Jefferson County residents of all ages have been fulfilling the need for fabric masks in the fight against COVID-19. Read Article
After Gov. Steve Bullock issued a stay-at-home order to combat the COVID-19 threat, Jefferson High School teacher and Boulder photographer Dawn Smartnick had to cancel some previously scheduled family portrait sessions. Read Article
Jefferson County residents respond to the novel coronavirus. Read Article
Dawn Smartnick’s anatomy class and Steve McCauley’s dual-credit biology class took a science field trip to Montana Tech in Butte Feb. 28. Students studied cadavers, programmed robots, extracted DNA from cheek cells and more. Read Article
The Boulder Circuit Breakers -- eighth-grader Kael Hesford, sixth-graders Kaylee Bridgewater and Lane Phillips, and fifth-graders Gavin Phillips and Kale Strozewski -- spent part of Sunday evening at Boulder Community Library preparing for the First Lego League Tournament that takes place at… Read Article
Plans to redevelop the MDC campus are still in limbo. The Cowboy Hall of Fame didn’t happen. But lots did. A look back at the moments, good and otherwise, that shaped 2019 in Jefferson County. Read Article
Boulder and Bull Mountain Volunteer Fire Departments responded Dec. 20 to their annual tradition of delivering Christmas cheer to students at Basin and Boulder Elementary schools. They also visited city and county offices along the way. Read Article
Boulder United Methodist Church members, preparing for their holiday bake sale, set up an assembly line for apple pies at Fellowship Hall Dec. 1. Read Article
The Boulder Area Chamber of Commerce held its annual Holiday Bazaar Saturday, Nov. 16 at Jefferson High School. Read Article
Drama students performed “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the south gym at Jefferson High. Read Article
Annual Veterans Day ceremony and lunch held at Jefferson High Nov. 11. Read Article
Trick-or-treating photos from Boulder, Clancy and Jefferson City. Read Article
Boulder and Whitehall this past weekend both kicked off four nights of pre-Halloween fun for kids and families: “Big Rock Fright Nights” at the Jefferson County fairgrounds in Boulder, and “Screams Come True” at the Whitehall Community Center. There is still one more weekend to attend both e… Read Article
Sixty-eight dogs and cats were spayed or neutered during a clinic held by Animal Shelter and Care Committee (AS&CC) inside the Jefferson High south gym Saturday, Oct. 19. Read Article
Dozens of people filled a community room at Montana City Fire Station 1 to celebrate Rick Abraham’s retirement Sept. 28. Abraham, who has been fire chief for 19 of his 30 years with the department, is retiring to spend more time with his family. Read Article
HELENA — The Montana Department of Labor and Industry’s annual Labor Day Report touts the strength of the state economy, saying Montana has added tens of thousands of jobs since the Great Recession ended in 2009. Read Article
Dozens attended the 12th Annual Boulder Chamber of Commerce Music and Arts Festival at Veterans Park in Boulder on Saturday, Sept. 7, despite the occasional rain. Read Article
Jefferson High seniors made a traditional pilgrimage on Friday, Sept. 6 when they hiked up a hill overlooking Boulder from the west to repaint the J and change the year to reflect the incoming graduating class. Read Article
2019 Jefferson County Fair and Rodeo Read Article
2019 Jefferson County Fair and Rodeo Read Article
2019 Jefferson County Fair and Rodeo Read Article
2019 Jefferson County Fair and Rodeo Read Article
2019 Jefferson County Fair and Rodeo Read Article
2019 Jefferson County Fair and Rodeo Read Article
2019 Jefferson County Fair and Rodeo Read Article
2019 Jefferson County Fair and Rodeo Read Article
“A week before Florence. It comes up pretty quick.” Clint Layng is feeling pretty good. It’s one week into pre-season, and a week before his Jefferson High Panthers travel to Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula to open the season against Florence-Carlton. Read Article
On June 21, 2019 Brittany Rae Powley left this world to be in everlasting peace after many years of battling depression and multiple health issues. Read Article
Hundreds of people donned their best fairy wings and wizard hats on June 29 for the annual Fairy and Wizard Festival at Tizer Gardens and Arboretum in Jefferson City. Leprechauns, magicians and mystics of all kinds joined in the fun, which included musicians, magicians, exotic animals and a parade. Read Article
“This has been tough work to get done,” City Councilor Drew Dawson said last month. He was referring to the two-year-long effort to plan the spending of a half-million dollars that could shape Boulder’s future. Read Article
The Culpepper and Merriweather Circus stopped in Boulder on June 27 for shows at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. About 400 to 500 people attended, raising an estimated $700 for the Boulder-Bull Mountain Volunteer Fire Departments, said Jefferson County Event Coordinator Bruce Binkowski. The circus was … Read Article
At Smith Ranch south of Boulder on April 2, the birth of twins to one cow was an opportunity to provide a calf to another that had lost its own to a death due to unknown causes. Ranch owner Paul “Brud” Smith and ranch employee JD Cruson spent a few hours that morning transferring one of the … Read Article
Boulder/Bull Mountain Volunteer fire departments on Saturday held their annual corned beef and cabbage fundraiser at the Boulder Fire Hall, Windsor Bar and Boulder Basin Senior Center. Firefighters and their friends and family worked in the kitchen and on the serving lines. Read Article