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Three Forks Superintendent Jeff Elliott has submitted a letter of resignation to the School Board of Trustees. In his third year in the position, Elliott said Monday he would be leaving when he fulfills his contract on July 1. The School Board voted Tuesday to table the vote on accepting the letter of resignation. The board had a brief executive session before tabling the issue. Elliott said he has some family things he has to take care of, and eventually will get back into education. In his letter of resignation to the board, Elliott said it... Full story
On July 16, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") approved the designation of 988 as the new, nationwide, 3-digit abbreviated code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The 988 hotline will provide a phone number for Americans in crisis to connect with suicide prevention and mental health crisis counselors. Some area codes, like the 406 area code in Montana, currently allow 7-digit dialing to complete a local phone call. As a result of FCC Order 20-100, area codes that allo...
When 9,750 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Montana as early as this week, the delivery will mark the beginning of a complex distribution plan organized by public health officials, hospital administrations and commercial pharmacies. The goal of the initial round of distribution, state officials say, is to get the vaccine to as many frontline health care workers as possible. As of Tuesday, Montana reported 17,293 active cases, with approximately 70% of the state's ICU beds full,...
The City of Three Forks applied this week for a FEMA Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Grant that would pay for 75 percent of a mitigation project to reduce flooding from the Jefferson River by putting in 3,600 feet of channels. According to City Flood Plain Administrator Kelly Smith, the channels would be 100 feet wide, but only five feet deep. "When the floodwater from an ice jam hit these channels the water is diverted from Three Forks and back to the Jefferson River,"...
The Three Forks Chamber of Commerce has recovered three wreaths and two trees that were taken during this month's Christmas Stroll. According to Chamber Director Leandra Hill, they were able to identify who took the items and they were contacted by the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office. Hill reported the items were retrieved and no charges will be filed. She said the people who took the items thought they were free as they were told by someone that donated trees and wreaths were there where the free coats and hats are donated. In the future,...
Going into this season, we knew that it would be different. Especially when our season was shortened to two months of competition and the meets were made digital. Those differences were obvious, and with those differences came fears. Fears that our numbers would drop, that we would be less competitive, that our students would get less from the process. Yet, after having competed in the first two meets of the season, both digital, those fears have proven nothing but false. The Three Forks Speech & Drama team still possesses over 50 competitors,...
Yesterday marked a hidden holiday, as uncelebrated as it is unappreciated. It was 229 years ago December 15 that the United States ratified the Bill of Rights, ensuring unprecedented freedom for the people of an emerging nation. Bill of Rights Day has actually been a national holiday since Nov. 28, 1941 when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt designated Dec. 15 “Bill of Rights Day.” Roosevelt had big plans, envisioning flag-flying and ceremonies nationwide. Roosevelt observed that Adolph Hitler feared “our freedom of speech, press and relig...
The City of Philadelphia is rich in history and perhaps and is perhaps as important or more in the creation of the United States as anywhere else. While Philadelphia does have the nickname of the "city of brotherly love", it has also garnered a reputation for having some not so friendly residents. A perfect example of this is witnessed in professional sports where fans have been known to boo just about everyone from the opposing team to their own team and they once in 1968 pelted Santa Claus with snowballs during a Philadelphia Eagles game. I'm...
Hunters, recreators, and anglers who purchase licenses online will notice a new look to the sales system starting on Dec. 9. This change is targeted at improving customer experience with the current licensing website by making it more intuitive. The coming changes include a new look for online customers and several options for printing carcass tags: a one-time link to print at home, an option to have FWP licensing staff print and mail the carcass tag, and carcass tags will be mailed out automatically if the one-time link is not redeemed within...
HELENA - Lawmakers who sit on the House and Senate rules committees convened virtually and at the state Capitol this week to debate how the upcoming legislative session should operate as COVID-19 continues to spread across the state. After presiding over spirited and often heated discussions about several measures, including mask requirements and allowing lawmakers to participate virtually, newly appointed leadership said the Joint Rules Committee will reconvene on Wednesday, Dec. 16, to take...
