Politics

Montana Senator Jon Tester will soon be meeting with the AMTRAK liaison to seek a compromise in "re-staffing" our Montana AMTRAK stations with real Customer Service Agents, as opposed to these "part-time caretakers. NOT having full-time agents at our Shelby & Havre stations has eliminated a ton of needed services & accommodations. Plowin...

I'll be going up to the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby this evening (Tuesday) to read & share more Montana History. We're "rounding 3rd & heading for home" in our current read, "Goodbye Wifes and Daughters," RIPPED from the WORLDWIDE headlines on Montana's Bear Creek Mine disaster back in 1943. Our NE...

Our Montana Veterans Affairs Representative will be visiting down in Conrad THIS Wednesday morning from 9:30 until 11 at the Pondera County Courthouse. Wednesday afternoon, the representative will be "at your service" in Choteau from 12:30 until 2, at the Teton County Courthouse Annex...

I'll be up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby this evening (Tuesday) to read & share MORE Montana History. We're "rounding 3rd, & heading for home" in our current read, "Goodbye Wifes and Daughters," the gripping TRUE saga of the Bearcreek (it's down by Red Lodge) coal mine disaster, which places into stark & scary detail, the lives of some of the 75 men w

FWP will be holding meetings tonight (Monday) & tomorrow (Tuesday) night pertaining to the proposal to extend our big game hunting season to 5 weeks. This proposal has NOT been well received by the land owners in our region 4 area! This evening's meeting will be at the CJI Auditorium in Chester, while tomorrow night's meeting's scheduled at the Sportmans' complex in Conrad. Th...

We'll be enjoying New Year's Eve tonight (Tuesday) when I'll be up at the Marias Heritage Center reading more Montana History. Our current read is, "Goodbye Wifes and Daughters," the history of the 1943 coal mining disaster down in Bearcreek, Montana...

I'll be reading, sharing & attempting to pronounce "most" of the words correctly this evening (Tuesday) up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby. We're currently reading the true saga of a 1943 Montana coal mine disaster. Our featured book is, "Goodbye Wifes & Daughters." That ...

The Bearcreek, Montana coal mine, & the February 27th, 1943 coal mine explosion & fire that killed 75 of the 78 men on duty on the day shift. I'll be up at the Marias Heritage Center this evening (Tuesday) to read & share more Montana History as we continue on with the book, Goodbye Wifes and Daughters." It's laid...

The wheels of progress grind slowly but surely. Helena Sand & Gravel was unable to begin construction of the Galena Street lateral yesterday (Monday,) as they were on standby for locates & surveys to be completed. Work got underway this morning (Tuesday.) Front...

I'll be stopping by the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby this evening (Tuesday) to read & share more Montana History. (I also like to pick up a piece of gossip or two when I'm there,) We'l bel continuing on with our current "armchair traveling" historical adventure this evening with "Goodbye Wifes and Daughters," Susan Kushner Resnick's tome on the February 27, 1943 Be

Kevin area residents can find out for themselves tomorrow (Friday!) The Kevin Senior Center is going to be hosting an OFFICIAL Medicare counselor, & right now there's THREE open appointment slots available. If you're interested, please contact Cindy as soon as possible TODAY. Th...

It was February 27, 1943, when one of the 75 coal miners killed in the Bear Creek, Montana underground coal mine explosion scratched out "Goodbye wifes and daughters." That the title (Goodbye Wifes and Daughters) of our current read Tuesday evenings during Montana History at the Marias Heritage Center...