by Robert Nolte HUNTLEY — Students will be combing through the grounds next fall to continue their assessment of the Huntley Project Museum of Irrigated Agriculture. Their hours of research will likely result in site improvements and help the museum…
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Experiment station faces budget cuts
by Robert Nolte HUNTLEY — The state budget crunch will hit the experiment station in Huntley and before it’s over, the cuts may be as deep as 25 percent. Last week, the seven experiment stations in Montana and the extension…
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…
Sugar beet harvest ends with hopes of disaster relief
by Robert Nolte HUNTLEY – This year’s sugar beet harvest is over and losses could top $5 million in the county, according to some estimates. Butch Ewen, a Project beet grower and member of the Montana States Growers Association board…
Fence holds car from overturning after slide off icy road
by Robert Nolte HUNTLEY — A Billings couple’s car slid off an icy Pryor Creek Road Tuesday evening and came to rest against a barbed wire fence that kept them from plunging down a steep embankment. “What turned out to…
