Jefferson County could become the next owner of the Montana Tunnels Mine, a large open-pit mine near Corbin, west of Jefferson City, and the state Department of Environmental Quality may take over the mine's permit.  Read Article

Jefferson County's North Tax Increment Finance Industrial District is operating at a deficit and unable to afford expenses and bond payments that exceed revenue, and leaders are unsure of the district's path forward.  Read Article

Jefferson, Gallatin and Broadwater counties have committed funds to replace Meridian Bridge, a 107-year-old single-lane truss bridge at the junction of the counties and whose load limit is currently 2 tons per axle—the lowest rating before a bridge is deemed impassible, according to Jefferso… Read Article

Editor's note: A previous version of this story misspelled the name of a project manager with FourFront Design. Her name is Jessica Holdren. The story has been updated. Read Article

For the first time in nearly 40 years, Jefferson County has a new clerk and recorder: Ginger Kunz was sworn in and signed the oath of office shortly before noon on June 30.  Read Article

In 2001, Tom Harrington began working part-time at the then relatively new Jefferson Local Development Corporation. Since then, as co-head of the JLDC and an economic and community development agent at Montana State University’s Madison-Jefferson County Extension, he has been at the heart of… Read Article

The date was set, the invites were sent out, and after much planning, Destiny Jensen was ready to marry her then-fiancé, Dell Jensen, on June 23, 2020, at the fairground in Boulder. However, the coronavirus pandemic had other plans for the Jensens: Restrictions on gatherings forced them to c… Read Article

The Golden Sunlight mine could soon increase employment, production and the amount of money it contributes to county and local budgets by reprocessing vast tailings piles at the facility—a proposed venture that government and mine officials say will also aid in remediating historic contamina… Read Article

The Center for Mental Health will bring counseling services to an office in Boulder Catholic Church’s parish hall starting June 25. Licensed Clinical and Professional Counselor Jessica Gruber from the CMH in Helena will offer in-person counseling appointments every Friday from 1–5 p.m. Read Article

The Jefferson County Commission on June 1 forgave a $200,000 loan of metal mines funds made to the Jefferson Local Development Corporation in 2015 to help restore Whitehall’s historic Borden’s building.  Read Article

The Jefferson High School gymnasium buzzed with excitement as at least 400 family members and friends gathered to celebrate JHS’s 55 graduating students of 2021. The cloudy skies and forty degree chill, or even the sleet falling outside, couldn’t dampen this parade.   Read Article

Jefferson County’s “fourth commissioner” is giving up her office. Read Article

Dani Morris, a Clancy resident who serves as president of the Clancy Parent Council, was elected last week to the at-large position on the Jefferson High School Board of Trustees. Read Article

Kim Franchi, the county’s public health nurse since 2013, retired on April 16. Read Article

This article was revised on May 11. Read Article

More rodeo could soon be coming to Boulder:  The Jefferson County Rodeo Association last week announced plans to host a new, two-day competition on Independence Day weekend. Read Article

Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria dalmatica) and yellow toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) are two closely related state designated noxious weeds that were inadvertently brought over from Eurasia.  Both damage farming, range lands and wildlands.  They have yellow flowers that look like garden snapdragon … Read Article

On May 8, Jefferson County mailed 7,965 ballots to residents for the June 2 election – which will feature party primaries for governor and other state executives and U.S. and state legislators as well as local ballot initiatives. Read Article

The Whitehall Biological Weed Control Project is up and running this season, modified a bit due to COVID-19.  The first step is looking for eight to 10 Canada thistle fungus release sites.  This will include two visits to each site, (May/early June) to set up a long-term sampling transect.  … Read Article

Parent survey results from four county schools — Jefferson High School and Boulder, Montana City and Clancy elementary schools — showed that parents of K-8 students are more inclined to remain closed, while the high school parents are about equally split on the question of reopening.  Read Article

Haley Pesta, a Jefferson High School senior, was selected by Oro Fino Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution to receive the $500 Montana State Society DAR Traveling Scholarship for 2019-2020. A resident of Jefferson City, Pesta will attend Helena College University of Montana to study … Read Article

Jefferson County has managed to keep the number of COVID-19 cases down to two, and it’s been a few weeks since those individuals — a man and a woman — tested positive, said Karen Wandel, RN, department supervisor for Jefferson County Public Health.  Read Article

On April 17, Jefferson County will mail ballots to voters in Jefferson High School District No. 1 and Montana City School District No. 27. Up for vote in the former is one at-large trustee position with a three-year-term; in the latter, one trustee position with a three-year-term. The Monito… Read Article

Tory Vincent Gee, the man who escaped from Jefferson County Detention Center last Oct. 11 and was apprehended a week later in Lake County, was sentenced April 8 to five years in prison. Read Article

Montana has not had a Republican governor since 2005. In the June 2 primaries, three candidates will vie for the chance to change that — among them Attorney General and Clancy resident Tim Fox. Read Article