When you’re in the backcountry, anything can happen. Sure, that’s the reason many of us are called there: to shed the distractions of civilized life for the sanctity of the woods where nothing is programmed, and a human is just another animal walking into view.
Virginia City is in the process of the required review and update to its existing Source Water Protection Plan (SWPP). An SWPP investigates the quantity and quality of municipal water supplies, and helps guide management and planning efforts for a municipality to ensure adequate, potable water for its residents and visitors.
When the Falcon Fire team from Twin Bridges visited Montana State University last Saturday, it marked the culmination of nearly five months of building and programming a robot the junior high students pitted against 35 other teams from around the state.
The February 28, 2022, Madison County Planning Board public hearing on Flatiron Subdivision and PUD has been postponed to a subsequent date to be determined, according to Cody Marxer, Planner for the Madison County Planning Board. The public hearing was originally scheduled to be held on Monday.
As part of a multi-year Targeted Elk Brucellosis Surveillance Project, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) staff recently captured elk in the Tobacco Root Mountains south of Whitehall. All captured elk tested negative for brucellosis.
The board members and staff for the Resort Tax sat down for their monthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 9, to discuss projects in the community, upcoming developments like Flatiron, and the new Gallatin Canyon Water and Sewer District.
The Madison County Board of Health held a special meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 8 at the Administration Building in Virginia City. The agenda included two items, to appoint a Board of Health Member to the role of Health Officer and to transfer the duties of Medical Director to another Board Member - both due to the recent resignation of Dr.
Eleven Madison County Planning Board (MCPB) members plus planner Cody Marxer and planning clerk Michelle Schrick sat down on Jan. 31 at 6 p.m. for a five hour meeting in Virginia City.
It’s hard not to slow down these days as you cross the bridge over the Madison River at the east end of Ennis. The icy flow is in constant flux – in the morning it may appear like a glacier, slowly carving its way down the channel. By the afternoon, a water channel may have appeared, giving a glimpse of the fast-moving, icy blue water beneath.
Ennis School Bond Election February 8, 2022:
YES 761
NO 1123
According to Paula McKenzie, Madison County Clerk & Recorder/Election Administrator, the results are unofficial until the school does the canvass of election.
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