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.
The road tracing the northern edge of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge cuts through sand dunes in a sea of sagebrush about 80 miles south of Ennis. Basin big sagebrush, Artemisia tridentata to be exact, is a marvelous species known to grow up to 13 feet tall.
Jim Jarvis, the newly installed Madison County housing coordinator, is on a mission to create more affordable housing options for local communities.
The stalking relationship between predators and livestock is part of the rhythm of life in Madison County. It unfolds on private ranchland and public range deep in the backcountry where the full extent of livestock loss can’t be calculated until the herds come down out of the high country in fall.
A recent report commissioned by the Big Sky Chamber of Commerce and conducted by ECOnorthwest spotlighted a burgeoning cost of living crisis in both Ennis and Big Sky. The study underscores the financial strain on service workers in these picturesque, yet increasingly expensive parts of Madison County.
Buzz Warner chuckles at the thought of it: A new kind of golf shoe, one designed specifically for the course he’s building near the Big Hole River along Burma Road near Twin Bridges.
The year 2021 was a big one for Emilie Sayler. That’s when Sayler’s studies at the University of Montana and work at the Ruby Valley Hospital placed her at the center of two major crises.
First, there was the pandemic.
These are unofficial election results provided by Paula McKenzie, Madison County Clerk & Recorder/Election Administrator.
Sheridan School election
Trustee/Elementary general fund levy
Trustee 3 Year Term (vote for 2)
Ridley Elser 486
Kaylie Theis 507
Week 3 in our history of Madison Meadows and the Ladies of Golf introduces us to Karen Rice. Karen and her husband Greg were a part of the original landscape of the Madison Meadows G.C. perhaps without even realizing it as neither one played golf (yet…)!
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