The Town of Sheridan is holding a special meeting at 6 p.m. on June 19 at the Senior Center to discuss and potentially vote on a 20% raise in both water and sewer rates.
Due to the passage of HB 207 by the Montana State Legislature, the deadline to run for office in the Madison County elections in November has been moved up to June 11. Here is a list of the positions that will be on the ballot in the general election.
Virginia City
Congressmen Ryan Zinke and Troy Downing, both Republicans from Montana, joined a coalition of 14 legislators that were key in the removal of a provision to sell public lands in the tax bill supported by President Trump. Zinke, along with Rep.
The Madison County Sheriff met with the mayors of Twin Bridges, Sheridan and Virginia City on May 8 at the Madison County Annex Building to begin negotiations about payments from the municipalities for law enforcement services provided by the Sheriff’s office.
The May 6 election brought a mixed bag of results around Madison County. Here are some of the highlights with comments from the people involved in and impacted by the results of the vote.
These unoffical results are for the May 6, 2025 election.
Virginia City Courthouse Restoration County Bond
Yes 1849 passed
No 1699
Virginia City Resort Tax
For 86 passed
Against 21
On Wednesday, April 23, NorthWestern Energy (NWE) and other organizations gathered for their annual meeting about the Hebgen Dam and Madison River updates. A few of the items on the meeting's agenda were aquatic invasive species, snowpack, runoff forecasts, flushing flow, fish population and several more important comments.
The Madison Valley Hospital District (MVHD) has reached a compromise with the Big Sky Resort Area District (BSRAD) that will allow Madison County residents who live in BSRAD to leave the hospital district and establish their own over the course of the next eight years.
Big Sky Resort Area District (BSRAD) is asking voters on the May 6 ballot to extend the end of the resort tax until 2065 so that they can bond against the procedures to provide funding for affordable housing and community improvements. The current resort tax expiration is scheduled for 2032.
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