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The Three Forks School Board recently unanimously voted to rehire the district’s three Principals. Elementary Principal Steve Fanning, Middle School Principal Jake Lynch, and High School Principal Greg Heys were all rehired for the 2024-25 school year, with salary and benefits to be determined pending negotiations. According to Superintendent Dr. Rhonda Uthlaut, all three principals are kept extremely busy in their roles. “We feel that beyond the basic management duties of their positions related to personnel, instructional leadership, and dis... Full story
It's once again time for the annual Rebekah Lodge St. Patrick's Day fundraiser. The annual event starts at 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 17, at the Lodge, 120 E. Date (across from the fire hall) in Three Forks. The dinner, which raises money for the local organization, costs $12 and includes a corned beef and cabbage dinner with a dinner roll and dessert. Those in attendance in 2024 will have the option to dine in or drive through. The event will go from 11 a.m. until the Lodge sells out of dinners.... Full story
With the cost of living and energy prices rising in Southwest Montana, the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) offers several programs designed to help defray energy costs for area residents. The HRDC currently offers the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which provides financial assistance to households to help pay winter home heating bills with eligibility based on gross income and resources. The Energy Share of Montana supports those who are without or soon to be... Full story
The Iron Horse Café and Pie Shop in Three Forks is featured in the recently released book "100 Things to Do in Montana Before You Die." In the book by Missoula-based author Susie Wall, the restaurant is listed under the heading "Eat Dessert first at the Iron Horse Café and Pie Shop." Known across the Gallatin Valley as the Three Forks Pie Lady, owner Jamie Taylor had no idea the business would be included in the book until hearing from the writer. "It was super cool. The writer had been in t... Full story
Three Forks High School had three basketball players receive all-conference accolades. Junior Dylan Swenson and sophomore Maddie Tesoro were selected for the first team 5B All-Conference and senior Shane Williams was chosen for the second team. Willow Creek senior Campbell Smith, who played on a co-op team with Whitehall, was selected to the first-team All-Conference. SENIORS 4 Three Forks seniors ended their high school basketball careers with a 50-48 loss to Jefferson earlier this month at...
On February 23, 2024, the Board and Executive Committee of the Three Forks Area Historical Society met at the conference room at the local library to kick off their "Collection Migration Project." This project will make the society's collection available online, allowing the public to view photos, documents, and objects on PastPerfect's online cloud application. Project Manager Patrick Finnegan expects the collection from both the Headwaters Heritage Museum downtown and the Railroad and Trident... Full story
The Gallatin County Elections Office is looking for help at the polls this year for the presidential elections. To sign up to be an election judge at the polls visit our website and complete the sign-up form. Judge duties include assisting voters at the polls and through the voting process. All judges MUST attend training, which will be approximately three hours long and held Monday-Friday, from April 1 through April 12. Training sessions will take place in the morning or afternoon, with a few...
February was a considerably slower month for calls. TFAA responded to 19 calls. 9 of these were transports to Bozeman Health Deaconess Regional Medical Center. 2 of these hospital transports we were assisted by AMR paramedics due to the severity of the calls. The rest of the calls were refusals, cancelled prior to arrivals, and a standby for basketball at the Three Forks High School. In February the TFAA Crew received training in HIPPA, Professionalism, Bloodborne Pathogens, and doffing. Doffing... Full story
Disclaimer: The views expressed in Op-Ed’s published in the Three Forks Voice are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the publication. Over the last several weeks we’ve seen a number of articles—both editorial and from news reporters—that lay blame for the need to purchase electricity on the open market at the feet of NorthWestern Energy and their recent efforts to expand their portfolio to include more reliable energy from coal and natural gas. In no uncertain terms, the litany of articles published since the beginni... Full story
Every so often, I visit realtor.com and search for my hometown of Rock Springs, Wyoming. My search isn’t because I’m interested in moving back. I’ve been in Montana for nearly a decade, and outside of family and a few select friends, there isn’t much desirable for me at the place I called home for so long. The reason why I check for homes is to see if my favorite place growing up, my grandparents’ home at 206 Dickson Avenue, is up for sale. Granted, if I were super rich, I would definitely snatch up the house in a heartbeat, but I’m just... Full story
Following a slow start to winter, recent precipitation has been welcomed across Montana. "February kicked off with a region wide winter storm that brought one to two inches of precipitation to the region, and while there were a couple periods of warm and sunny weather, precipitation was relatively consistent last month," said Eric Larson, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Water Supply Specialist. Precipitation totals for the month of February were as high as 150-200% of normal a...
