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Cowboy wrestlers congratulate Jaiden Gibson after his win against Poplar on Thursday night. A full wrestling story will be published in next week’s Miles City Star. STAR PHOTO/Sharon Moore

Co. commissioner will participate in weekly MACo conference call

The Custer County Commissioners will meet during their regular hours on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next week in the Custer County Courthouse in Miles City.

Fungus that causes white-nose syndrome found in eastern Montana

Positive tests for the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS) disease in bats have been found in samples taken in six eastern Montana counties this past summer.

USPS looking to customers to help keep carriers safe

Customers are being asked nu the U.S. Postal Service Postmasters to help keep carriers safe by clearing snow and ice from around mailboxes and walkways as soon as possible after it snows.

Auditions for musical open

Fort Peck Summer Theatre (FPST) staff members are casting the summer 2021 production of “High School Musical, Jr.” Roles are available for actors entering the 7th grade and above. There is no maximum age restriction, but all roles available are as believable high school students, according to a news release from the Fort Peck Summer Theatre in Fort Peck.

Virtual auditions planned for casting of 2021 season of ‘Medora Musical’

StageWest Entertainment Inc. in conjunction with the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation (TRMF) in Medora, North Dakota, announced virtual auditions for the 2021 season of the “Medora Musical,” which has now entertained more than four million people since its first showing in 1965.

Wandering Deer

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A small herd of mule deer graze near the Miles City airport last week.

Montana VA will distribute COVID-19 vaccines to rural vets

Montana Veterans Affairs Health Care System (MTVAHCS) has been selected to lead a national Veterans Health Administration pilot program to bring vaccines to rural veterans. On the morning of Thursday, Jan. 21, a vaccination team will fly doses of the Moderna vaccine in special plug-in coolers from Fort Harrison’s ultracold on-site freezer to Havre. Veterans in the Havre area who are enrolled in VHA healthcare will be able to receive COVID-19 vaccines.

Business center buoys female entrepreneurs

The University of Montana in MIssoula and the Montana Technology Enterprise Center (MonTEC) have secured a grant to create one of 20 new centers in the nation dedicated to women in business.

Local Kiwanis, Key Club and Builders Club members install new officers

The joint installation luncheon of the Washington Middle School (WMS) Builders Club, Custer County District High School (CCDHS) Key Club and Miles City Kiwanis officers for the 2020-2021 year was held at noon on Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, in the Town and Country Club.