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Correction: In the Oct. 13 edition, Madison County Candidate profiles, Madison County District 3 Commissioner candidate BILL TODD was incorrectly identified as Bill Wood.

The countdown to Election Day is on. Absentee ballots go into the mail for folks who have requested them on Friday, Oct. 14. The Federal Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8 and voters will vote at the polls.

Election season is upon us. Madison County voters have the opportunity to get to know the local candidates on their ballots on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 6 p.m. The Madisonian and Rotary Club of the Ruby Valley are hosting a moderated candidate forum at the Virginia City Community Center next week.

What started with a good idea and a handshake, has become as familiar on Montana roads as the cars themselves. The blank white road markers shaped like a cross have no words, pictures or arrows, but everyone knows its meaning; someone has parished on that section of road.

The suite of recommendations developed by the Elk Management Citizen Advisory Group are available for public review and comment.

In the second of five meetings held by Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP), the Madison River work group explained their recommendations to stemming ‘perceived crowding’ on the Madison River. The FWP Scoping Meeting Handout consisted of thirty-six pages of recommendations, fiscal notes, and staff assessments. (Available online at go.usa.

On what could only be described as an ideal morning in Virginia City, it’s glorious past and exciting future were commemorated with gold shovels and a giant pair of red scissors. A ribbon cutting ceremony held August 25th marked the beginning of a million-dollar project to save, and restore, Stonewall Hall.

On Wednesday, August 24 at 16:44, the Madison County Communications Centers received a report of possible unexploded ordnance near mile marker 23 on MT Highway 41 south of Twin Bridges. The original call described three pieces of what the reporting party believed to be dynamite.