When Sarina Eckman's son began attending Boulder Elementary School, she had a unique insider perspective on her child's education that most parents lack: She was the school secretary. Now, five months into a new job as the school's first-ever family engagement facilitator, Eckman is on a mis… Read Article

The city of Boulder plans to retain ownership of the building it purchased and relocated from north of Helena to Boulder last year with the goal of providing a facility for affordable child care, and the city now has a draft plan for how it hopes to manage building maintenance and costs depe… Read Article

The 80-foot-tall-sign above the Boulder Town Pump along Interstate 15 will remain as the gas station expands, and it will receive a new sign face, after a zoning ordinance variance for the sign was approved by the Boulder Board of Adjustments on Jan. 5. But the board was unsure how to handle… Read Article

Gretchen George knows Boulder well. She grew up in town and she now lives "over the hill" in Clancy—and she knows that Boulder has an acute need for licensed child care. Since Jan. 3, she's been helping to meet that need, overseeing the opening of the new Nature Story Montessori at Boulder U… Read Article

Editor's note: Because of incorrect information on Bloom dispensary's website, a previous version of this story stated the wrong street address for the Bloom location in Boulder. The story has been updated to reflect the correct address. Read Article

One year after thousands of supporters of then President Donald J. Trump launched a violent and deadly insurrection against Congress at the U.S. Capitol with the goal of overturning the result of the 2020 presidential election, a much smaller crowd gathered in Boulder's Veterans Park for a m… Read Article

In the pre-dawn hours of Dec. 16, a massive haul truck inched into Boulder carrying a 70-foot-long building. Crews steered the structure off Main Street at the L&P Grocery, then down Monroe Street for a few blocks before turning onto West Fourth Avenue and settling, around 6 a.m., behind… Read Article

Before Boulder Mayor Russell “Rusty” Giulio, President Drew Dawson, and new member Patricia “Pat” Lewis were sworn into the Boulder City Council Dec. 20, the existing council spent most of the meeting discussing changes to the city’s five-year-old Employee Policy Manual. Read Article

There's a new building in town, but it didn't pop up the way most do, built in place from the ground up. Instead, this one was towed into town on a truck, traveling to Boulder from north of Helena in the early morning hours of Dec. 16.  Read Article

Hardware Hank, the longtime hardware store and historic mercantile on Boulder's Main Street, is for sale—and the building and property are part of the deal.  Read Article

A woman sporting a ponytail gets ready to board her flight when she is stopped by a flight attendant. The attendant asks her why she has an elephant with her. She tells him it is her emotional support animal. Read Article

The seniors who run the Boulder-Basin Senior Center in Boulder—volunteers who took the helm of the local nonprofit and its facility from the generation ahead of them—worry that there will be no one for them to hand the organization to when it's time for them to step back, and that they may s… Read Article

The annual Boulder Community Christmas Potluck Dinner wants your side dishes, and your toy donations.  Read Article

In an effort to recruit more volunteers to its Ambulance Service, the city of Boulder is covering most of participants' costs to take an upcoming emergency medical technician course scheduled to start in January, and the city will reimburse the remaining costs for participants who go on to v… Read Article

Ranchers looking to feed their cattle through winter—and themselves for the evening—can do both at a Montana State University Extension Rancher Roundtable in Boulder next week.  Read Article

For the first time in more than 40 years, Boulder's longtime bowling alley and bar—an institution in the town for decades—is no longer named Phil & Tim's. And though he'll still be a fixture in the establishment, Tim Yanzick is no longer the owner.  Read Article

Reports and budgeting exercises commissioned to determine the viability of redeveloping the south campus of the former Montana Developmental Center found that high costs associated with renovating two historic buildings on the site would likely preclude efforts to profitably rent them out or… Read Article

Jefferson High School Theater is back for a full season of outstanding plays.  Read Article

The Boulder Ambulance Service is poised to get a new ambulance and other equipment, paid for with grants the service was recently awarded. But the service is struggling to recruit volunteers—and while city officials have applauded its grant-writing efforts, they have also sparred with Ambula… Read Article

