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The Sandpiper Project is an interstate crude oil pipeline that will bring growing supplies of North Dakota Bakken crude oil from the Enbridge Beaver Lodge Station south of Tioga, North Dakota to Clearbrook, Minnesota and then onto an existing Enbridge terminal in Superior, Wisconsin. From these terminals, the crude oil can be shipped through Enbridge pipelines and other third-party pipelines to U.S. and eastern Canadian refineries. More than 75 percent of the Sandpiper route follows pipelines...
WILLISTON: For nearly seven decades Triangle Electric has been a family owned business, serving the western North Dakota and eastern Montana regions. The company began in 1946 and then in 1947 owners Harold Hoffelt, Oscar Stenehjem, and Selmer Johnson placed an ad in the Williston Herald offering a reward to the person who choose the best name for their company, thus became Triangle Electric. When the oil and gas exploration began in North Dakota in the early 1950′s, Triangle Electric was w...
The Lone Tree Gun Show will celebrate its 25th year August 14-16 at the Richland County Fair Event Center in Sidney. Hours for the show are 5-8 pm Friday; 9am – 6pm Saturday and 10am – 3pm Sunday. Admission is only $5 per day with children 12 and under free when accompanied by an adult. Co chairs Jim and Leann Pelvit and Tim and Brenda Larson offer a quality experience for vendors and attendees alike. The show is operated under the rules and regulations of the Weapons Collectors Society of Mon...
Taylor Searer, a 2015 graduate of Sidney High School, is in his eleventh year of 4-H and his fourth year as an Ambassador, or representative of the 4-H program in Richland County. He is entering hogs, steers, and goats to be judged at his final Richland County Fair 4-H judging and showing. Searer will be showing one of his two steers, which he began working with over the 2014-2015 winter and one of his three hogs that he got in February of this year. Wednesday August 5th from 10:00 am until 2:00...
The 2015 beet crop is growing steadily with the summer heat, rapid irrigation and harvest is estimated to begin on schedule. Planting began slightly early this year, about the second or third week of April as the ground was warm and moisture came up through the ground evenly in many fields. Growing conditions have been good throughout the spring and summer, minus the hail. Approximately 9,500 acres have seen hail at different times with varying severities. Fields that were hailed on early in...
Growing up on the eastern Montana plains I have many harvest memories, from my mother driving beet truck while I played on the edges of the fields, to my grandma blanching and freezing corn my grandpa brought in from the garden. Canning produce has been something that all of the women in my family have done and I can fondly recall standing in the back of my grandpa's truck picking choke cherries by the bucket-full which my grandma would then turn into her beloved choke cherry syrup. The house...
Eight 4-H members proudly represented Richland County at Montana 4-H Congress from July 7th to 10th. Montana 4-H Congress provides youth from across the state an opportunity to come together on the Montana State University campus in Bozeman and participate in an event like no other. Congress offers both youth and adults a venue in which to learn, be challenged, and most of all, have a great time with their peers. Montana 4-Hers have been attending an event like Congress for over 77 years. Congress has become an important tradition for many 4-H...
Despite over a decade of study of over 150 alternatives multiple times, millions of dollars spent by the Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation and other entities and a determination of the best possible solution to ensure the survival of the pallid sturgeon in the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers, a lawsuit filed by the Defenders of Wildlife and Natural Resources Defense Council threatens to derail the entire process and put the survival of the fish and the communities along the rivers in jeopardy. An administrative court hearing...
The musical talents of Tigirlily will be at the Richland County Fair in Sidney, Wednesday, Aug. 5 at 7:30 p.m. The sisters Kendra and Krista Slaubaugh, 19 and 17, will be performing their unique blend of sound incorporating country, pop, blues, and folk stylings. Both sing and write music and Krista plays the guitar and drums while Kendra plays piano. The duo have recorded three albums with the first two, “A Good Place to Start” and “North Dakota”, being recorded in their high school band room....
Martina McBride with special guest Love and Theft will be in concert Saturday, Aug. 8 at 7:30 p.m. The highly anticipated event will be held during the Richland Co. Fair and Rodeo Aug. 5-8 in Sidney. The chart topping singer songwriter has won Female Vocalist of the Year by the Country Music Association four times and has won Top Female Vocalist by the Year by the Academy of Country Music three times. McBride is a 14-time Grammy Award nominee and is well known for songs such as “Wild A...
Wondering just what kind of bug that is? Or that funny looking plant? Concerned that you may have unwanted weeds or insect pests encroaching on your garden or field? Bring your samples to the Richland County Fair and get them identified. Insect and plant specialists with the USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory (NPARL) in Sidney MT, will be on hand Friday evening of the fair to help identify plant or insect samples brought in by interested fairgoers. The plant and insect identification station w...
