The City of Boulder is revisiting its decades-old junk vehicles ordinance, and in the process might augment city code to more broadly support beautification. Read Article

Arraignment has been set for Tory Vincent Gee, the Jefferson County Detention Center inmate who escaped Oct. 11 and was apprehended a week later. 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

At Boulder’s solid waste collection site, Brian Hohn eyes the recycling bins wondering if the social good associated with all this cardboard and paper can contravene the laws of economics. Read Article

A “strange noise” caught the attention of a Jefferson County Detention Officer and led to his discovery that inmate Tory Vincent Gee was “not in his cell” prior to his escape the night of Oct. 11, Sheriff Craig Doolittle said Friday morning a few hours prior to Gee’s capture in Lake County. Read Article

Tory Vincent Gee, the inmate who escaped from Jefferson County Detention Center late Friday and is suspected of stealing a nearby pickup truck, is suspected in the thefts of two more trucks and of having an accomplice, the Montana Standard reported Thursday morning. Read Article

Preparations have been underway for “Big Rock Fright Nights” at Jefferson County fairgrounds: Oct. 18 from 6 p.m. to 11 pm; Oct. 19 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Oct. 25 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.; and Oct. 26 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Whitehall is celebrating Halloween, too, with “Screams Come True” at … Read Article

The process to hand over to Jefferson County at least part of the former Montana Developmental Center is “moving forward,” Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney told local officials while touring the facility Oct. 9. Read Article

An inmate who escaped from Jefferson County Detention Center late Friday was still being sought but had been confirmed seen in other jurisdictions, Undersheriff Mike Johnson said Tuesday morning. Read Article

Law enforcement continued Saturday evening to search for an inmate who escaped from the Jefferson County Detention Center late Friday, according to a 5:30 p.m. post to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page. Read Article

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office asked Boulder residents to lock their doors and stay inside as they searched for an inmate who escaped the Jefferson County Detention Center late Friday. Read Article

Façade improvement programs have become a popular economic development strategy, deployed nationwide in communities as diverse as Excelsior Springs, Missouri (population 11,555) and Henderson, Nevada (310,390) – and in Butte, Helena, and Miles City, Montana. Read Article

The results of a demographic and community study of Jefferson High School District No. 1 begun in May are now available to the public. Read Article

Typed or handwritten, emailed or hand-delivered, Boulder residents’ letters of support for renovating and expanding City Hall could help the city get state funding to help pay for it. Letters are due 5 p.m. Friday. Read Article

Journalist Mike Dennison visited Boulder Community Library on Sept. 17 to share his experiences covering some of Montana’s most prominent political figures, reporting in print and on television, and publishing his book, Inside Montana Politics. Read Article

For Jefferson High’s 2019 Homecoming, Nan Voorhees and Chad Senechal of the Class of 1999 organized their 20-year reunion and also invited former students from the surrounding years. Read Article

Artists, authors and other creative types might someday be among those using the former Montana Developmental Center campus — specifically, its historic and long-dormant former administration building. Read Article

An old ‘locomotive’ being towed in a parade on Boulder’s Main Street Aug. 24 was continuing a journey begun in 1958. Read Article