History Conference in Sidney to join in on a celebration of history in eastern Montana that is jam packed with events for everyone. “We are Montana’s Historical Society, and it is an honor to have our conference in this part of the state that holds a special place in the history of the Treasure State,” MHS Director Bruce Whittenberg said. The three-day conference Sept. 19-21 is titled “Boom & Bust: Extracting the Past.” Although it will have a special focus on the history of the oil indus...
September 1st, 2012 Prewitt & Company purchased Yellowstone Livestock in Sidney, MT. The Livestock Facility has been renamed Sidney Livestock Market Center, with Tim Larson taking over as manager. The staff has been working hard to create a competitive market place for this area’s livestock. Many improvements are being made in the yards, old pens have been torn down and replaced with new fencing, water tanks, feeders and alleyways. The improved yards will make handling the cattle much easier, l...
The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) would like to notify the public and seek comments on a proposal to rehabilitate and repair seven bridge decks in the Glendive and Intake, Montana areas of Dawson County. The bridges are at the following locations: Thirteen Mile Creek - One mile southwest of Intake on Montana Highway 16 - Reference Marker 15.5 Dry Creek (Eastbound) - West Glendive on Montana Highway 200 - Reference Marker 326.2 Dry Creek (Westbound) - West Glendive on Montana Highway 200 - Reference Marker 326.2 Yellowstone River -...
The Yellowstone City-County Health Department and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services are reporting the first human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) in Yellowstone County and in Montana for 2013. The case was diagnosed at a Billings hospital and confirmed last week. The patient, a Yellowstone County female resident in her fifties, did not require hospitalization and is expected to fully recover. The individual had no history of travel outside the state within the past month. “West Nile Virus is most commonly found in people...
Last chance this year to clear out all those outdated and obsolete electronic items cluttering your closets. This weekend, the Richland County “Erase your E-waste” program is hosting its regular fall weekend collection event on Friday and Saturday, Sept 6 and 7th and once again it’s FREE for all area participants! This event will be held at the Richland County Shop, 2140 W. Holly, across from the fairgrounds in Sidney from 3 pm to 7 pm on Friday and 9 am to 3 pm on Saturday. (Please note, the county shop is available for drop offs during event...
