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Volunteers from the Madison Valley and beyond waded up the West Madison Canal on Oct. 17 and 18 with nets and buckets hunting for trout that were trapped by the receding waters and returning them to the Madison River.

Sheridan is the only municipality that was able to field enough candidates to hold an election in the 2025 general election on Nov. 4. 

“Caring for the land and serving people,” that is the United States Forest Service motto. For the second time in 2025, a significant number of USFS personnel are not doing either as they wait for the end of the government shutdown to continue preparing the public lands for winter. 

Madison River Foundation (MRF) conservation programs manager Mia Cignoni stood on a thin shovel in a tangle of willows that the team could barely stand up in working to dig the first of about 20 soil samples dug that day.

The Montana Department of Commerce (DOC) has rejected an application by the Town of Ennis to be designated as a resort community. The basis for the denial is that according to the confidential employment data used the town does not derive more than 50% of its income from tourist related activities according to the denial letter dated Sept.

The Town of Sheridan hired town commissioner Curtis Green to serve as their public service director at their Sept. 8 meeting. On Sept. 16 Green delivered his resignation as a town council member to the mayor in order to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest. 

The Sheridan Zoning Commission has shared the draft version of the ordinances they have worked on with Dylan Pipinich of the WGM Group with the Sheridan Town Commission on Sept. 8. The zoning commission has been working with the WGM Group since October of 2024 to establish the first ever zoning ordinances town which was established in 1893. 

Governor Greg Gianforte rolled through Virginia and Nevada City on Aug. 26 to bring attention to the new approach to public private partnerships for the Montana Heritage Commission (MHC) properties that was brought to fruition by the passage of representative Ken Walsh’s HB 680 in the 2025 Montana Legislature session.