Articles from the December 27, 2023 edition


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  • Happy New Year

    Dec 27, 2023

    Happy New Year!...

  • Rep. Rosendale Introduces Bill to Protect American Farmland From Foreign Adversaries

    Dec 27, 2023

    Congressman Matt Rosendale (MT-02) introduced the Land and National Defense (LAND) Act to protect American farmland from foreign adversaries and land near our military bases. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that foreign persons and entities hold an interest in 40.8 million acres of U.S. agricultural land. Current federal law imposes no restrictions on the amount of private U.S. agricultural land that can be owned by foreigners, including citizens of hostile foreign nations. The LAND Act would implement restrictions...

  • DNRC Water Resources Hosting Public Listening Session in Lewistow

    Dec 27, 2023

    I am reaching out to invite you to join DNRC Water Division and members of the Comprehensive Water Review Stakeholder Working Group for an evening of information and sharing about important water issues in Montana. The Comprehensive Water Review is the evaluation and reformation of state water administration undertaken by the Department to meet future water needs and protect existing users in the state of Montana. The Stakeholder Working Group is a facilitated forum for the Department to work alongside stakeholders on developing policy reforms...

  • Governor Gianforte Leads Western Governors in Opposition to BLM's Efforts To Change Grazing Policies

    Dec 27, 2023

    HELENA, Mont. – Leading a group of western governors, Governor Greg Gianforte today opposed an attempt by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to change its grazing policies without collaboration and urged them to pause changes immediately. In a letter to BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning, Gov. Gianforte and four other western governors expressed their frustration with the BLM's various attempts to change policy without collaboration, eroding the public's trust. "It is disappointing and frustrating to exclude cooperators from regulatory policy d...

  • Musselshell County Commission Minutes

    Dec 27, 2023

    Commissioners November 3, 2023 Minutes The meeting was called to order at 8:30 by Commissioner Turley, Commissioner Goffena and Commissioner Pancratz were present. The minutes were done by Garilynn Rapp. Pledge of Allegiance. Commissioner Goffena made the motion to approve the agenda as is. Commissioner Pancratz seconded the motion. Motion carried. Commissioner Pancratz made a motion to approve the minutes as is. Commissioner Goffena seconded the motion. Motion carried. Public Comment: No public comment A II business and Resolutions reviewed...

  • Musselshell County Commission Agenda

    Dec 27, 2023

    Commissioners December 22, 2023 Agenda CALL TO ORDER 8:30 Pledge of Allegiance Approval of Agenda Approval of minutes **8:45** Public Comment on any public matter within the jurisdiction of the Commissioners that is NOT on the Agenda New Business and Resolutions approved and voted on by the Commission. Review and sign the Agreement with RiverStone Health for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). Old Business Telephone systems Thimble expansion Melstone Pool Hitching Post Building offer Horse barn...

  • Letters to the Editor

    Harold Pease PhD|Dec 27, 2023

    White House Censorship Through Facebook and Instagram Continues We have known since July that “Facebook and Instagram altered their content moderation policies and censored posts under pressure from the [Biden] White House,” this from “never-before-released internal documents, obtained via Judiciary Committee subpoenas” headed by Congressman Jim Jordan. These have been presented in at least three rollouts since, called The Facebook Files 1-III. But the purpose of censorship is to keep what this committee has revealed, through incontestable docu...

  • Letters to the Editor

    Dec 27, 2023

    Since 2020 the United States intelligence has discovered that the former President of Venezuela, Nicolas Manduro Moros had been working alongside Middle Eastern terrorist groups to promote cocaine drug sales and weapons. The Venezuelan Cartel de Los Soles has also worked with foreign terrorist groups like the Iranian funded Hamas to train young Venezuelan men as terrorists to fight against the United States in order to kill Americans and destroy our nation from within.Hamas has several clandestine terrorists training camps throughout...

  • Roundup City Council Meeting Minutes

    Dec 27, 2023

    MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUNDUP HELD ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND ZOOM MEETING. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jones. Clerk/ Treasurer Lanter conducted roll call with council members, Long, Liggett, Vivirito, Erickson, Carlson, McCleary, Toombs, and Fisher present. Also, present were Director Sibley, Assistant Clerk Mann, Attorney Brooks and Compliance Officer Hoiland. Moved by Liggett seconded by Carlson to approve the minutes of the September 5, 2023...

  • Elizabeth Ann Mikkelson

    Dec 27, 2023

    Elizabeth Ann Mikkelson, 68, of Billings passed away peacefully Saturday, December 16, 2023 at RiverStone Health Hospice Home with her sister by her side. Beth was born August 21, 1955, in Lovell, Wyo., to Donald J. and Bobbie J. (Ebert) Brewer, the youngest of three children. The family lived in Powell, Wyo.; Cody, Wyo., and Billings, Mont., before moving to Roundup, Mont. in 1966. Beth graduated from Roundup High School in 1973. She married Rodney Mikkelson in Roundup on May 3, 1974. They had...

  • Roundup City Council Meeting Minutes

    Dec 27, 2023

    MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUNDUP HELD ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2023, at 7:00 P.M. IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND ZOOM MEETING. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jones. Clerk/ Treasurer Lanter conducted roll call with council members, Long, Liggett, Vivirito, Erickson, Carlson, Toombs and Fisher present. Also, present was Director Sibley and Assistant Clerk Mann. Attorney Brooks was present via video. McCleary was absent. Moved by Carlson, seconded by Erickson to approve the minutes of the August 15,...

  • Musselshell County Commission Minutes

    Dec 27, 2023

    Commissioners November 9, 2023 Minutes The meeting was called to order at 8:30 by Commissioner Turley, Commissioner Goffena and Commissioner Pancratz were present. Minutes were done by Garilynn Rapp. Pledge of Allegiance. No Official Agenda Public Comment: No public comment No Business reviewed by the Commission. No Board Meetings: Clerk and Recorder, Cheryl Tomassi met with the Commissioners to review agreement effective date with Justice of the Peace, Brad Marking. Maintenance Supervisor Jett gave her update to the Commissioners. The...

  • Governor Gianforte, DNRC Unveil Modernized Drought Management Plan

    Dec 27, 2023

    HELENA, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte today announced the release of the Montana Drought Management Plan, modernized over the last two years by the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) to improve the state’s drought and water supply planning. “In my first year in office, we set out to improve the state’s drought preparedness, monitoring, and response, and we worked with a wide range of water users in the state to modernize the drought management plan,” Gov. Gianforte said. “Our resulting, stakeholder-driven plan better...