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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

Boulder Elementary School is now offering a child care program for kindergarteners through the end of the school year and prompted by schedule changes brought on by the pandemic.  Read Article

After months of construction, the Montana City Transfer site has reopened as of Oct. 31. Read Article

The Basin Water and Sewer District operator and clerk has resigned, prompting a possible arrangement with the City of Boulder to run the system until a replacement can be found.  Read Article

The Montana Development Center campus in Boulder is now under the ownership of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services - a transfer that removed the land trust designation on the property. Read Article

Due to community opposition for the Marks Ranch test well site at the Oct. 27 meeting, the Clancy Water and Sewer District (CWSD) has requested that Great West Engineering identify other possible sites. Read Article

The Basin Water and Sewer District Board may now consider a more detailed analysis of its water system after it learned that meters are not required to obtain the loan it is pursuing to put the Quartz Avenue pump house back online and install new curb stops.  Read Article

The City of Boulder is working with an engineering firm to remedy a potential source of contamination of one of the wells used for drinking water.  Read Article

Mayor Rusty Giulio has approved a zoning permit for Town Pump, putting the company one step closer to beginning its expansion plans for the store located in Boulder.  Read Article

In the wake of two students testing positive for COVID-19, Montana City School made the decision to end its general information emails to parents. Read Article

Jefferson County Commissioner Cory Kirsch has received a cost estimate to regrade Basin Street in Basin.  Read Article

Jefferson City Community Center (JCCC) President Lee Madison, left, Jefferson City Volunteer Fire Department firefighter Keith Wear, center and JCCC Vice President Dave Cooper are proud of the completed work of erecting a wood rail fence in the back of the JCCC.  Armed with the material dona… Read Article

The process that began during the grieving period following the 2015 announcement that the Montana Development Center would close culminated last month as the City of Boulder sent off its final invoices for the 15 projects that comprised the Boulder Development Fund.  Read Article

An existing building in Whitehall was chosen as the potential site for a pilot Western Legacy Center by the Jefferson County Commission. Read Article

One of the requests by Basin residents opposing the Basin Water and Sewer District Board’s plan to add water meters and reinstate the Quartz Avenue pump house was to take it to a vote.  Read Article

The future of the Clancy Water and Sewer District’s plan for a test well remains unresolved as Clancy residents both in and out of the district voiced their staunch opposition to the Marks Ranch test site at the September meeting. Read Article

Fires near Clancy, on two separate days, are being investigated for suspected arson.  Read Article