Correction: The original story indicated that the Montana Department of Environmental Quality could seek ownership of the Montana Tunnels mine through a reclamation bond for the mine, possibly putting the agency in competition with the county for ownership of the mine. After publication, the… Read Article

Voters in Jefferson High School’s district approved a $12.5 million bond issue that is slated to fund the school's most significant improvements in more than 30 years. Read Article

Voters in Boulder’s second ward, on the west side of Main Street, elected Pat Lewis to represent them on the City Council for the next four years.  Read Article

A school-shooting threat shared around the U.S. that mentioned a school with the initials "JHS" led to a lockdown and law-enforcement response at Jefferson High School in Boulder on Oct. 27. The full lockdown was lifted around lunchtime after law enforcement determined there was no threat in… Read Article

The store at the southwest corner of Second Avenue and Main Street in Boulder has long been a hardware store, and now it has a new distinction: business of the year.  Read Article

Two Boulder residents, separated by decades in age but sharing a strong desire to represent and serve their neighbors, are running to represent the west side of Boulder on the City Council for the next four years.  Read Article

Facing a mostly mute crowd packed into City Hall on Monday night, the Boulder City Council unanimously approved the Fuller Subdivision at the east end of East Second Avenue.  Read Article

The Montana Highway Patrol will give away office equipment and furniture, and an assortment of other items, for free at a community day this Saturday that will also feature free hotdogs and drinks, opportunities to meet troopers and tour a mobile DUI processing center, and, possibly, a Highw… Read Article

Four years after Jefferson High School started seriously exploring the question of what to do with its cramped and aging campus, the moment of reckoning has arrived. Read Article

Youth Dynamics is in the process of raising $3 million to expand its facilities and programs—$2 million of which is slated to go toward the nonprofit's campus south of Boulder.  Read Article

Cold temperatures including freezing overnight lows, as well as a dusting of snow early this week, considerably reduced the activity of the Haystack Fire south of Boulder, which stood at 24,011 acres and 88% contained on Monday.  Read Article

What could the South Campus of the former Montana Developmental Center and the lands south of the fairground look like in the years and decades to come? County leaders aren't yet sure, but they're coming up with ideas and taking public comments in an attempt to figure it out.  Read Article

Clarification: Following the publication of this story, and in reference to her quote about the subdivision application's compliance with city regulations, Planning Board Member Sue Pasini clarified in an email to The Monitor that "I did not imply I was against the entire subdivision; just c… Read Article

For a third consecutive weekend, a massive plume of smoke rose from the mountains south of Boulder and towered over the town and surrounding terrain to the north and east, depending on the wind. But the smoke this past weekend was different: It was more from fires intentionally lit by the fi… Read Article

Five days, 25 local volunteers and 2,800 lunches—that’s what it took to feed hundreds of firefighters battling the Haystack Fire south of Boulder last week and weekend.   Read Article

The national forests that blanket the Elkhorn Mountains east of Boulder grew by 1,418 acres earlier this month, after a conservation effort by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Montana Fish & Wildlife Conservation Trust, and Montana’s Outdoor Legacy Foundation resulted in the purchase—a… Read Article

Cool temperatures and occasional rain showers slowed the growth of the Haystack Fire south of Boulder on Sunday and early this week after the fire exploded to more than 10,000 acres on Saturday, but dangerous fire conditions forecast for later this week and this weekend could accelerate the … Read Article

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The Haystack Fire east of Elk Park and southwest of Boulder has grown to more than 1,760 acres and is burning in the upper reaches of the Little Boulder River drainage after high winds, low moisture and hot temperatures helped the fire run about 1.5 miles to the northeast last week, expandin… Read Article

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Eight dogs believed to have been abandoned near Galena Gulch between Boulder and Basin have been rescued by the Lewis & Clark Humane Society, with assistance from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and local volunteers.  Read Article

A wildfire was burning on a ridgeline west of Whitetail Road as of Tuesday, roughly between Whitetail Reservoir and Delmoe Lake.  Read Article

An abandoned house on the northeast side of Boulder burned to the ground around mid-afternoon on Sunday. As of Monday morning, no injuries had been reported and the cause of the fire remained unknown.  Read Article