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As of Tuesday, November 3, Montana reports a cumulative total of 35,159 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 909 new cases since yesterday, 12,770 active cases, and 21,990 people considered recovered. State officials also report that 1,384 of the cases have resulted in hospitalizations, with 389 patients currently hospitalized. There have been 399 Montana deaths attributed to the disease, including 3 deaths in Carter County. Carter County reported a total of twenty-nine active...
Earlier this year, Carter County Museum called on community members to send in quilt block designs that would be used to create a community quilt. In September, Denise Elmore of Forty 5 Degrees North and Museum Director Sabre Moore quilted the top. Now, the quilt is finished and will become a part of the museum's collection. Quilter quotes "I think UNITY illustrates our museum community. Citizens of our county donating money, time and energy towards preserving our past and...
A whopping ninety-four percent of the 926 registered voters in Carter County cast ballots in the 2020 Federal General Election. That number is up substantially from a 78 percent voter turnout in 2018 and 84 percent in 2016. Precinct 3, which includes Hammond and Boyes, had the best percentage at 97.6. Even with a high voter turnout, election officials were able to have full, unofficial results prior to 10 p.m. on election night. Ballots were counted quickly as the county used...
The most exciting fourteen days in reined cow horse competition is when top contenders compete in the National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Snaffle Bit Futurity. In 2020, that took place Oct. 10-24 in Fort Worth, Texas. At the Snaffle Bit Futurity in 2012, it was a Cinderella story when little-known Bettin Yer Smart quietly and confidently won the futurity's Hackamore competition. This red roan stallion with the big moves, stops and personality is owned by Long Pines...
Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage inductee: Tooke Bucking Horses (established 1943) District of induction: 3 On a ranch thirteen miles west of Ekalaka, Montana, roam nearly sixty head of horses that are direct descendants of a rodeo dynasty bloodline. These horses are the result of Chandler "Feek" Tooke's desire to create a new bloodline of horses, bred specifically to buck. They are the Tooke Bucking Horses. Earl and Bessie Tooke raised six sons named Frank,...
Shirley Moseley of Camp Crook, began embroidering scenes of the Native American culture nearly forty years ago in her free time, which at the time wasn't very much since she had four daughters that kept her busy as well as living and working on their ranch with her husband, Max. Moseley designed the quilt after reflecting on the Native American culture and wanted to depict the proud and noble culture of the Indian way. Moseley's girls said she has always had an affinity for...
Carter County Sheriff Neil Kittelmann, with the approval of the Carter County Commission, announced on Monday, October 19 that the 2020 burn ban has been lifted. Residents of Carter County must call in to the sheriff’s office at (406) 775-8743 with any planned burns and are reminded to use extreme caution while burning....
Don’t wait any longer to get your ballot in the mail, local Election Administrator Pamela Castleberry is recommending. At the very least, mail your ballot at least two weeks before Election Day, to ensure it has plenty of time to arrive. Mail ballots need to arrive by 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3 to be counted. Guidance from the U.S. Postal Service gives voters more time to return their ballot. The Postal Service advises voters to mail their ballot at least a week before Election Day. Castleberry, though, encourage voters t...
A fire that started on Monday approximately sixteen miles south of Ekalaka on Highway 323 burned 3,177 acres. The fire was aided by high winds and jumped the highway, making it to Box Elder Creek. Four different producers had land burned. The fire was about six miles long and one mile wide. Units from Carter County Rural Fire, Ekalaka Volunteer Fire Department, BLM, Baker, Plevna, Harding County, the forest service and Alzada Fire Department were on scene. DNRC also sent two...
This week the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center (MCHF & WHC) announced the 13th class of inductions into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame. The inductees were chosen from a field of candidates nominated by the general public. Inductees are honored for their notable contributions to the history and culture of Montana. “The Hall of Fame exists to honor those who have made an impact in their part of the state and represent Montana’s authentic heritage for future generations,” said Bill Galt, MCHF & WHC Presi...
The photo to the left was taken by Joe Peters at the old Hockett Basin school site on Powder River. The teamster is Gene Brown, a local rancher who was headed to the precinct to vote when he lost one of the horses on his team. Brown must have thought that casting his vote was important enough to go to the bother of hitching up his milk cow to get him there. One can only wonder what the horse was thinking. According to Ingrid Brown of Powderville, the picture was taken around...
On October 7, Carter County reported three confirmed active cases of COVID-19 and was no longer under the governor’s mask mandate. By October 10, the county reported four active cases and went back under the directive requiring masks. The next day, three individuals were reported as recovered and the county went back to one active case, meaning no masks were required. Then, on Tuesday Carter County reached a new high for confirmed active cases with 15, again falling under Governor Bullock’s mask mandate....
Due to COVID-19 concerns, Ekalaka Public Schools has canceled the developmental screening for children aged 0-5 years that was scheduled for Tuesday, October 20. The screening has been rescheduled for April 6, 2021. For more information, call the school at 406-630-1523....
