Reported cases of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19, the disease it causes, came later to Montana than most of the rest of the country. But soon after the last edition of The Monitor was printed, local urgency heightened quickly: Jefferson County declared a state of emergency and limited ac… Read Article

On Sunday evening, March 15, Jefferson High School Superintendent Tim Norbeck had just arrived at home. He had canceled a motorcycling vacation with friends in the Southwest; that was to have been his first break ever during a school year. Read Article

Montana voters in state and overseas are scheduled to fill out their ballots between April 17 and June 2 to decide on Democratic and Republican candidates for Montana and national offices. A lot is at stake — the Governorship, Attorney General and Secretary of State, U.S. Senate and House se… Read Article

Once each month, the Jefferson County Local Emergency Planning Committee comes together, rotating between locations in Whitehall, Boulder, and Montana City. The agenda is nearly the same at every meeting – parsing the details of one section or another of the county’s Emergency Operations Plan. Read Article

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, citing “the potential for extraordinary health risks from [the novel] coronavirus in our state,” on Sunday afternoon ordered public K-12 schools to close from March 16 until March 27 — a decision he said was made to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus and not… Read Article

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Montana is the oldest state west of the Mississippi, and demographic projections show the state growing collectively older as more Montanans enter their senior years. The economic, cultural, and personal impacts of that trend present the state and its residents with new challenges and, with … Read Article

People have been parsing the human lifespan into a taxonomy of ages forever. Aristotle proposed three categories: youthful, prime of life, and elderly. Two thousand years later, Shakespeare’s Seven Ages of Man carved human chronology into seven slices, with the body’s final frailty circling … Read Article

Instances of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) had been reported in a few dozen states as of March 8, but not in Montana. Meanwhile, worldwide more than 100,000 infected people and over 3,600 deaths had been reported in 101 countries, according to the World Health Organization Situation Report, a… Read Article

A year ago, much of Jefferson County was a broadband backwater, with pokey, funky Internet service that seemed to sputter as often as it sped. Read Article

A report comparing and contrasting three potential sites for a proposed Western Legacy Center in Boulder has been released and the public is invited to provide feedback at an upcoming meeting. Read Article

One of three men charged in a November 2018 shooting case involving a Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy has accepted a plea agreement and another is set to as the alleged gunman awaits trial. Read Article

At a special meeting held Feb. 21, Jefferson High School District No. 1 board members approved a $12,000 project to assess the condition of Jefferson High School’s buildings. Read Article

Jefferson County is considering a tax deed sale to recover unpaid taxes on one of Montana Tunnels Mining’s two in-county properties. Read Article

In February of 2019, Jefferson County launched discoverjeffersonmt.org, an interactive website to promote all things Jefferson County with an emphasis on recreation and tourism. The goal was simple – assist in creating an economic impact for the county. Jefferson County is perhaps the best k… Read Article

Both students from Montana recently named state honorees in a national program for their volunteer work hail from Jefferson County. Read Article

Beginning Monday, Feb. 10, Jefferson County will survey residents about the availability of health and other services following a similar survey of service providers completed last fall. 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

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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

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

Two days of skijoring — a racing sport that mixes horsemanship with skiing — is coming to Boulder, and organizers hope the event becomes an annual one. 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

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