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City Commission approves zoning of annexed Castle Butte properties

It’s official: Lewistown has several new zoning categories. At Monday’s City Commission meeting, a proposal to create four new zones tailored for recently annexed properties near Roundhouse and Castle Butte

Hospital emergency services named EMS Service of the Year

The Central Montana Medical Center Emergency Medical Services was awarded the 2019 EMS Service of the Year Award for the state of Montana. This year’s EMS week theme is “EMS

CMMC Auxiliary

The May meeting of the CMMC Auxiliary was called to order by President Lisa Householder, leading the Pledge of Allegiance. This was followed by Brittany Alspaw, leading the Auxiliary Prayer

Reclamation reminds public of rules for camping and recreating

With the 2019 recreation season upon us, the Bureau of Reclamation would like to remind the public recreating on public lands administered by Reclamation, of rules for camping and boating

Reclamation announces water levels at Montana reservoirs

The Bureau of Reclamation has announced water levels at most Reclamation-managed reservoirs east of the continental divide in Montana are at or above average for this time of year. “Most

68 million eggs collected in Fort Peck walleye spawning effort

The annual walleye spawn on Fort Peck Reservoir was fast and furious this year, lasting only 16 days. Starting on April 11 and ending on April 26, Montana Fish, Wildlife

News Briefs

New summer bow-shooting leagues start soon Burlap and State Summer Leagues start soon. This years leagues are being made more fun with free BBQ’s every Thursday, and prizes raffled off

Memorial Day: a tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice

 

 

Memorial Day wasn’t always called that. Originally known as Decoration Day, it dates to the end of the Civil War. That war, according to the History Channel website, claimed more lives than any conflict in U.S. history. 

The establishment of the country’s first national cemeteries followed the Civil War, and in the late 1860s many communities had begun holding springtime tributes to their fallen soldiers, decorating graves with flowers and reciting prayers.

‘Nancypedia’

Nancy Watts does not seek accolades. She could do without praise.

But when she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at Wednesday evening’s Lewistown Historic Preservation Awards Ceremony, she couldn’t help but smile. 

For the past 20 years, Watts has made Lewistown history a priority, as she archives photos, articles, books and more. She also connects people to their own history when they are looking for information on their family past.

Duty done: Vietnam

The year was 1969; the year 350,000 rock and roll fans descended on Woodstock, the Charles Manson cult murdered five people in California, and astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. 

That same year, Lewistown native Tom Longshore stepped aboard the naval ship U.S.S. Virgo AE30, bound for Vietnam.

In what he refers to as “buddy recruitment,” Longshore and two of his pals (Don Bost and Bob Tiller) signed up for military service before they’d graduated from high school.

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