The newly reconstituted Basin County Water and Sewer District Board met May 11. Read Article

Dani Morris, a Clancy resident who serves as president of the Clancy Parent Council, was elected last week to the at-large position on the Jefferson High School Board of Trustees. Read Article

Kim Franchi, the county’s public health nurse since 2013, retired on April 16. Read Article

On June 2, the Boulder Elementary School will bid farewell to 10 graduates — and to Maria Pace, its superintendent and principal since 2012. Pace will become director of special education at the Prickly Pear Cooperative in East Helena.  Read Article

This article was revised on May 11. Read Article

Monica Linkenbach looks at her empty field off Warm Spring Creek Road in Clancy and sees striking, high-end events — tastefully designed weddings and showers, and lavish group date nights.  Read Article

Eight officers and delegates from Oro Fino Chapter, National Society Daughters of the Amercan Revolution attended the 118th State Conference in Butte April 21-24. Veronica Bovee-Anderson, Chapter regent and State Society vice regent, received an historic preservation award for her leadership… Read Article

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a jailer. It usually gets 10 to 20 applications for the post — but as of last week, just one person had expressed interest.  Read Article

More rodeo could soon be coming to Boulder:  The Jefferson County Rodeo Association last week announced plans to host a new, two-day competition on Independence Day weekend. Read Article

Last March 12, the Boulder-Basin Senior Center served what would turn out to be its last lunch for more than a year. (For the record, the menu that day featured oven herbed chicken with brown rice, steamed broccoli, garden salad, and fruit medley.) The COVID-19 pandemic had just hit Montana,… Read Article

Not permitted on grounds, says 1952 city resolution Read Article

Left with an empty Board of Directors to guide the Basin Water and Sewer District, the Jefferson County Commission stepped in April 21 to encourage folks to serve, as well as answer questions about how the District will move forward.  Read Article

Left with an empty Board of Directors to guide the Basin Water and Sewer District, the Jefferson County Commission stepped in April 21 to encourage folks to serve, as well as answer questions about how the District will move forward.  Read Article

The four members of the Basin Water and Sewer District Board have resigned after a year marked by controversy over proposed upgrades to the community’s water system. The four members, MJ Williams, Joy Lewis, Mike Jellison and David England had all recently been served by recall petitions. Read Article

Recall petitions have been filed against four members of the Basin Water and Sewer District Board.  Read Article

Insulation and drywall are the next improvements scheduled for the Boulder River Carousel at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.  Read Article

A Jefferson County advisory board has decided to resurrect a subcommittee focused on creating a central economic development district near Boulder.  Read Article

While the Clancy Water and Sewer District Board continues to consider the possibility of a centralized water system, the pastor of the Clancy United Methodist Church has voiced concerns that the financial burden of the project could cause the church to close. Read Article

The effort to address the lack of licensed daycare in Boulder — and Jefferson County — moved a step closer toward a solution last week.  Read Article

After a heated discussion that devolved into pointed jabs between Board members, the Clancy Water and Sewer District (CWSD) agreed to have a town hall meeting with the Jefferson County Health Board, County Commissioners, and the public at a date and place to be determined. Read Article

The Boulder Zoning Commission is scheduled to hear an annexation and zoning map request by Chad Bullock, who has plans to develop residential building lots in the city. Read Article

The future of the Intensive Behavioral Center has raised questions as legislation concerning the anticipated relocation of the Montana Highway Patrol to Boulder begins to take shape. Read Article

The Boulder City Council passed a resolution at its March 15 meeting “enthusiastically” supporting the Montana Highway Patrol moving its operations to the former Montana Development Center campus.  Read Article

An investigation looking for leaks in the Basin water system found only one, according to a recent series of tests by American Leak Detection out of Idaho. Read Article

The question of who is responsible for emptying the receptacles at the dog waste stations in Boulder is raising a bit of a stink.  Read Article

The Boulder City Council passed a resolution Monday night “enthusiastically” supporting the Montana Highway Patrol moving its operations to the former Montana Development Center campus.  Read Article

The Jefferson County Sanitarian has recommended that the area lying within the current Clancy Water and Sewer District be placed under a special management area for septic systems in an attempt to improve water quality due to elevated levels of nitrates in some private wells.  Read Article

The Golden Sunlight Mine in Whitehall moved one step closer to getting its tailings reprocessing operation underway — a project that is expected to employ 40 people and take 12 years to complete once it begins.  Read Article

The Boulder City Council has proposed three items for its second round of CARES Act funding.  Read Article

The Ammen Building has been sold to a Whitehall business owner and the current tenants are in the process of moving out or finding a new location. Read Article

The Montana Highway Patrol is eying a portion of the former Montana Development Center campus for part of its operation — a move that could bring more than 20 employees to Boulder and assist with the reuse of the facility that has sat vacant since 2018. Read Article

The results of a community survey in Clancy so far show that close to half of those who responded do not support any action toward building the centralized water system being proposed by the Clancy Water and Sewer District.  Read Article

Granny’s Wacky Prizes, Spleems, Tootles and a vision board  — it’s an odd-sounding group of concepts, but they’re part of a social and emotional learning model called PAX that Jefferson County wants to implement in more of its elementary schools over the next three years.  Read Article

Clancy Elementary School students from Ryan Fetherston’s seventh and eighth grade classes helped judge the 54 posters created by the Jefferson High School American history class and now on display at the Jefferson County Museum.  Read Article

The Basin Water and Sewer District Board has agreed to a resident’s request for an independent audit of its books dating back to 2015.  Read Article

A survey designed to gauge property owner support for a centralized water system in Clancy is now in the mail.  Read Article

At the January meeting of the Jefferson County Health Board, County Commissioner Leonard Wortman brought up the possibility of declaring a “state of emergency” concerning ongoing water quality issues in Clancy — signaling frustration with the lack of movement toward alleviating the problem, … Read Article

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has given the green light for Boulder to begin installing a disinfection system on its backup well as the city works to remedy a possible source of contamination on one of its two primary wells.  Read Article

The Basin Water and Sewer District Board has asked the City of Boulder to assist with running its water system after its operator quit in November due to the ongoing controversy over proposed improvements that had included installing water meters.  Read Article

The $12 fee charged to lots in Basin without a curb stop was overturned Dec. 8 by the Basin Water and Sewer District Board. Read Article

The Ammen building, which houses several tenants, to include The Gift Box, is for sale.  Read Article

The City of Boulder has a logo and wants businesses and organizations to use it. Read Article