On March 12 the Ennis school board was forced to make a grave decision and approve the application for a $1.5 million loan at 5% interest from Madison Valley Bank to start the process of replacing the roof over the summer and ensure the school will stay functional into the 2025-2026 school year.
Virginia City held their monthly town council meeting on Thursday, March 7, 2025. Resort tax collection numbers for 2024 and short term rentals were discussed. For the town of Virginia City resort tax helps to provide funding for infrastructure improvements, marketing campaigns and community development.
Cody Marxer, Madison County Planning Director and Floodplain Administrator, was awarded the 2025 Lewis & Clark Floodplain Administrator of the Year award for the state of Montana.
The Madison County Board of Commissioners received public comment about the possibility of seizure of Jack Creek Road through eminent domain at their work session on Feb. 24.
“Following a relatively warm and dry start to the snow accumulation season across most of Montana, the weather took a timely turn during the last week of December.
Consistency is important in journalism and the current team at The Madisonian has taken this to a new level. Ironically, the team now includes four members featuring some form of “Madison” in their name.
More than 100 people gathered Jan. 13 in the Virginia City Community Center to hear residents, attorneys and healthcare professionals debate whether or not 22 property owners in the Silvertip subdivision in Moonlight Basin should be allowed to withdraw from the Madison Valley Hospital District.
American Pacific Mining Corp. announced significant assay results from its 2024 field program at the Madison Copper-Gold Project, igniting optimism among investors and stakeholders in the mining sector, according to a company press release.
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 delivery of ballots from Twin Bridges, Jefferson Island, Harrison and Ennis Town precincts was slowed by black ice and snow on local roads.
Counting of those ballots began around 11:20 p.m., while poll workers awaited more ballots from Big Sky. Norris Hill and the hill between Ennis and Virginia City is reportedly ice coated.
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