The Jefferson County Library Board hopes voters in June will support an additional 9 mills — currently $141,534 — in annual funding for the Boulder and Whitehall libraries, a 43.4% increase over current funding. The Jefferson County Commission first must approve putting the funding question … Read Article
At its annual meeting on Jan. 15, the board of the Boulder Area Chamber of Commerce pledged to revisit its bylaws following criticism from a former board member who subsequently was named to a bylaws committee and then voted back onto the board to fill a vacancy. Read Article
Jefferson County is updating its Growth Policy, and asking residents to participate in the process. Read Article
A man charged with assaulting a Boulder Police officer in late November 2019 pleaded not guilty to the felony offense in Montana Fifth Judicial Court in Boulder Jan. 8. He also pleaded not guilty to criminal possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor. Read Article
Want to help staff Boulder Volunteer Ambulance? There’s still time to register for an upcoming class to learn the needed skills at a discounted price. Read Article
Animal Shelter & Care Committee, the all-volunteer group that’s working to establish an animal shelter for Jefferson County, is looking for Boulder-area and North County residents to join its foster care program. Read Article
A New Year’s Day fundraiser for an upcoming skijoring event raised more than $8,000 in donations and sponsorships, exceeding organizers’ expectations. Read Article
Leonard Wortman, a Jefferson County commissioner and Boulder Valley resident, has been recognized as someone who exemplifies Montana’s “Western heritage and way of life” and is “key in preserving the West.” Read Article
All that await the deployment of 25 HP Chromebook laptop computers at Boulder Community Library are inventory tags. Read Article
Jefferson County and three state agencies recently signed an agreement a county commissioner described as a “positive and necessary step” for the potential handoff to the county of part of the former Montana Developmental Center campus. Read Article
Jefferson County Radio is presenting some special locally produced programming for the holiday season. Read Article
The Animal Shelter and Care Committee (AS&CC) of Boulder will start meeting twice monthly as part of its efforts to build a countywide animal shelter. Read Article
Boulder and Bull Mountain Volunteer Fire Departments responded Dec. 20 to their annual tradition of delivering Christmas cheer to students at Basin and Boulder Elementary schools. They also visited city and county offices along the way. Read Article
Earlier this fall a 12-year-old Boulder girl left a notebook at the laundromat on East 2nd Avenue. Read Article
Local officials and an architecture firm hired to help identify economic development opportunities toured the Boulder area Dec. 13 and identified three sites to evaluate further. Read Article
At the Dec. 16 meeting of the Boulder City Council: Read Article
The City of Boulder has its first-ever Capital Improvements Plan, a “big picture” document to guide City leaders in prioritizing and funding various projects for the next decade. Read Article
The Jefferson County Commission on Nov. 26 approved a resolution establishing a Capital Improvement Fund for the Jefferson County Solid Waste District. Read Article
The Boulder Kiwanis community Christmas potluck dinner will be from 5-7 p.m. Dec. 8 in Boulder Elementary’s gym, where Santa Claus will sit for photos. Read Article
Boulder United Methodist women’s annual bake sale, benefiting a number of charities, will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 4, at Madison Valley Bank at 109 W 2nd Ave. Read Article
An agreement between the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services and Jefferson High School will allow cheerleaders and other athletes to practice in the otherwise unused gym on the former Montana Developmental Center campus. Read Article
With the blessing of the Jefferson High School District No. 1 board, Superintendent Tim Norbeck will explore the feasibility of the district buying a nearby home that’s been for sale “for quite some time.” Read Article
Jefferson High might soon have a Boulder Police officer onsite for one hour a day, four days a week. Read Article
The City of Boulder will form a finance committee to help it “invest funds and make sure they are working for the public so that we can use them in the general fund,” Mayor Rusty Giulio said in the Nov. 18 meeting of the City Council. Read Article
A regional federal advisory committee that reviews and recommends projects for funding to the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Supervisor is accepting proposals for the first time in about two years. Read Article
Clancy United Methodist Church Choir will perform the Celtic Christmas cantata “Have You Heard?” twice locally. Read Article
Two “not guilty” pleas were entered in Montana Fifth Judicial District Court in Boulder Nov. 13 on behalf of Tory Vincent Gee, the former Jefferson County inmate who escaped Oct. 11 and was apprehended a week later near Charlo in Lake County. Read Article
Despite sparse attendance, three meetings held recently to inform parents about the challenges young people face reached key people, said Barb Reiter, Jefferson County’s prevention specialist and DUI task force coordinator and the meetings’ organizer. Read Article
Almost a dozen volunteers gathered at Methodist Fellowship Hall in Boulder Nov. 8 to sew for “Days for Girls,” an effort to improve feminine hygiene for women and girls worldwide. Read Article
Last winter, Energy Share helped a family facing hardship — a vehicle needing repair, sewer issues, high heating bills and a failed water heater — to keep their heat on, according to a news release from the nonprofit. Read Article
HELENA — Growing old may not be for the faint of heart but, as anyone over 40 will tell you, it sure beats the alternative. Read Article
On Nov. 5, Gyle D. Nix was voted in as Boulder’s Ward 1 councilman, while in Whitehall Katy James and Maxine Samuelson were elected as Ward 2 and Ward 3 aldermen, respectively, while the Ward 1 vote resulted in a tie between Pat Peterson and Logan Reiff, according to unofficial election resu… Read Article
Annual Veterans Day ceremony and lunch held at Jefferson High Nov. 11. Read Article
Members of Boulder United Methodist Church are again participating in “Days for Girls” -- an effort to improve feminine hygiene for women and girls worldwide -- and need volunteers to help or provide needed supplies. Read Article
Trick-or-treating photos from Boulder, Clancy and Jefferson City. Read Article
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 residents who received a mail ballot for Boulder City Council’s Ward One election might have been confused for the lack of candidates’ names to choose from. That’s because both candidates -- Gyle D. Nix and John “Cody” Oliver -- filed as write-in candidates. Read Article