In a laboratory in Montana State University's Harrison Hall, biomechanics graduate student Isaac Burgess counts down from three before pressing a button to bring a large treadmill to a stop. Ty Wiberg, a sophomore studying community health who is a para Nordic skiing athlete with the nearby Crosscut Mountain Sports Center team, had been double-poling – moving his two skiing poles in a parallel motion at the same time – to ski on the treadmill. Now, he slows his double-poling to mirror the speed...
A wave of major budget cuts is hitting public schools across the state - a situation officials from four of Montana's largest districts attribute to declining enrollment, inflexibilities in the state's school funding formula, and a funding cliff facing schools as pandemic-era federal relief money runs out. District leaders from the Helena, Great Falls, Bozeman and Missoula public schools, meeting with reporters in Helena Friday, also said increased property values and the rising cost of living in the state are major factors impacting their...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will host public meetings in each region to gather input for the 2025-26 fishing regulations. The meeting for Region 3 is scheduled for March 28 at 6 p.m. at 1400 South 19th Street in Bozeman. Fishing regulations are now under a process like hunting regulations, going through a comprehensive public review every two years. Fishing regulations are printed during odd numbered years. FWP’s proposed regulation changes will be posted online later this month. FWP will also accept and review fishing regulations changes p...
A Lewis and Clark County district court judge last week denied a request from Gov. Greg Gianforte to stay enforcement of a prior order directing him to allow lawmakers to override his veto of a 2023 marijuana tax revenue bill. Judge Mike Menahan’s ruling on March 5 does not guarantee that lawmakers will be able to override Gianforte’s veto of Senate Bill 442, legislation that allocated tax revenues from marijuana sales to conservation, veterans and county infrastructure programs. But it does start a 14-day clock for the governor and the Mon...
Montana State University Extension and the Montana Feed Association will co-host the annual Montana Nutrition Conference and Livestock Forum on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 16 and 17, at the Best Western Plus GranTree Inn in Bozeman, 1325 N. Seventh Ave. The theme for this year’s conference is “Owning the Outcome: Proactive Management in Challenging Environments.” Experts from MSU and other institutions will share their expertise on the market dynamics shaping the cattle outlook, parasite effects on profitability, diseases affecting Monta...
Gallatin County is the proud recipient of a federal grant that will allow our landfill to work with public and private partners to help reduce food waste in our communities. Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded Gallatin County a $400,000 grant to help expand composting operations at Logan Landfill to include food wastes and biosolids. The Gallatin Solid Waste Management District (GSWMD) owns and operates Gallatin County's landfill. Last year, over 200,000 tons of waste were...
