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Leaders, Legends and Legacies youth football camp had another successful year in 2022 as 115 kids from around the state and nation participated. The camp was held in Boulder, Montana this year and the farthest participants came from Florida and Tennessee. Again, the kids had a unique opportunity to be coached by multiple former and current collegiate and NFL football players. Carter County sent fifteen kids between fifth and eleventh grade to the camp. Ekalaka Public Schools a...
5-31-2022 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on, May 31, 2022, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Present were Steve Rosencranz, Chairman; and Rod Tauck, Vice Chair. Mike Watkins, Member was absent. There was no public comment. The commission approved payroll in the amount of $237,266.46 and claims in the amount of $246,790.00. Clerk and Recorder Pam Castleberry joined the meeting where she updated the...
Low temperatures and persistent precipitation combined with an unusually high June snowpack to set the stage for historic flooding in southwest and south-central Montana this week. At least five rivers in Park, Carbon and Stillwater counties set all-time records for high flows, wiping out bridges and roads and sending entire buildings downstream in the process. Ed McIntosh, a meteorologist with Billings news station Q2, said a recent cycle of precipitation from the West Coast brought a significant amount of rainfall to...
Cardell Laughery is a state champion saddle bronc rider. The upcoming Carter County High School senior finished first at the Montana High School Rodeo Association Finals in Great Falls last weekend. He also took first in the average. Laughery stopped by the Eagle on Tuesday to talk about his win, fresh in town from helping at a branding near Camp Crook. For Laughery, it was a tough start to his high school rodeo year. He missed all of the fall rodeos after breaking his pelvis...
Carter County Museum recently introduced Chloe Chambers as Museum Educator for the summer of 2022. Chambers came from Georgia where she is a high school science teacher. Last week, she spent time teaching atlatl throwing during 4-H camp at Camp Needmore and at Buzzard Days in Makoshika State Park. Over the next few weeks, she will lead a series of pop-up programs as part of the museum's Junior Scientist series, including Coprolite Action, Operation: Fossil ID, Micro-Sort and...
When you live on a creek or a river, flooding is a springtime fear. It is ironic that we have prayed for rain since March, but now that the flooding has begun we are almost tempted to pause that prayer. Many areas of our state are still in severe drought, but we are under flood watches. The last major flood washed out our bridge, and we vowed we would move to Cohagen, Montana if it happened again. Fortunately for the residents of Cohagen our new bridge, which cost us and FEMA a lot of money, has held strong so far. It is not...
Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know Lord, sometimes things pop up and seem to fit right in – so – here’s an acronym written by Lowell Lundstrom [date unknown], portraying important qualities regarding fathers. He wrote that American families are falling apart because of the failure of fathers to fulfill their God-given role. The acronym: F – FEAR – in Eccl.12:13 Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived said,” Fear God, and keep His commandments; For this is the whole duty of man.” Pro 1:7 – “The fear of the Lord is the beginning...
Take pride in the community and help clean it up. The town is organizing a cleanup day for Saturday, June 18. Gather trash, tame the brush and make paths more walkable. Bring a team! Ask friends, co-workers, family members, clubs and athletic teams to help. Transfer site fees will be reduced throughout the day. Up to four tires can be taken for free (not including implement tires) and they cost only half price up to 6. Furniture and mattresses (1) can be taken to the dump for free and the first load of construction materials...
