Ready to wreath
Walt Griffin was one of the dozen or so volunteers from the Philipsburg Rotary Club which took to the lamp poles downtown Saturday morning and hung up the annual Christmas wreath decorations. In small groups, the volunteers worked over the poles, attaching brackets and then the wreaths themselves.
County ranks 6th in jobless
After a delay caused by the Federal government shutdown, the unemployment numbers for Montana have been released for October.
And according to those numbers, Granite County has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state. It ranks sixth highest with an unemployment rate of 8.0 for the October non-seasonally adjusted statistics.
However, the numbers from the Montana Department of Labor and Industry reflect that the unemployment rate is based on less than 100 people who could be working, but are unemployed. In the numbers released by the state last week, Granite County had a total labor force of 1,195 and a total of 1,099 employed people throughout October. The difference, 96 people, account for the high unemployment rate.
Granite County’s number of unemployed labor ranks far lower than the number of unemployed persons in the five counties with a higher unemployment rate.
And according to those numbers, Granite County has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state. It ranks sixth highest with an unemployment rate of 8.0 for the October non-seasonally adjusted statistics.
However, the numbers from the Montana Department of Labor and Industry reflect that the unemployment rate is based on less than 100 people who could be working, but are unemployed. In the numbers released by the state last week, Granite County had a total labor force of 1,195 and a total of 1,099 employed people throughout October. The difference, 96 people, account for the high unemployment rate.
Granite County’s number of unemployed labor ranks far lower than the number of unemployed persons in the five counties with a higher unemployment rate.
Local ranchers donate cattle to Dakota blizzard victims
Hall rancher Bill Slaughter and his wife Renee were driving west across the country, back from the east coast. It was shortly after the early-October surprise blizzard which hit Wyoming and the Dakotas.
They saw first hand the devastation the storm had wrecked upon ranchers.
“It was horrible,” said Slaughter, “this was their Katrina.”
Piled up along fences were the carcasses of hundreds of dead cattle, frozen by the devastating storm which had passed through. Those cattle were the livelihood of many ranchers in the area.
In an effort to help out the cattleman who suffered losses due to the storm, ranchers across Montana are donating some of their own herds to be distributed in South Dakota. Last week, a number of local ranchers from the Hall, Drummond and Missoula area put together a number of heifers to ship to South Dakota to help out the ranchers there. On Wednesday, Slaughter, along with help and equipment from other local ranchers moved those cattle to join up with other donations headed east.
“Right now there’s going to be six going out today and three coming in from Missoula,” he told the Philipsburg Mail Wednesday morning, “I think this is going to be ongoing for a while.”
They saw first hand the devastation the storm had wrecked upon ranchers.
“It was horrible,” said Slaughter, “this was their Katrina.”
Piled up along fences were the carcasses of hundreds of dead cattle, frozen by the devastating storm which had passed through. Those cattle were the livelihood of many ranchers in the area.
In an effort to help out the cattleman who suffered losses due to the storm, ranchers across Montana are donating some of their own herds to be distributed in South Dakota. Last week, a number of local ranchers from the Hall, Drummond and Missoula area put together a number of heifers to ship to South Dakota to help out the ranchers there. On Wednesday, Slaughter, along with help and equipment from other local ranchers moved those cattle to join up with other donations headed east.
“Right now there’s going to be six going out today and three coming in from Missoula,” he told the Philipsburg Mail Wednesday morning, “I think this is going to be ongoing for a while.”
There’s plenty of reasons to head to Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge
Just on the other side of the Flint range which separates Granite County from Powell County lies the town of Deer Lodge. As the seat of Powell County the town boasts a little over 3,000 souls that call the city their home.
It also boasts the Christmas boost you may be looking for.
This week we take you to the town located between Drummond and Anaconda along the I-90 corridor. The town hosts many events during the year ranging from the Tri-County Fair to the Draft Horse Show and is the location of Museums such as the Old Prison Museum and the Grant Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site.
It’s also the site of holiday events and shopping.
The local merchants will go out of their way to help you and they’ll make you feel like part of the community no matter where you come from. Events include the annual Christmas Bazaar ready to kick off this Saturday at the Pen Convention Center.
Check out our special section this week on pages 12 and 13 to find out all that Deer Lodge has to offer.
It also boasts the Christmas boost you may be looking for.
This week we take you to the town located between Drummond and Anaconda along the I-90 corridor. The town hosts many events during the year ranging from the Tri-County Fair to the Draft Horse Show and is the location of Museums such as the Old Prison Museum and the Grant Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site.
It’s also the site of holiday events and shopping.
The local merchants will go out of their way to help you and they’ll make you feel like part of the community no matter where you come from. Events include the annual Christmas Bazaar ready to kick off this Saturday at the Pen Convention Center.
Check out our special section this week on pages 12 and 13 to find out all that Deer Lodge has to offer.
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