Page 1 of 5 MEDIA REPORT Printed on March 11, 2024 CFS Date/Time Street Name Code : Description 03/03/24 00:25 DIST : Disturbance (Unknown) 03/03/24 05:35 E ST CITASST : Citizen Assist 03/03/24 08:13 FOLLOWUP : Follow up 03/03/24 08:44 QUARTER CIRCLE RD CITASST : Citizen Assist 03/03/24 09:07 MVA : MVA 03/03/24 10:13 LOMBARD RD SUSP : Suspicious 03/03/24 10:49 EXPATROL : Extra Patrol 03/03/24 11:25 FOLLOWUP : Follow up 03/03/24 12:12 46.367530, -111.555820 Traffic Complaint : Traffic Complaint 03/03/24 12:17 FOLLOWUP : Follow up 03/03/24 13:01... Full story
Page 1 of 6 GCSO Calls for Service Yesterday Printed on March 11, 2024 Time Call # Type of Call Location Result 03/10/24 00:17 CFS24-034769 PATROL CHECK DRIVEWAY and E CAMERON BRIDGE LE - Documented 00:52 CFS24-034774 MISSING PERSON BIG SKY RESORT RD and ACCESS (99.4 LE - Cancelled 00:56 CFS24-034775 DOMESTIC OLIVINE ST and SILVER MAPLE DR (36.2LE - Case Generated 01:15 CFS24-034776 OUT W/ VEHICLE GALLATIN RD and JACKRABBIT LN LE - Documented 01:36 CFS24-034778 PATROL CHECK W CAMERON BRIDGE RD and LE - Documented 01:39 CFS24-034779 OUT W/... Full story
Page 1 of 7 GCSO Calls for Service Yesterday Printed on March 12, 2024 Time Call # Type of Call Location Result 03/11/24 00:06 CFS24-035181 PATROL CHECK COLTERS RUN LOOP and MEDICINE LE - Documented 00:23 CFS24-035185 PATROL CHECK GODFREY WAY and KERI ST (87.5 feet) LE - Documented 00:35 CFS24-035189 PATROL CHECK W CAMERON BRIDGE RD and LE - Documented 00:36 CFS24-035190 PATROL CHECK LE - Documented 01:13 CFS24-035193 PATROL CHECK JACKRABBIT LN and SPANISH PEAK DR LE - Documented 01:26 CFS24-035197 PATROL CHECK BUSINESS HUB DR and DRIVEWAY LE... Full story
The next time you're in a security line at the airport, you may find that instead of a Transportation Security Administration officer checking your ID, a camera and screen will use biometric facial recognition to confirm your face and photo ID match and ensure your ID isn't fake. The TSA has installed the system in over 200 U.S. airports to improve identity verification accuracy and keep its lines moving. Spokeo used information from Customs and Border Protection to see how many airports in each...
The Small Business Administration backed loans worth $27.5 billion through its primary lending program in 2023—rising well above pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels as government officials aim to stabilize the economy. Many small businesses get their start and scale up with SBA loans, which increased lending to Black, Latino, and women entrepreneurs in the past few years in step with efforts to become more equitable. Flippa found the county in Montana where applicants were approved for the most SBA l...
When Purdue Pharma first began sales of OxyContin in the late 1990s, it was advertised as relief for cancer patients and people with chronic pain. Aggressive marketing fueled the drug's popularity, along with that of other opioid pain management drugs on the market. But as the company touted OxyContin to physicians, it downplayed the drug's addictiveness, according to confidential Justice Department reports obtained by news organizations, leading to widespread use that has fueled an opioid...
Page 1 of 7 GCSO Calls for Service Yesterday Printed on March 13, 2024 Time Call # Type of Call Location Result 03/12/24 00:24 CFS24-035693 BURGLARY CABOOSE CT and GRAVES TRL (34.5 LE - Documented 03:18 CFS24-035705 OUT W/ VEHICLE W JEFFERSON AVE and JACKRABBIT LE - Documented 06:24 CFS24-035718 TRAFFIC HAZARD GALLATIN RD and LOWER DUDLEY LE - Public Assist 06:56 CFS24-035719 PATROL CHECK W SILVER CIR and TWODOT LN (71.0 LE - Documented 07:02 CFS24-035721 TRAFFIC HAZARD LE - Referred 07:21 CFS24-035722 OHMAN S 16TH AVE and W DICKERSON ST (37.6... Full story
Page 1 of 6 GCSO Calls for Service Yesterday Printed on March 14, 2024 Time Call # Type of Call Location Result 03/13/24 00:04 CFS24-036163 PATROL CHECK AMSTERDAM RD and DRIVEWAY (67.5 LE - Documented 00:21 CFS24-036169 DUI MILL TOWN LOOP and DRIVEWAY (39.3 LE - Documented 00:26 CFS24-036171 TRAFFIC STOP LE - Case Generated 00:38 CFS24-036174 PUBLIC ASSIST TWO TRACK WAY and WAGON TRAIN LE - Public Assist 00:53 CFS24-036176 PATROL CHECK BUSINESS HUB DR and DRIVEWAY LE - Documented 01:10 CFS24-036178 PATROL CHECK GIDDY UP DR and BAXTER LN E... Full story
