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Dillon student wins entrepreneurship contest

Beaverhead County High School freshman Treyton Anderson recently received first place honors in the Montana Teenpreneur Roundup. Anderson’s top-scoring business idea, Snack Pro, proposes to develop an app that allows

Teen survives bear attack near Ennis

Bozeman, MT — A 17-year-old male was attacked by a bear south of Ennis on Sunday. He fortunately survived the attack with relatively minor injuries. The teen and his family

Correction

A front page headline in last week’s paper incorrectly reported the date of the upcoming school election as April 17. The election is actually May 7. The earliest mail ballots

Gianforte honors UMW hoop team

WASHINGTON, April 4 – On the House floor today, Congressman Greg Gianforte celebrated the women’s basketball team from the University of Montana Western for winning the 2019 NAIA national championship.

Harleigh Johnson lands Good Citizenship Award

Silver Bow Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) awarded Harleigh Johnson, senior from Beaverhead County High School the chapter’s Good Citizenship Award. The Good Citizen award is given to

Casting call answered: play runs Thurs.–Sat.

All the world may indeed be a stage, but local opportunities to participate in actual stage productions have been limited in recent years. That trend could reverse with the staging

Arts council director wants more community art options

The Southwest Montana Arts Council (SMAC) newest director is hoping to add more community art events to town. Interim Executive Director Neal Straus loves seeing art and wants to have

Deer coming near

More deer than typical for this time of year may be wandering into Dillon, driven by the atypical weather that the area has experienced so far in 2019. “We always

In Brief

Rotary names Ice Melt winners For the past 13 years the Rotary Club of Dillon has held their annual Ice Melt fundraising event. This year the ice at Logan’s Lake

Lawmakers study tax structure, guns, missing persons, hunters

HELENA -- The House of Representatives passed a bill last week that calls for studying Montana’s tax structure in the face of quickly shifting economics and demographics. Rep. Alan Redfield,