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The Lower Yellowstone Rural Electric Cooperative (LYREC) board of trustees voted unanimously to cancel the 2020 annual meeting of members scheduled for June 3 at the Richland County Event Center. This is in response to Gov. Steve Bullock declaring a state of emergency in Montana and President Trump declaring a state of emergency in the nation due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, LYREC will strive to keep our membership informed. The 84th annual meeting program will be distributed to all...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - Governor Steve Bullock today announced the state will move to Phase Two of the Reopening the Big Sky plan and will lift the 14-day out-of-state travel quarantine beginning June 1 as Montana continues to have the lowest number of positive COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations per capita. “Montana has been an example for the rest of the nation in our response to this global pandemic. I have no doubt that we can continue to be that example, but only if Montanans, businesses, and visitors alike continue to take seriously the r...
A one-week paddlefish snag-and-release season will be open May 15-21 for anglers who hold a valid fishing license, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department announced this week. However, if conditions warrant, Game and Fish may close the season with a 24-hour notice. Game and Fish announced April 3 that the annual paddlefish snagging harvest season, which was scheduled to open May 1, was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the agency held open the possibility of a snag-and-release season in mid-May. Fisheries chief Greg Power...
William "Bill" Ted Hamburg, 69, Savage, MT passed away at home with his family at his side, on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 after a short battle with cancer. Visitation was Tuesday, April 21, 2020, at Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home, Sidney, MT from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Services will be held at a later date and Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home, Sidney, is caring for the family. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Bill was born on February 5, 195...
Original story courtesy of Montana Free Press As Gov. Steve Bullock moves to roll back emergency measures enacted to slow the COVID-19 pandemic, he has said he’ll take a data-driven approach to reopening Montana’s economy while minimizing the risk of a second-surge outbreak. State officials are keeping a close eye on the number of laboratory-confirmed cases. However, they aren’t tracking the number of Montanans who’ve been tested in each county, a metric national experts say is important to fully understand how the outbreak is playing out in...
Lower Yellowstone Lodge #90 of Masons has awarded the $1,000 Ben York Memorial Scholarship to Joshua Herron, Fairview. The scholarship is awarded to a student who plans to study the construction trades. Ben York was a skilled plumber, heating and air-conditioning contractor who contributed greatly to the Masons and his community. Josh will graduate from Fairview High School this spring and plans to attend Arizona Western College or MSU Billings to study Construction Technology. (Submitted by...
The 2020 paddlefish seasons on the Yellowstone and Lower Missouri rivers (yellow tag) are canceled in response to Gov. Steve Bullock’s extension of the directives for social distancing and non-resident quarantine to help stop the spread of COVID-19. As of now, paddlefish season on the Upper Missouri River from Fort Benton downstream to Fort Peck Dam (white tag) will remain in place and the drawing for these limited tags occurred April 6. The fishery opens May 1 and is conducted in a more dispersed manner. There are also no proposed changes t...
MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock today released a report produced by state epidemiologists examining 377 cases of COVID-19 in Montana that helps the state understand who is impacted by the new virus, how it spreads, and patient outcomes. The report will help the state continue to make data driven decisions to aggressively respond to COVID-19 in Montana. "The report released today sheds light on how this virus is impacting Montanans and provides data we can use to examine what's working to slow t...
William "Bill" Ted Hamburg, 69 of Savage, MT passed away at home with his family at his side, on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 after a short battle with cancer. Visitation will be on Tuesday, April 21, 2020, at the Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home in Sidney from 10:00 AM to 6:00 P.M. Services will be held at a later date and Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home of Sidney is caring for the family. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Bill was born...
Graveside services for Loren G. Lawhead, 78, Fairview, MT were held at 2 p.m., MST, Friday, April 3, 2020 at Yellowstone Point Cemetery, Cartwright, ND with Robin Trudell officiating. From Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home, Sidney, MT, at 1 p.m., MST, they headed to the cemetery Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Loren passed away Saturday evening, March 28, 2020 at Glendive Medical Center, Glendive, MT....
In 1997 Doug Hill, Kevin Mayer and Russ Wells established the MonDak Walleyes Unlimited Chapter. The purpose of starting this Chapter was to educate the public on the importance of warm water fishing, improve and conserve warm water fish, and promote fishing by funding community projects. Since the start of the Chapter, MonDak Walleyes Unlimited members have gone above and beyond to accomplish their mission. Today there are approximately 150 members within the MonDak Chapter, and they have...
Graveside services for Loren G. Lawhead, 78, Fairview, MT at 2 p.m., MST, Friday, April 3, 2020 at Yellowstone Point Cemetery, Cartwright, ND with Robin Trudell officiating. From Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home, Sidney, MT, at 1 p.m., MST, they will be heading to the cemetery Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Loren passed away Saturday evening, March 28, 2020 at Glendive Medical Center, Glendive, MT....
