The Bainville Town Council held its regular monthly meeting at town hall Monday, Dec. 14. Mayor Dennis Portra and councilmen Chuck Hyatt, Ron Butikofer and Travis Wills were in attendance. The council approved the meeting agenda and minutes for the Oct. 19 and Nov. 9 meetings. During department and committee reports, the council tabled plans to make a tractor obsolete for eventual sale.

The Culbertson Town Council held their regular meeting at town hall Monday, Dec. 15. The full council was in attendance, with Mayor Larry Crowder presiding. Rick Knick and Ken Forbregd also attended. Forbregd spoke to the council about fundraising at Ike’s Fishing Pond and Walking Path. He said final bills have been received from Hurley’s Oilfield Services for contracting on the project

Ike’s Fishing Pond project manager Ken addressed the Culbertson Town Council Monday, Dec. 14. (Photo by James Walling)

Construction Work Plan, what does that mean anyway? This was a question I asked when I first started 10 years ago. Rick Knick explained it is the “plan” from which to organize the upkeep and rebuild of our system whether that be in metering programs or poles and wires. Divided into sections, we work on the most vulnerable, to the less vulnerable. Since the beginning of the 2000 oil boom, the

Sheridan Electric Cooperative has been erecting new poles as part of their construction work plan. (Submitted photo)

Hunters across northcentral and northeast Montana reported seeing a large number of mule deer bucks in velvet this general hunting season. The reason may lie in the Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease outbreak that affected deer in several areas across the region this fall. Although EHD is often fatal in whitetailed deer, mule deer can still acquire the disease and, according to some studies, it may