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From the fields to finished products, Montana is home to a wide variety of hemp producers, all of whom are facing dire consequences if legislation isn’t passed to regulate the industry and prevent new restrictions on hemp derived products passed in 2025 from taking effect. 

Writer’s note: This is the beginning of a very complicated conversation that will almost certainly span the rest of my journalism career. There is no way to cover this topic in one article. This is a starting point to the conversation. 

McAllister’s Brand Morgan qualified two eight second saddle bronc rides over the weekend taking home a fifth place finish at the Madison County Fair and Rodeo in Twin Bridges and a second place finish at the Broadwater Rodeo and Fair in Townsend.

After almost two years of conducting listening sessions across the county, The Madison County Local Government Review Commission has submitted ballot language that will allow voters in the Nov. 3 general election to vote on the option of changing from a commission type of government to a charter type of government. 

On July 29, the Montana High School Sports Association denied an application to co-op the Twin Bridges and Sheridan football programs. 

“Before today, I never realized how much a skate park can mean,” wrote Ennis resident Lacey Hopper on Facebook after the opening of the new skate park in Lion’s Club Park. 

On July 14, the Department of the Interior announced a revised proposal to increase management flexibility for grizzly bears in areas where the species has met, and in many cases exceeded, federal recovery benchmarks.

On May 10 about 150 community members gathered at the Madison County Fairgrounds Pavillion for their first experience of the facility with a fully functional kitchen and restrooms.