News

District Court

July 16 • Gayle Bruce Chaffin of Dillon was sentenced on a felony charge of Driving Under the Influence – 4th Offense. Judge Luke Berger sentenced him to 13 months

Road Report

Beaverhead County road work for the week of July 14-20: Dillon area – Bladed on the following roads: Stone Creek, Trout Creek, Anderson, Bond, Carrigan, Flynn, Bannack, Old Canyon, Ten

Police News

July 11 3:23 a.m., Noise Complaint, Center Street at Skate Park. 11:24 a.m., Disturbance, East Sebree Street. 6:14 p.m., Animal Complaint, South Railroad Street. 7:38 p.m., Traffic Stop, Atlantic and

Characters from the past

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Visitors and actors alike were donning period dress from the 1860s to get into the swing of Bannack Days. J.P. Plutt photo

UMW ranked among best public universities

The University of Montana Western was recently ranked among the best public and most affordable universities in the country. College Consensus has ranked Montana Western among the 2019 “Best Public

Brucellosis group meets July 25

The work group originally charged in 2012 with developing guidelines for elk management in areas with brucellosis will meet July 25 at the FWP Region 3 Headquarters in Bozeman. The

Six-hour communications outage caused by construction

A severed fiber optic line led to a six-hour communications and internet outage for Beaverhead County July 9. Charter Communications Senior Director of Communications Bret Picciolo said a construction crew

Montana hospitals charge private plans more than Medicare

BOZEMAN, July 14 (AP) – A new study has found that prices Montana hospitals charge for patients with private health insurance can be double what the federal government sets as

In Brief

Weed Days ahead Beaverhead County Weed Days send volunteers out to battle invasive weeds at various locations in the county on various days during the summer. Weed Days this coming

Bannack Days this weekend

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