Carbon County is mostly rural. Coupled with its older population, and considering the current pandemic, social isolation worries Therese Picasso-Edwards.
"[Seniors] just didn't feel that they are in the county-wide loop," Picasso-Edwards, the Red Lodge Area Community Foundation program director, said.
Smoke began to billow over the grass foothills of the Madison Range near Norris Aug. 23.
This story was corrected at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday Aug. 26.
Ennis Pharmacy and Yesterday’s Soda Fountain, Inc. entered a $125,000 civil settlement agreement July 7.
The public process of determining regulations on the Madison River began with the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission’s adoption of two petitions Aug. 13.
As longtime volunteers grow older, many want to take a step back to allow for more travel and leisure time. What will volunteer organizations do to fill the void, and how can we keep older volunteers active? Many communities are struggling to find an answer.
Montana’s first all-mail in ballot election had the highest voter turnout in the country.
Who’s getting older? We all are. Yet denial, misinformation and fear often characterize this universal experience.
The Ennis-Big Sky Airport plans to reopen its runway by Sept. 28. Intermittent closures for further improvements will continue into 2021.
The traffic-calming study on Main Street is concerning to some Ennis residents.
Could senior cooperative housing, a model gaining popularity in states with aging populations, be the solution to alleviating social isolation and population loss in Montana’s rural small towns?
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