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Just a few hours after a season-opening 43-6 win Friday over Roundup, the Three Forks High School football team quickly banded together once again for what was an even more significant victory for the weekend. On Saturday, the Wolves showed up to take part and offer their labor services at an auction to raise money for Three Forks resident Ted Roberts, who is fighting bravely against Glioblastoma Multiform, one of the most aggressive human cancers. According to fundraising organizer Jessica... Full story
An August lawsuit filed by Broadwater County residents aims to halt the Headwaters Rest Area in Three Forks. The lawsuit was filed in Montana Judicial District Court in Townsend by landowners Justin Brewer, Laura Brewer, Amy Gibson, Larry Weidinger, Heather Bennett, Corey Williams, and Schogia LLC against the Montana Department of Transportation. The suit is asking the court to put a stop to the project alleging the MDT violated their Montana Constitutional rights by not providing notice and... Full story
After several months of negotiations with Montana Rail Link about the future of the Trident Depot in 2010, the Three Forks Area Historical Society was told they could have the building if they agreed to move it. Shortly before relocating the building to its current home in Three Forks, members of the society were moving stuff out of the depot when local resident Larry Wilcox showed up and said he would like to help. Historical Society member Pat Townsend said at that time, nobody had a set plan...
The Three Forks City Council voted last week to approve a resolution to amend the fiscal year 2020-2021 budget to acknowledge unanticipated revenues and amend expenditures exceeding the original appropriations. The most significant unanticipated revenue was in the Streets/Flood Improvement fund, with $171,813 received from a Covid-19 CARES Act reimbursement from Gallatin County and alley abandonment purchases. In the Gas Tax BARSAA Fund, there was an unanticipated revenue of $16,400.19 after the City received more than anticipated from 2020...
The Three Forks After-school program is scheduled to start next week. The program will officially begin on Monday, September 7, and will run Monday to Thursday, from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. This year’s program will be divided into three sections: Kindergarten-2nd, 3rd – 5th, and middle school. There are also mentoring opportunities and special events for high school students. There will be a monthly calendar reflecting all special events for the sections above. “Our staff is looking forward to a great year with your student. I will be the direc...
Poor Butte County, California, again on fire, its smoke choking the air of states miles away. Nestled in the Northern Sierras, Butte County is home to Chico State University, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., and portions of two national forests. Almost half its 220,000 residents live in metro Chico. Over the past four years, the county has now become known for the wildfires that keep coming back. This summer, the Dixie Fire torched more than 559,000 acres of pine, cedar and fir, 1,000 homes and...
It was a phenomenal start to the season for the Three Forks High School football team. The Wolves scored two touchdowns in each of the first three quarters on their way to a 43-6 win Friday night over visiting Roundup. Senior Owen Long had three touchdown passes for the Wolves, and six players found the end zone for Three Forks. Colten Hayder, Austin Allen, Shane Williams, Walker Page, Dylan Kamps, and Jacob Buchignani had touchdowns for Three Forks, who will host Red Lodge on September 3....
It was a dominant start to the season for the Three Forks High School Cross Country team. The Wolves boys team finished in first place at last Saturday's Boulder Invite. Garret Golding finished in first place overall (18:22), and Beau Johnston (18:43) end the race in second place. Three Forks had two more runners in the top 10, with Bryon Fanning finishing in fourth place (19:04) and Jaron Berg finishing in sixth (19:16). Cass Violett finished 14th with a time of 20:52, Gabe Hungerford was 17th...
The annual season-opening tournament in Choteau provided the Three Forks High School Volleyball team the opportunity to matchup against teams from across the state. There were plenty of positives last weekend for the Wolves, who were able to pick up victories over Wolf Point (2), Cut Bank, Florence, and Big Fork. “We are feeling really good about where we are at in terms of growth on the weekend. We showed we can compete at a very high level,” said Head Coach Shann Mack. “We just need to fine-tune a couple of things to help with some continuity...
Are you ready for hunting season? FWP can help. In addition to the following hunting forecast, FWP provides online information about hunting access, including our popular Block Management Program. Through the program, we coordinate with landowners to provide hunting access to more than 7 million acres of private land. The interactive Hunt Planner map allows users to look at information for various species, including hunting districts and regulations. The hunt planner interactive map is a great...
HELENA—Today, the Department of Environmental Quality released a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzing the potential impacts from a proposed tailings reprocessing project at the Golden Sunlight Mine. The Golden Sunlight Mine is located approximately five miles northeast of Whitehall, Mont. in Jefferson County. The project, an amendment to the current operating permit under the Metal Mine Reclamation Act, would allow Golden Sunlight to excavate and reprocess tailings in order to extract a gold and sulfide concentrate. Golden S...
HELENA - The commission tasked with dividing Montana into two U.S. House districts for the first time since the 1980s has a Nov. 14 deadline to submit a final district map to Montana's secretary of state. To help it do that, the commission is seeking public input in the form of written comments and specific mapping proposals. The five-member Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission formally acknowledged receipt of detailed data from the 2020 U.S. census at a meeting last week, kicking...
Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate approved a $1.2 trillion spending plan aimed at addressing critical national infrastructure needs. The bill is poised to inject billions of dollars into Montana’s highways, bridges, water systems and broadband, and the fate of that funding now rests with the U.S. House of Representatives, which began debating the proposal’s path this week. Democratic Sen. Jon Tester was among the bill’s chief architects, working alongside four other Senate Democrats, five Senate Republicans and top White House aides in close...
Montana agricultural operations have been significantly impacted by the wildfires and ongoing, severe drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has technical and financial assistance available to help farmers and livestock producers recover. Impacted producers should contact their local USDA Service Center to report losses and learn more about program options available to assist in their recovery from crop, land, infrastructure and livestock losses and damages. “Production agriculture is vital to the Montana economy, and USDA stands r...
The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission is seeking public review and comment on several wildlife-related items and the 2022 Montana fishing regulations, all of which were approved for comment during the recent commission meeting. Wildlife proposals include the wild turkey augmentations in north-central Montana, bighorn sheep augmentation on Wildhorse Island, Adaptive Harvest Management Plan for Mule Deer and the 2022 Annual Work Plan for Elk Management in Areas with Brucellosis. More information on the wildlife proposals can be found on the...
