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Articles from the June 5, 2019 edition


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  • Ballerini to play Headwaters County Jam Thursday, June 13

    Alan Sculley|Jun 5, 2019

    Like many artists before her, Kelsea Ballerini was told she shouldn't play too much of her new album, "Unapologetically," in her headlining shows that followed the November 2017 release of the album. The fear was that fans might not know the new material and could be disappointed if the show features too many new selections. Ballerini did not heed that advice for her tour, playing "Unapologetically" pretty much in its entirety to make up the main body of her headlining shows in early 2018. Now...

  • Imerys tourney this week

    STAFF REPORT|Jun 5, 2019

    Local baseball fans will get plenty of action this weekend at the 20th annual Imerys Memorial Tournament. The host Gallatin Valley Outlaws will play five games at the tournament scheduled for June 6 to June 9 at the Imerys Field in Three Forks. The American Legion team will open the tournament Thursday, June 6 with a 6 p.m. matchup against Lewistown. On Friday, the Outlaws will take on Cody, Wyoming at 6 p.m. Gallatin Valley will play two games on Saturday, June 8, the first a 3:45 p.m....

  • Deadline to file June 17

    STAFF REPORT|Jun 5, 2019

    Three Forks residents interested in running for Mayor or Council must file with Gallatin County prior to June 17 at 5 p.m. The City Council has three seats that will expire on December 31 and the unexpired term of the Mayor is also open. Current Mayor Steve Hamilton resigned from his position in May. The new Mayor appointed June 25 is subject to nomination and election at the next municipal general election scheduled for November 5, 2019. For more information about filing and fees please visit...

  • Column: Some field trip...

    Jack H. Smith, Three Forks Voice|Jun 5, 2019

    Over the past weeks kids from across the area were able to wrap up the school year with their annual spring field trips. I was able to read online about what seemed to be some pretty amazing trips and the kids really seemed to be happy about where they were going. It's really great local schools plan these trips for the kids. After a long year in the classroom it is always nice for them to get out and have a little fun. Looking back on my time in school I certainly had quite a few end of the...

  • Missouri River Corps of Rediscovery: Six months Paddling a Dugout Canoe

    Tom Elpel, Contributing Writer|Jun 5, 2019

    We are now several hundred miles within the bosom of this wild and mountanous country, where game may rationally be expected shortly to become scarce and subsistence precarious without any information with rispect to the country not knowing how far these mountains continue, or wher to direct our course to pass them to advantage or intersept a navigable branch of the Columbia, or even were we on such an one the probability is that we should not find any timber within these mountains large enough...

  • LAWRENCE KENNETH (BUD) BABCOCK

    Jun 5, 2019

    LAWRENCE KENNETH (BUD) BABCOCK February 19, 1922 ~ February 28, 2019 Lawrence was born and raised in Ryegate, Montana. On March 31, 1942, he married Mary Louise "Marylu" Carmin in Missoula, Montana. They moved to Seattle, Washington, where he worked as a carpenter until inducted into the US Army on March 12, 1943, and was sent overseas in WWII with the 398th Engineer Regiment as a combat engineer. He fought on the European front in many battles including the Battle of the Bulge. He was...