These Staples Are Truly Worth Writing About

Page 1217 of the Merriam- Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, the Eleventh Edition, has the definition of the word staple, and we’re not talking about the kind holding pieces of paper together.

No, this staple is the kind holding a community together.

Staple: “used, needed or enjoyed constantly, usually by many individuals.”

Everyone loves to hear a good story, better yet, a great local one.

The Staples of Scobey is going to provide just that every other Thursday, a new show hosted on Scobey radio station KCGM 95.7 FM by disc jockey Kylan (DJ-K), more commonly known as KylanJensen(SHS‘14).Sheis the mid-morning gal Monday through Friday taking listeners into the early afternoon hours before her shift comes to a close.

“When I came back to Scobey (after working and living in Plentywood for a few years), trying to figure out what to do, I went and talked to John (Machart, KCGM station manager), and, as luck would have it, the timing was perfect. I messaged John on a Sunday and then the previous DJ quit on Monday and I went in on Tuesday to talk to Jedda (Barron), not knowing the previous disc jockey had just quit (DJ-K previously worked there in 2018). It all just fell together.’’

The show features different aspects of this lovely little city we call home, population just under1,000folks(979in2025, a slight decline from its 2020 census count of 996).

If one wants to hear all aboutwhatmakesScobeytick, The Staples of Scobey is the show to tune into every other Thursday.

The first episode on Spartan pride,whichwas9minutesand 3 seconds long, aired Thursday, January...