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Virginia City water rates rising sharply
Mark Weber doesn't expect to get the tap water to run his Virginia City business for free.
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Lolo residents' love of history led to museum, center
Travelers' Rest State Park is close to the hearts of Bill and Ramona Holt, and not only because it lies outside their kitchen window across Highway 12.
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Late, or right on time?
Peter Dillon Kelley entered the world at 6:29 a.m. Jan. 1, 2009, making news right off the bat as the first baby born at Bozeman Deaconess Hospital in the new year.
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Grant preserves industrial past
The heart of all the historic mines in Butte was their hoist houses, the solid brick buildings that stored the engines used to pull cable out of the ground that brought the valuable ore from the shafts.
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Southwest Montana Snapshots
Social Thursday at senior living A Resident Appreciation Social runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Big Sky Senior Living, 3701 Elizabeth Warren.
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Polls open Tuesday
Area polls are open Tuesday, with most voting places open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Registered voters should cast a ballot at their local polling places.
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Snapshots
Clothing drive seeks donations The Butte Cares Inc. is sponsoring the 11th annual Helping Hand Clothing Drive Nov.
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Son arrested for murdering father in Waterloo
A 21-year-old man has been arrested for killing his father at the family's Waterloo home.
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Montana history almanac - Kerr warned government of power shortage
Oct. 30, 1929 A day after the stock market crashed on Wall Street, the vice president and general manager of the Montana Power Co.
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Children's theater to present play The Orphan Girl Theatre's school touring production of "Tales of Trickery: A Trio of Indonesian Folk Tales" will be presented on the Mother Lode Theatre stage at 2 p.m. ...
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Ennis High School students get history grant
High school students in Ennis have teamed up with their peers in Claremont, N.H., to research the migration of settlers from New England to Montana during the gold rush of the 1860s.
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'Romeo and Juliet' opens
Big Sky Repertory Theatre, Butte's professional theatre company, launches its Fall Classics Series this weekend with a never-before-seen adaptation of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, "Romeo and Juliet." It opens ...
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Top Ten Ghost Towns in the USA
Have you ever passed a deserted house and felt a shiver run up your spine? Chances are you had an encounter with a former occupant who just happen to be dead.
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Make plans to vote in the presidential election
The general election for President of the United States is on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008.
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History brought to life
Montana may be a long way from New England, but the two areas share a history linked by hard-working settlers who came West.
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What's happenin'?
The National Weather Service in Missoula will hold a Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow training at the Butte-Silver Bow Library, 226 W. Broadway St., from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Mayor: Ennis left in dark
The mayor of Ennis blasted Madison County officials for keeping town residents in the dark Sunday as rumors floated that a surge of water from a dam breach upstream could inundate the area.
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Southwest Montana Snapshots
Christian women's conference set The Montana Aglow Fall Gathering will be Sept. 12-13 at the Copper King Hotel, 4655 Harrison Ave.
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What's happenin'?
The 52nd annual Dillon Jaycee Rodeo and Concert is this weekend. The rodeo begins at 7:30 Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Mountain lions killed in Virginia City and Ennis
Amy Donovan knew something was wrong last week when her cat, Doc, didn't show up in the morning as usual.
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