Main Street in Ekalaka will be a great stop for young trick-or-treaters when Halloween arrives this year. The annual ‘Trick or Trunk’ event has moved from the parking lot of St. Elizabeth Lutheran Church to Main Street. It will feature vehicles decorated for the occasion by rural hosts, allowing children to do a great deal of trick-or-treating in a single location. Businesses are also invited to decorate. The event will run from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 31. Everyone is invited to stop by and enjoy the decorations and...
Nash Sauers, Ekalaka, Mont., graduated from Bismarck State College with an Associate in Applied Science degree in Process Plant Technology during the college's 80th commencement ceremony on May 15, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BSC 2020 Commencement ceremony was held virtually to confer over 970 degrees. The BSC 2020 Commencement speaker was Miss America 2018 Cara Mund, a native of Bismarck, N.D. The virtual ceremony is available to view on the BSC website. BSC...
The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) recently announced a proposal to resurface about 9.5 miles of Highway 323, southeast of Ekalaka. The public is invited to comment. The project begins approximately one mile south of the Prairiedale Road intersection, at reference post 8.2 and extends southeast for 9.5 miles ending near the Boxelder Creek Bridge at reference post 17.7. Proposed work includes pulverization, grading and paving the roadway, and finishing with a seal...
Big Mac's Pumpkin Patch, located about twenty-three miles north of Ekalaka and 5 miles west of Willard, is open for fun and adventure for the 2020 season and the pumpkins are growing! In its second year of existence, the pumpkin patch is much more than pumpkins. The biggest addition is a giant bale maze, complete with misdirections, twists, turns and spooky decor. Co-sponsors of the community event, making this possible and helping with things needed to hold this kind of...
courtesy of Fallon County Times The 17th annual Stan Wagner Memorial Game Feed will be held Nov. 14 in the Livestock Barn at the Fallon County Fairgrounds in Baker. The game feed recently got approval from the Fallon County Health Department, as long as masking and social distancing is maintained, according to organizer Wendy Wagner. “We are still moving forward. We are just taking extra precautions,” she said. “You have to wear a mask when you come in. There will be hand sanitizers all over. When you come in, you will have...
Are you having trouble with winter heating bills? Southeast Electric Cooperative offers energy assistance in conjunction with the Action for Eastern Montana LIEAP program. Assistance is for the cost of your heating, which may be propane or electricity. If you qualify through the LIEAP Program you will also receive additional assistance on your electric bill. If you received assistance last year, you will be sent the application form directly from Action for Eastern Montana. Applications are available online at AEMT.org or...
Earlier this year, local teen Katie Tooke was battling health problems. She spent almost an entire month seriously ill before finally being diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder. That was about the same time everything got shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ekalaka Public Schools went to online instruction from March 16 through the end of the 2020-2021 school year. Tooke was at home, isolated from friends and activities like the rest of her classmates. After a rough th...
After reporting one case of COVID-19 in Carter County early last week, the Carter County COVID-19 Task Force reported a total of three active cases last Wednesday. At an emergency meeting that evening, school board members voted to close Ekalaka Public Schools until 4 p.m. on Friday. All high school and junior high activities, including volleyball games scheduled for Thursday in Jordan, were canceled. After the school reopened, Friday night’s varsity football game versus Forsyth and Saturday’s volleyball games versus Cir...
The Montana Learning Center and Carter County Museum partnered this summer to provide students in eighth through 12th grade an unforgettable learning experience as working paleontologists. At Camp Clades & Spades, campers and staff from the Learning Center and the Carter County Museum spent two and a half days at an active dig site in the Pierre Shale Formation in Eastern Montana, excavating the tail end of a mosasaur -- a 75 million-year-old predatory marine reptile of the...
Every year, National 4-H Week sees millions of youth, parents, volunteers, and alumni come together to celebrate the many positive youth development opportunities offered by 4-H. The theme for this year's National 4-H Week, Opportunity4All, is a campaign that was created by National 4-H Council to rally support for Cooperative Extension's 4-H program and identify solutions to eliminate the opportunity gap that affects 55 million kids across America. With so many children...
Ballots for the 2020 general election will be mailed to all active Carter County voters on October 9, 2020. Ballots can be returned by mail (P.O. Box 315) or delivered to the Carter County Clerk and Recorder's Office, located inside the courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka. Active voters may also elect to vote in person by bringing the ballot that was mailed to them, along with all envelopes, to the clerk and recorder's office. Their, they can fill out their ballot, place...
The Carter County Senior Center will open its doors to the public on October 5th. There will be several measures taken to fulfill the requirements of Phase 2 of Governor Bullock’s reopening plan. Everyone will have their temperature taken with a contact-less thermometer before being permitted to enter the facility. Patrons will be signed in and asked to use sanitizer. No more than twenty-two individuals will be allowed inside the center at a time. Congregate meals will be set up for no more than 20 individuals at a time. T...
