Broadwater County News

Dist. 2 Commission candidate questions Because of space limitations, candidates were asked to limit their responses to a total of 500 words.

Ray Barnicoat and Dave Kirsch are competing for the District 2 Jefferson County Commission seat, a 6-year position.

Giving Bozeman criminals who've gotten caught driving drunk or have a warrant out for their arrest a get out of jail free card isn't acceptable, the Bozeman City Commission said Monday night.

Life after mine closures and what to do about thousands of acres of bug-killed trees were two of the major issues that surfaced in a Jefferson County Commission candidate forum Thursday night at Jefferson High ...

A 41-year-old Helena woman died in a one-vehicle rollover accident up Magpie Gulch in Broadwater County late Tuesday night during a bow-hunting trip.

More people in Broadwater County are turning to the community food pantry for help than in the past four years.

Independent Record A fire sparked shortly after noon Thursday in the Big Belt Mountains east of Helena grew to 20 acres by 4 p.m., but official were cautiously optimistic that it would be under control sometime ...

Clarence Delbert 'Del' Herron, 92, of Great Falls, a retired plant manager for Hilde Construction Co., died of cancer Friday at Peace Hospice.

A spat between the Broadwater County Commission and the local rodeo group over renewing a lease of the county rodeo and fair grounds came to a head Monday at the county commission meeting.

Rolling Glen Ranch, slated to be a 2,599-lot subdivision, is projected to increase the population of City of Three Forks by threefold.

The developers of a planned 2,600-lot subdivision in southern Broadwater County have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.

Longtime Broadwater County Commissioner Jim Hohn resigned from the county commission effective Aug.

A drop in development and protested taxes are putting a squeeze on Broadwater County's revenue, causing budget cuts.

The number of Montana schools and school districts that met goals required under federal education requirements declined in 2008 as the requirements increased, the state's top educator said Friday.

The Bear Gulch fire east of Townsend was declared 100 percent contained Sunday afternoon.

The Butte teenager charged with felony negligent homicide in the April death of a Helena 15-year-old girl appeared in Broadwater County District Court Friday morning.

Location: Twelve miles east of Townsend and north of U.S. Highway 12. Current Size: 755 acres Containment : 72% Camp Tours: The public is invited to afternoon tours of fire camp on Saturday and Sunday.

The Bear Gulch fire near Townsend had burned about 600 acres in heavy timber by Monday night and was expected to continue making a run due to the dry, windy weather forecast for the next few days.

The Bear Gulch Fire burning 12 miles east of Townsend continues to grow, moving northeast, mostly in beetle-killed lodgepole pine on Helena National Forest lands.

TOWNSEND - Bulldozers and other equipment are expected to arrive today in an effort to slow the progress of a 600-acre wildfire east of Townsend.