by Sharon Michaels WORDEN — The Huntley Project teachers’ union has asked for a one-year contract with a 4.5 percent increase in wages and a $25 increase to help pay insurance costs. The Huntley Project Education Association (HPEA) met with…
Water coming April 25; board fields question about manager
by Sharon Michaels BALLANTINE — Good news, water users — water will be turned in on April 25, decided the Huntley Project Irrigation District board at the regular meeting on Thursday, April 8. Cody Kuntz was elected district president, replacing…
Campsite next for new Yellowstone River park
by Robert Nolte POMPEYS PILLAR – Despite opposition from a local rancher, plans to build 35 campsites and make road improvements this spring are progressing at the new Yellowstone River State Park. The sprawling 200-acre recreational area is open now…
Officers remain in place for fire department
by Sharon Michaels WORDEN- President John Eshleman, Secretary E.J. Jensen, Fire Chief Lance Taylor and EMS Director Brian Dandrea retained their positions with the Worden Volunteer Fire Department at the annual election meeting on Monday, April 5. One board member’s…
Chesnutt, Johnny Lee coming for Homesteader Days
by Jeanne Travisono HUNTLEY – Mark Chesnutt is coming to Huntley for Homesteader Days’ Friday night entertainment, July 9. Chesnutt is a platinum selling recording artist famous for “Bubba Shot the Jukebox,” “Too Cold at Home” and “I Don’t Want…
Barley over sugar beets
HUNTLEY – Ron Hein of Worden drills Coors Barley seed into “disced up sugar beets.” Farmers were unable to harvest many acres of sugar beets last fall due to wet fields and cold weather. Hein said, because of the remaining…
Custer
Custer is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States. The population was 145 at the 2000 census. This community bears the name of U.S. Army General George Armstrong Custer who was defeated and killed at the Battle…
Project grad’s likeness to grace Iraq was memorial
Staff Report Click here to view website image. FT. BENNING, Ga. — A bronze statue modeled after a Shepherd soldier featured on the cover of TIME magazine will be erected at Fort Benning, Ga. park near the bases’ new museum. Staff…