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Clancy-raised diver helps identify WWII Hell Ship
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (768+ words) Maritime archaeologist and 1993 Jefferson High graduate Calvin Mires is featured in Discovery Channel's upcoming season of "Expedition Unknown" for his help identifying a long-lost World War II ship that carried Allied prisoners of war." Mires joined explorer Josh Gates in…...
Pucks, plants and parades, oh my! Clancy Days has it all
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (1070+ words) Clancy Days returned on Saturday, with a record 114 vendors setting up shop along Main Street and Clancy Creek Road, drawing crowds to a car show, live music, a touch-a-truck event, carnival games and the event's signature afternoon parade. The annual…...
Fifth group of youth leaders launches bold initiatives
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (919+ words) A middle school duo devised a plan to reduce student vaping through health education, an 8th grader held a bake sale and raised hundreds of dollars for Boulder's animal shelter, and another 8th grader made an animated film explaining how to recognize…...
Key test looms in Elkhorns for state fish restoration project
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (1214+ words) Coltan Pipinich, a Fish, Wildlife and Parks" fisheries biologist based in Townsend, is confident that the hard work he and his colleagues have done to revive Montana"s state fish, the Westslope cutthroat trout, in a key Elkhorn Mountains tributary…...
The circus is coming to Boulder
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (592+ words) The Culpepper & Merriweather Circus is bringing lions, daredevils, clowns and more to Boulder this Sunday, thanks to the Boulder/Bull Mountain Volunteer Fire Department. "This is a very traditional one-ring American circus. It's like a show you would have seen…...
William "Wild Bill" Hadfield, 81, of Boulder
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (163+ words) William Albert Hadfield, 81, of Boulder passed away peacefully on May 26, 2026, surrounded by family. Known to most as "Wild Bill," he was born on Jan. 8, 1945, in Elgin, Illinois, to Allen and Gwendolyn Hadfield. He graduated from Cary Grove High School in…...
Retired old men eat out, and gain a following
1+ week, 6+ day ago (951+ words) Otto Hoogendyk's restaurant rating system is simple: an "A" means he'd go back anytime; a "B" means he'd go back if he can't find an "A"; a "C" says he's unlikely to return; and a "D" might lead to a…...
Into the hills, on a bike, gripped by fear
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1513+ words) The morning I'd been dreading since my first week in Boulder had arrived. To mark National Trails Day, the nonprofit Montana Trail 406 Association, which oversees a meandering, recently formed, 1800-mile trail across the state, had organized a group bike ride…...
Clancy Libertarian falls short
1+ week, 6+ day ago (230+ words) Clancy resident Tom Jandron received just over 200 fewer votes than his opponent in last week's primary, ending his campaign to be the libertarian candidate in November's U. S. Senate election. The Montana Secretary of State's results show Kyle Austin defeating Jandron with…...
A new season for weeds, and the insects that fight them
1+ week, 6+ day ago (821+ words) The 2026 season has begun for the Whitehall Biological Weed Control Project, which was founded in the early 1990s and has since raised, collected and redistributed more than $1. 4 million worth of noxious weed controlling insects, mites and fungus. We give these insects…...