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HELENA, MT – Communities, families and organizations are urged to join together in May to become more prepared for wildfire season. May has been designated as Wildfire Awareness Month, and the purpose is to raise awareness about wildland fire safety, community preparedness, hazardous fuels mitigation, and fire prevention. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, nearly 2.5 million acres, an area the size of Yellowstone National Park, are burned each year by human-caused wildfires. In Montana, top causes of wildfires change through the...
Natalie Erikstrup and her dedicated staff at the Yellowstone Valley Greenhouse are gearing up for season and invite everyone to stop in for their tried-and-true favorites and to see what's new. The greenhouse will be opening for the season the last week of April through June offering an extensive variety of perennial flowers and grasses, annual flowers and grasses, and vegetables. All the plants are Montana grown in one of the five greenhouses with planting beginning in February. Nothing at the...
Barring unforeseen circumstances, the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project will begin filling and flushing the Main Canal on Monday, April 27 at 6 am. Please ensure that all children, livestock, and fences are out of the canals, ditches, drains, and harm’s way. Please unlock any gates along canals....
Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project manager James Brower was happy to report to his board that The Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health (CTEH), along with an independent laboratory, have determined good water quality that poses no hazard in using the Yellowstone River water for irrigation. The testing was done as a result of the Bridger pipeline break January 18, 2015. Brower reported that comprehensive water and silt samples from in front of the first, middle and last gates at the Intake Headgates had been taken on April 8.The...
Sisters Four, from the Williston area, entertained the crowd at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Center last Sunday with a mixture of religious and secular songs. The next concert is scheduled for June 28 with Clearwater Hot Club Jazz performing. The Confluence Center provides a perfect venue for music, with excellent acoustics indoors, and the dramatic confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers outdoors....
Over the past year, Richland Economic Development Corp implored you to weigh in on the continuation of reliable irrigation water for Eastern Montana and Western North Dakota. Many of you responded passionately with cries of support for the preservation, prosperity and heritage of the families of the Yellowstone Valley, the LYIP, the concrete weir, and fish by-pass. Well done! Our voices were heard, and they mattered greatly! The safe passage of the endangered species, the pallid sturgeon, around the Intake Diversion structure has been front...
We are getting ready for our 2nd Annual Above the Influence Dodgeball Tournament! It will be held on May 2nd, 2015 at Sidney High School Gymnasium. Teams of 6 should register NOW! All Richland County School Aged Youth are welcome to register their team. Don’t let your school or community miss the opportunity to be represented! The cost is 2 non-perishable and non-expired food items per person the day of the tournament. It will be a great day of positive physical activity for participants, a fun activity for family and friends to watch, and a g...
BILLINGS — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has lifted its consumption advisory for fish caught on the Yellowstone River near where an oil pipeline broke west of Glendive. On Jan. 17, 2015, the Bridger pipeline broke where it crossed the Yellowstone River upstream from Glendive, dumping 30,000 gallons of crude oil into the water. FWP advised anglers to use caution when deciding whether to eat fish caught downstream from the spill until biologists could test for petroleum in the edible muscle tissues. Sampling for contaminated fish – as well as...
North Dakota’s paddlefish snagging season opens May 1, and the season is scheduled to continue through the end of May. However, depending on the overall harvest, an early in-season closure may occur with a 24-hour notice issued by the state Game and Fish Department. Paddlefish tags are available over-the-counter-only in Bismarck at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s main office; in Williston at the Williams County auditor’s office, Scenic Sports and Wal-Mart; and in Dickinson at Runnings Farm and Fleet. Snaggers should be aware that ma...
Marci Steedley, the owner of the new barber shop Klipper Kuts, is happy to be in eastern Montana as it has been a long-time dream of hers to live in the state. Steedley opened the shop in the Yellowstone Marketplace in Sidney July 16, 2014, this being the third barbershop she has owned and operated in her fifteen year career. "I love the people," said Steedley who started barbering at the age of nineteen. "I like talking with the people that come in; everyone is friendly." Steedley graduated...
The Heart & Dagger Tattoo Parlor is celebrating their one-year milestone at their new location in the Yellowstone Marketplace, 102 N Central Ave in Sidney. After relocating from Glendive in March of 2014, the shop settled into the community, having wanted to be closer to the oilfield. Owner and tattoo artist Sam Ueljones commented, "We've been doing great here. The community has been very welcoming and friendly and they've taken good care of us." Ueljones, who owns another shop in Twin Falls,...
Tracy and Edgar Keller, owners of Pink by Tracy, opened Gracie's Boutique Wednesday, April 1. Gracie's Boutique is an expansion of Pink by Tracy offering a wider variety of merchandise including women's clothing, plus size clothing and accessories, kids clothing and accessories, purses, wallets, and character items in a variety of brands. Tracy Keller is also excited about being able to provide discounted wedding dresses to entice all those brides-to-be and can do special orders. The shop,...
Stadium Sports owners Shawn and Lindsay Hansen are off to a great start with the opening of their sporting gifts store. The new business, located in the Yellowstone Marketplace at 102 N Central Ave, Sidney, MT, opened November 14, 2014, just in time for the holiday season. "November and December gave us an amazing start," said Shawn Hansen. "We are seeing returning customers and have been received really well." Stadium Sports supplies merchandise from professional and college teams and will soon...
