Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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A new requirement that voters write their year of birth on mail-in ballot envelopes resulted in more than 2,700 local-election ballots being rejected this week in Montana’s six largest cities, according to election office data compiled by Montana Free Press. Another 1,278 ballots were rejected due to issues with ballot-envelope signatures, a longstanding requirement. Many of those votes have since been or will be counted if voters are able to remedy the issues flagged by election workers. Sarah Bell, Missoula County’s deputy elections adm...
As we enter the homestretch of summer, Montana’s rivers tell a tale of two states. While most of Big Sky Country’s major waterways are flowing at normal to above-normal levels, a handful of key streams are significantly below their typical summer volume. Data from 49 U.S. Geological Survey monitoring stations across the state reveal a mixed hydrological picture as of early August. The standout performer is the Tongue River in eastern Montana, particularly at the dam fed by the Tongue River Reservoir, which has been at or slightly above his...
The number of acres enrolled in Block Management, a hunting access program managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, has continued its gradual decline despite efforts to bolster landowner interest in the program. Hunters have been tracking revisions to Block Management, hopeful that changes to the landowner reimbursement payment structure authorized by the last two Montana Legislatures can reverse flagging participation in the program and help alleviate concerns about crowding as sales of hunting licenses climb. As the last week of the...
