Paula McKenzie started telling volunteers at the Madison County polling place in Virginia City they could head home around 12:30 a.m. on Wed. Nov. 6 as the final ballots of the night were counted and black ice hardened on roads throughout the county.
The county’s counter
Election officials ran tests on the DS450 ballot counting machine, which is not connected to the internet and is sealed during counting. Blue ballot boxes will start coming into election HQ in Virginia City after the polls close at 8 p.m., when counting begins.
Jim Jarvis, the newly installed Madison County housing coordinator, is on a mission to create more affordable housing options for local communities.
In the vast and often rugged landscape of Madison County, where the pace of life is slow and the people are resilient, a humble but vital service is quietly making a difference. The Madison County Shuttle, voted into existence in 2010 and spearheaded by the late Barbie Durham, stands as a testament to the power of community initiative.
A multi-vehicle accident Feb. 21, 2023 occurred on Hwy 287 at mile marker 37, between Sheridan and Twin Bridges. Zero visibility and icy conditions made for dangerous circumstances and it escalated into one vehicle after another crashing. Law enforcement and EMS arrived on the scene that involved approximately seven-ten vehicles.
The Madisonian mistakenly printed candidate Bill Todd's name as Bill Wood in the Oct. 13 edition. Candidates are listed in alphabetical order. Please see the corrected version below.
Brian Conklin
The Madison County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to enact an emergency resolution appropriating funds to deal with flood waters during a regular meeting on June 14, 2022. This resolution allows two mills on a taxable valuation of a county homesite to be allocated.
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.
Unofficial election municipal general election results from Madison County were reported by Paula McKenzie, Madison County Clerk and Recorder/Election Administrator, shortly after the mail in election closed Tuesday evening.
The canvass is set for Nov. 10, 2021, after which official election results will be reported.
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