Due to high material and labor costs, the Jefferson High School construction project is being reevaluated. This includes some reductions to the original plan, according to a community update from SMA Architecture and Design. Read Article

The Jefferson Local Development Corporation board voted in favor of buying the Roberts Building – located on the northwest corner of Whitehall’s interchange with Interstate 90 – for $850,000 during its Sept. 21 meeting.  Read Article

On Sept. 14, the Southwest Montana Youth Partners Board of Directors approved a bid for its Childcare Provider Request for Proposal. Read Article

During a Jefferson County Commission meeting Sept. 12, Jefferson Local Development Corporation Project Officer Leah Lewis, who administers American Rescue Plan Act funds, shared updates on the community’s “ARPA journey,” sharing what applications she’s receiving and what applications she hop… Read Article

On Aug. 10, construction workers at the Boulder Town Pump discovered a set of bones 12.5 feet underground, which the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office later identified as animal remains. Read Article

There is no emergency at Boulder Elementary School, and no obvious threats of one. Still, Superintendent Jeff Elliott wants students to be comfortable and prepared should they ever need the help of law enforcement. Read Article

The Boulder United Methodist Church is preparing for a potential sale of its fellowship hall — and some of its original pews could be the first things to go. Read Article

Southwest Montana Youth Partners took a major step forward in its journey to bring more childcare to Boulder this week, as it formally launched a Request for Proposal for a licensed childcare provider.  Read Article

Jefferson High School has chosen to adjust its schedule for the bidding process for the upcoming renovations and continue observing the prices in hopes to receive more affordable bids. This is in response to the economic inflation and construction fields, and is a decision that will not have… Read Article

In June, Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Floodplain Outreach Specialist Tiffany Lyden, Jefferson County Floodplain Administrator Megan Bullock and others involved with DNRC and the Federal Emergency Management Agency hosted two open houses in Jefferson County, one at the fai… Read Article

Mad Dog pizza has finally reached its opening in Boulder. The restaurant, which is located in Dave’s 32oz Bar and Grill, is essentially the same pizza that Basin's Leaning Tower was cooking up, but with a new name and a few new twists on their signature pizzas. Read Article

Is there such a thing as too much winning?  Read Article

The Montana Department of Transportation is moving forward with a project that will remove the existing landscaping in the five raised medians on Boulder's Main Street. Construction is tentatively planned for summer 2024. Read Article

The 4th of July isn't quite what it used to be in Boulder: Gone is the holiday fair that once jammed Veterans Park, a casualty of a shortage of volunteers. But the Independence Day weekend, the gateway to summer in Jefferson County, will still be bustling with activities old and new. Read Article

A Conoco sign now stands tall above Boulder, signaling to residents that Town Pump has made some big changes — most visibly, the completion, after three years in the works, of a 14,437-square-foot building. The new store's bronze roof sits high enough to catch the eyes of drivers on top of t… Read Article

Recycling services have expanded and become more accessible at the Boulder transfer site after Jefferson County Solid Waste chose to move the existing containers to a more visible and manageable location last month. Read Article

On Monday, Boulder City Council approved Bloom Montana's request for recreational and medicinal marijuana sales, renewing their business license for one year effective July 1. Read Article

It was a clash of the purple teams at the North Jefferson Baseball Little League Championship game when the M5 Montana City team faced off against the M8 Boulder team in Clancy on Thursday evening. Read Article

When the Montana Highway Patrol moved its headquarters last August from a single rented building in Helena to the state-owned North Campus of the former Montana Developmental Center in Boulder, it inherited a diverse array of buildings that now contain the agency's car and radio shop, house … Read Article

A year ago, no one expected to see the money from the Montana Tunnels mine's delinquent property taxes, so Jefferson County was pleasantly surprised when Denver-based Goldfield Funding Partners LLC paid $5.1 million in back taxes last fall. Now the county is distributing the multimillion-dol… Read Article

Some familiar faces popped up in new places last month: All along Main Street in Boulder, streetlights are adorned with banners featuring portraits of Jefferson High School's class of 2022. Read Article

A state official plagued by complaints, staff exodus and patient deaths during his tenure as the administrator of the Montana State Hospital has been transferred to a new role as the administrator of the Intensive Behavior Center in Boulder.  Read Article

Clint Layng will be the head coach of Jefferson High School's football program this fall after the school's Board of Trustees voted 4-2 at a special meeting Monday night to offer Layng a contract—reversing a decision two weeks ago not to renew his contract for next school year. Read Article

Group lunches have restarted three days a week at the Boulder-Basin Senior Center after a staff shortage last winter mostly stalled the program, and Meals on Wheels deliveries for homebound seniors have also restarted three days a week in Boulder.  Read Article

Two residents of northern Jefferson County are running for election to an at-large seat on Jefferson High School's Board of Trustees—one with prior experience on the board who touts steady but open-minded fiscal conservatism, and one who would be a first-time board member and aims to ensure … Read Article

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Coed basketball competition will return to Boulder April 23–24 for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic—and like the Ballin' in the Big Rock and Jon Boster tournaments before it, this month's tournament is shooting not for payouts, but to benefit a worthy cause. This time, sout… Read Article

Baseball fields on the east side of Boulder could see increased maintenance and improvements under a push by a group of residents to rehab the decades-old fields. But the group proposing the improvements must first develop a specific plan and present it to the city Planning Board before the … Read Article

After 35 years working in education, Jefferson High School Superintendent Tim Norbeck is stepping away. Norbeck—who over nine years as superintendent led the school through academic program expansion, the coronavirus pandemic and the successful passage of a $14.58 million facilities bond for… Read Article

A developer is proposing to annex a parcel of land on the South Campus into Boulder and build a dollar store on it, according to city and Jefferson County officials and an annexation application submitted Monday.  Read Article

The Boulder Fire Department was a bit different when Lester Vossler first signed on as a new recruit in 1972. The department's lone truck—a '49 Ford modified into a firetruck of sorts—lived inside a now long-gone City Hall for lack of a fire hall, and there was no Bull Mountain fire district… Read Article

A longtime Boulder area resident and former state trooper will soon help the city of Boulder to encourage compliance with the city's nuisance and beautification ordinances after the City Council voted unanimously Monday evening to hire the former trooper, Mike Zufelt, as a part-time code enf… Read Article

This spring the Jefferson High School Thespians are getting ready to break free with their production of High School Musical. Read Article