Father-daughter dance
Norman Johanson, of Redmond, Washington crosses the downtown Dillon finish line of the Beaverhead Marathon on Saturday with his daughter, who skipped along with him over the last 100 yards of the race. M.P. Regan photo
Wed, 05/22/2019 - 12:00am
Kelsie Zitzer strided steadily to her second straight triumph at the second annual Beaverhead Marathon on Saturday, completing the 26.2-mile course faster than anyone else, in just three hours, 18...
Healthy range, healthy sheep
The Helle family has over a century involvement in the Beaverhead County sheep industry. The family operates the ranch that brought the first sheep to Montana 150 years ago. Ace Kvale photos
Wed, 05/22/2019 - 12:00am
The Helle family has been involved in the Beaverhead County sheep industry for 100 years and their narrative typifies the work ethic and dedication to the land of many of Montana’s long-time...
Netting titles
Dillon’s Bradley Rakich (left) and Mark Southam and Nate Leonardson (right) earned divisional tennis titles over the weekend. Rakich, the defending Class A champ, claimed the Southwestern A singles title, and Southam and Leonardson teamed for the doubles title. The trio are shown at Monday’s practice. J.P. Plutt photo
Wed, 05/22/2019 - 12:00am
A fantastic five led the Beaverhead County High School boys tennis team to a fantastic fourth last week—and the chance to earn an even more fantastic first this week.
The BCHS boys notched their...
Fly guy
Dillon’s Alfred Peterson has battled injury throughout the season, limiting the senior to just four meets. He has made the most of his attempts with school records in the long jump (twice) and high jump. At the divisional meet in Butte over the weekend, he broke his own record in the long jump and won the high jump despite sitting out of competition and practice for almost a month. Peterson is shown above attempting to tie his school record in the high jump at 6-6. J.P. Plutt photo
Wed, 05/22/2019 - 12:00am
The Dillon coaching staff knew what they were doing all along. Athletes were held out of events and limited in practices throughout the season to avoid injuries and leg weariness and the payoff came...
View for two
Dillon City Councilperson Raymond Graham offers input to DNRC Outreach Specialist Tiffany Lyden on a projected version of the draft map of the area’s floodplain during an open house in Dillon last week. M.P. Regan photo
Wed, 05/15/2019 - 12:00am
The room in Dillon that hosted last week’s open house on the ongoing area floodplain remapping project overflowed with participants.
“The purpose was to get people in here to get their questions...