Mucho Si opened their second restaurant January 13, 2015 in the Yellowstone Marketplace, 102 N Central Ave in Sidney. The family owned eatery began their business venture with the opening of their first restaurant in Fairview, MT July 15, 2014 and couldn't pass up the opportunity to expand given their success. Mucho Si offers not only an authentic Mexican menu prepared by cooks who are extensively familiar with the recipes, but also an authentic dining experience. All orders are written in...
Montana’s verified wolf population declined by 73, 12 percent, last year while livestock depredations by wolves continued to decline, dropping about 46 percent from 2013. The minimum number of wolves counted by FWP at the end of 2014 was 554 compared to a minimum of 627 wolves counted at the end of 2013 according to Montana Fish Wildlife & Park’s annual wolf conservation and management report released Monday. Montana’s minimum wolf packs were counted at 134, compared to 152 last year, while breeding pairs increased to 33 from 28 counted last...
BILLINGS — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has no plans to change its paddlefish season as a result of January’s oil spill in the Yellowstone River west of Glendive. On Jan. 17, 2015, a 12-inch-diameter Bridger Pipeline broke beneath the Yellowstone River six miles upstream from Glendive, dumping some 30,000 gallons of crude oil into the water. Efforts to clean up the spill and account for damage from the oil were thwarted until last week because ice covered the river. FWP has issued a fish-consumption advisory for any fish caught below the spi...
Once again, the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project (LYIP) is in dire need of community support. The US Army Corps of Engineers is allowing public comment on the proposed concrete weir and fish bypass at Intake. A copy of the public notice is available at http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Missions/RegulatoryProgram/Montana.aspx. Support for the project, which will protect the economic vitality of the entire area, is critical. The loss of LYIP would be devastating to the entire valley from Glendive to Williston, and have ripple effects around the...
“This is a special cooperative; you will like it here.” Those were the words of Don Prevost when we first visited in April 2013. Now in April 2015, I know exactly what Don was saying to me. My wife, two kids, a dog and I moved to Sidney in 2013. We are from northwestern North Dakota, and even though we were not too far from Sidney, we didn’t expect what we found when we moved to Sidney. The opportunities for my kids are great and the community has been very warm and welcoming. I have many hobbies to keep myself busy in my spare time. I am an...
Camp Director Arch Ellwein announces a special guest instructor for the 20th Footlights and Greasepaint Youth Theatre Retreat July 6-11, 2015 in Sidney. Storyteller Mary Jane Bradbury of Helena, Montana will share her 25 years of experience as a speaker, educator and actor. Ms. Bradbury recently relocated to Montana from Denver, Colorado where she was interpretive advisor to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. She has been a commercial and industrial film actor and corporate spokesperson an...
BILLINGS – For RMC freshman Emily Schaff, a brief meeting with representatives from Special Olympics turned into a collaboration that has launched a number of new initiatives for students at RMC. During this initial meeting, Schaff met Jami Williamson, the Region 2 Outreach Director for Special Olympics Montana. Schaff expressed her interest in working with Special Olympics and providing opportunities for RMC students. This initiated the planning of "Pledge Day for Spread the Word to End the W...
Once again, the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project (LYIP) is in dire need of community support. The US Army Corps of Engineers is allowing public comment on the proposed concrete weir and fish bypass at Intake. A copy of the public notice is available at http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Missions/RegulatoryProgram/Montana.aspx. Support for the project, which will protect the economic vitality of the entire area, is critical. The loss of LYIP would be devastating to the entire valley from Glendive...
Montana farmers know well the “shoulder seasons” – those few months before summer and during fall, when predicting the weather is a guess at best and harvest might be a gamble. For many of the state’s commercial vegetable growers, unpredictable weather during these months can damage produce and threaten a farmer’s seasonal income. That’s when high tunnel greenhouses prove beneficial. The free-standing greenhouses have frames, ground posts and plastic walls that protect crops for early or late season production. High tunnels – which differ...
Marci Steedley, the owner of the new barber shop Klipper Kuts, is happy to be in eastern Montana as it has been a long-time dream of hers to live in the state. Steedley opened the shop in the Yellowstone Marketplace in Sidney July 16, 2014, this being the third barbershop she has owned and operated in her fifteen year career. “I love the people,” said Steedley who started barbering at the age of nineteen. “I like talking with the people that come in; everyone is friendly.” Steedley graduat...
Funeral services for Josie Jo Reuter, stillborn infant daughter of Brady and Nicki Reuter were held at 10 am, Friday, March 20, 2015 at the Yellowstone Community Church with Pastor Tim Koffler officiating. Cremation followed the services. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Josie died Sunday, March 15, 2015 at the Sidney Health Center....
Memorial services for Joseph Lester, 73, of Miles City, MT (formerly of Fairview, MT) will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 6, 2015 at Fairview Alliance Church with Pastor Kelly Sloan officiating. Inurnment will take will take place in Yellowstone Point Cemetery, Cartwright, ND, at a later date under the direction of Fulkerson Funeral Home. Remembrances, condolences and pictures can be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Joseph died on Sunday, February 22, 2015 at the VA Nursing Home in Miles City, MT....