(Updated Thursday, March 19): Due to COVID-19, these events have been cancelled. The Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center will remain in operation, however the doors will be closed to the public. Original story below. Williston, ND – The public is invited to these upcoming events at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center near Williston. All events are free and open to the public. All times are Central time. March 19: Confluence History Book Club, 7 p.m. Join history buffs in discussing this month’s book and fre...
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services announced over the weekend that Montana is no longer in the minority of states without positive cases of COVID-19. Six individuals in Montana have tested positive for COVID-19 at the state laboratory. The positive cases were in Gallatin, Yellowstone, Silverbow and Broadwater Counties. Each of the cases had either a history of international travel, or domestically to Washington State. All four patients self-quarantined, had minimal contact with the public, and are recovering at home....
Save the date! Local “E-rase your E-waste” organizers have announced this year’s dates for their annual spring e-cycling event in Sidney and Fairview. “We’ve been hearing from folks already wondering when the next collection is, so we thought we’d get the word out now on the dates and follow up with additional details later,” Heather Luinstra, the new program coordinator, said this week. “For 2020, the spring collection dates will be Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2, with the Sidney event being held both days and the Fairview event just on S...
A workshop designed to help youth develop basic skills for babysitting will be held on Saturday, March 21, at Yellowstone Room in McKenzie County Courthouse, Watford City, ND. The course will start with 8:30 a.m. CT registration and will conclude by 3:30 p.m. CT. Anyone ages 11 to 15 interested in babysitting is encouraged to attend. Topics to be included in the training are: leadership and learning to be a safe and responsible babysitter, basic care, safety and safe play and first aid....
The Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project held its annual meeting on Feb. 14 at the Moose Lodge, Sidney. Project Director James Brower congratulated the workers on a great year and presented a slide show of the year’s accomplishments....
WILLISTON, N.D. – The public is invited to these upcoming events at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center near Williston. All events are free and open to the public. All times are Central time. Feb. 14-15: Confluence Sewing and Quilting, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. All experience levels invited and instruction provided. Bring your own lunch. Feb. 20: Confluence History Book Club, 7 p.m. Join history buffs in a reader’s choice discussion. Participants will give a short review of their chosen book. Free refreshments. Feb. 28-29: His...
Williston, ND- Alice Hart, an eight-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS) and 14-year veteran of federal service, has been selected as new superintendent of Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. Hart most recently served for five years as the Director of the General George Patton Museum, a U.S. Army museum at Ft. Knox, KY. She also served as the Bureau of Land Management's National Curator with oversight of the Bureau's Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act...
Trenton, ND – Montana and North Dakota legislators representing the Sidney, Williston, Watford City and Bowman areas held an informal meeting at the Missouri-Yellowstone River Confluence Center on Jan. 8. Discussions centered on challenges facing each state and the MonDak region and the comparative approaches being taken. Discussions were wide-ranging, covering issues such as the region's spring flooding of 2019, annual legislative sessions vs. biennial sessions (both states are currently on b...
Lower Yellowstone Lodge #90 of Masons will award two scholarships this spring in memory of Ben York and Earl & Clona Hawley. The Ben York Masonic Scholarship honors Ben York who was an active Master Mason and Shriner and a long time plumber and electrician in Sidney. A scholarship is awarded to graduating seniors who plan to attend a trade school to study in the construction trades. The Hawley Memorial Scholarship was created by Richland Chapter #62 of Eastern Star to recognize the devotion that Mr. & Mrs. Hawley had to their community. These...
This year the Gibbs family celebrated their 50th year farming and ranching on the land they are blessed to call home. They are located south of Glendive on the south side of the beautiful Yellowstone River. It's safe to say a lot has happened and changed since 1969; Tim started AI'ing in 1972, the first bulls were sold in 1976, and Tim and Laurie purchased their first registered Angus cows in 1982. Fast-forward to today, and the family continues to work hard to help provide food for the world....
This program will see that East Fairview Elementary students who can’t afford to rent or buy instruments are given the opportunity to play music in school. Donated instruments will be owned by the school and loaned to the students as needed. If you don’t have an instrument to donate and want to make a financial contribution, it will be used for repairs and supplies of these donated instruments. Instruments can be dropped of at the following sites. Please leave your name and contact information with the donation. Fairview: East Side School, Mel...
Change the life of a young person forever by donating a new or used band instrument to students at East Fairview School who can’t afford to buy or rent their own, giving them the opportunity to play music in school. Jade and BayLee Schlothauer are collecting new and used band instruments as well as cash donations which will be used for repairs and supplies for the instruments. Donated instruments will be owned by the school and donated to students as needed. Donations will be tax deductible through the Fairview Community Foundation. I...
