Wednesday, September 1, 2010
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~ Fair and rodeo bring out the best in everyone~ It wasn’t the sunniest Jefferson County Fair and Rodeo weekend ever- in fact it was downright cold and drenching sometimes- but the reception was warm and most of the cowpokes managed to keep their powder dry anyway. The 2010 Fair and rodeo kicked off Thursday night with a performance by the Brewery Follies and Friday featured the kid’s horse show and In-County Rodeo. Saturday was a big day with the
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Legislative committee debates medical marijuana
by Amber Conger, reporter
Montana and Colorado share the Rocky Mountains, and if the most recent meeting of a Montana legislative committee is any indication, the states may also soon share similar medical marijuana laws.
The eight-person bipartisan Children, Families, Health and Human Services Interim Committee of the Montana Legislature held its final meeting before the 2011 legislative session last week. Changes to the current Montana medical marijuana law were up for
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
City Attorney contract debated
by Jan Anderson, editor
Tension was thick when the Boulder City Council held its regular August meeting on the 16th. Accusations of misconduct raised tempers and at one point three city officials exchanged angry words during a recess.
At the heart of the tension were two issues – criminalization of refusing to take sobriety tests and the continued employment of Steven Shapiro as city attorney.
After passage of an ordinance making it a misdemeanor to refuse to take a sobriety
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Obituaries
Diane Thompson
Diane Woods Thompson, age 63, of Boulder, Montana, died Friday, August 6, 2010, as a result of a motorcycle accident near Cottonwood, South Dakota.
Survivors include her fiance Mike Anderson of Helena, Montana; one daughter Maureen Thompson and her husband Michael Stuckey of San Diego, California; one son Marshall Thompson of Salt Lake City, Utah; their father David Thompson of Denver, Colorado; three grandchildren Margaret, Robert, and Marshall Stuckey; three
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Program uses fly fishing to help veterans cope
by Amber Conger, reporter
Fly fishing – it may be just what the doctor ordered.
For many Montanans, fishing is a hobby that hooks enthusiasts at an early age. But for veterans of war, it can be more – a tool to recover from lingering effects, physical or emotional. The combat zone moves from faraway countries to rivers and lakes in Montana – the battle is fought no longer with guns, but with fly rods.
Rap artist Tupac Shakur once said, "For every dark night there is a brighter
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Founded in 1907 after combining two predecessors, the Monitor has served Jefferson County for more than a century. Current publisher, the Jefferson County Courier owned by David and Jan Anderson, bought the Monitor in March 2002. In 2007, the Monitor was awarded the prestigious Thomas Dimsdale Sweepstakes Award, emblematic of being the best weekly or small daily newspaper published in Montana that year.
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