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End of an Era

Beaverhead County Justice of the Peace Candy L. Hoerning, center, will retire Nov. 30 after 20 years on the bench. She is joined by the two court clerks she has had in that time – current clerk Cheryl Power, right, and former clerk (and Assistant to the Beaverhead County Commissioners) Cindy Decker. Casey S. Elliott photo

Wed, 10/20/2021 - 12:00am

JP to retire Nov. 30

A pillar of Beaverhead County’s court community is planning to retire next month. Justice of the Peace Candy L. Hoerning will put away the gavel Nov. 30. The 20- year judicial veteran stressed how...

At the table

Incumbent Dillon City Councilperson Mary Jo O’Rourke sits next to current councilperson and future Dillon Mayor John McGinley during a recent meeting. M.P. Regan photo

Wed, 10/20/2021 - 12:00am

O’Rourke v. Muntzer

The electoral process in the City of Dillon came a long way over the past decade in terms of the quantity of candidates—slowly and unsurely, but then quite suddenly this year. After a decade of...

Loneliness of the long-distance runner

Top finisher among local girls, Beaverhead County High School’s Faye Holland battles her way through the Western A Classic high school cross country meet held Saturday on Beaverhead Golf Course in Dillon. M.P. Regan photo

Wed, 10/20/2021 - 12:00am

Classy Classic runs its course in Dillon

The Beaverhead High School cross country teams ran the show and ran well in the races at the Western A Classic meet held Saturday at Beaverhead Golf Course in Dillon. “I think other schools were...

Grab ‘em all and sort through and find the ball

Dillon senior Callahan Hoffman, 6-8, 250, stops an East Helena runner and blocker on the line of scrimmage during the Senior Night game at Vigilante Field Friday night. Dillon won the contest, 42-0. J.P. Plutt photos

Wed, 10/20/2021 - 12:00am

Dillon wins fifth straight, Beavers are playoff bound

The Dillon Beavers celebrated Senior Night with a 42-0 win over winless East Helena, Dillon’s sixth consecutive win since dropping their first two games of the season to Whitefish and Hamilton. Of...

Sentenced

Sandy Rose Moore of Dillon, center, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for mitigated deliberate homicide Oct. 12 in Fifth Judicial District Court. She previously admitted to strangling her boyfriend, 49-year-old Larry Coon, killing him. Also pictured are Moore’s attorneys, Morgan Smith and Walter Hennessey. Casey S. Elliott photo

Wed, 10/20/2021 - 12:00am

Dillon woman gets 40 years in boyfriend’s death

A Dillon woman who admitted to strangling her 49-year-old boyfriend in January 2020 was sentenced to 40 years in the Montana State Women’s Prison last week. Sandy Rose Moore, 21, received the maximum...

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JP to retire Nov. 30

10/20/2021 - 12:00am
O’Rourke v. Muntzer

10/20/2021 - 12:00am
Classy Classic runs its course in Dillon

10/20/2021 - 12:00am
Dillon wins fifth straight, Beavers are playoff bound

10/20/2021 - 12:00am
Dillon woman gets 40 years in boyfriend’s death

10/20/2021 - 12:00am
Dillon woman sentenced in 2020 murder

10/13/2021 - 12:00am
Authorities seek missing men

10/13/2021 - 12:00am
Its wet out there

10/13/2021 - 12:00am
Dawgs pillage Raiders, 38-7

10/13/2021 - 12:00am
COVID-19 cases continue to grow

10/13/2021 - 12:00am
COVID-19 surge continues, vaccinations stalled

10/06/2021 - 12:00am
Flame thrower

10/06/2021 - 12:00am
Lady Beavers split with Butte Central and Frenchtown

10/06/2021 - 12:00am
Western hosts successful Big Sky Region fall finale

10/06/2021 - 12:00am
Famed animal and autism expert rides through Dillon

09/29/2021 - 12:00am

NEWS

10/20/2021 - 12:00am

In Brief

Warm clothing campaign The 23rd annual Coats for Kids and Families campaign to help keep community member warm and healthy is underway. The campaign will collect winter clothing in giving boxes located in Dillon at the Bank of Commerce, Stockman...

Dillon woman gets 40 years in boyfriend’s death

2 for 1: Board dispute ends with addition of board member

Oregon man sentenced to 10 years for car theft, endangering others in high-speed chase

County COVID case surge slows, statewide high daily cases persist

Johnson pleads not guilty to bail jumping

SPORTS

10/20/2021 - 12:00am

Dillon netters prep for post-sesaon

The Dillon Lady Beavers competed in Blocktober at Butte on Friday and Saturday, a 25-team tourney that included almost all of the Class A teams in the state and four Class B teams. In the end, Class B Boulder emerged the champion after defeating...

UMW runners compete in Billings, Lewiston

Dillon wins fifth straight, Beavers are playoff bound

Classy Classic runs its course in Dillon

Dawgs pillage Raiders, 38-7

Lady Dawgs open league win account

Opinions

10/20/2021 - 12:00am

Executive orders?

To the editor, I would like someone to answer a few questions. Is there any limit to the number of executive orders the President can issue? Can he issue one every day or five times a day or as many as he feels like each day? If no one questions...

Freedom?

Working to protect Montanans from Democrats’ tax and spend spree

Montana is not a pumpkin

Area code needed for local Montana calls starting this month

Try this one weird trick to get politics out of education

OBITUARIES

Mary Elizabeth (Smith) Mansfield 1931-2021

10/20/2021 - 12:00am

Mary Elizabeth (Smith) Mansfield 1931-2021

Mary Elizabeth (Smith) Mansfield, 90, peacefully passed away on Oct. 13, 2021 of natural causes. MaryBeth was born at home in Dillon, Montana, on May 20, 1931; she was the only child of Luther S. and Jessie M. (Williams) Smith. She attended Dillon...

Edie Ellen Sanders 1952-2021

Helen Lydia Smith 1932-2021

Phil Hogan 1956-2021

Lyle Duane Frazier 1935-2021

Bernice Hansen Lowney 1932-2021

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