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Anaconda grieves loss of community's treasured twice-weekly newspaper

The community of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County grieved Monday after learning its steadfast twice-weekly newspaper had abruptly closed after more than five decades. A sign on the Main Street door of The Anaconda Leader announced the shuttering. “We deeply regret to inform our customers and readers that The Anaconda

DOC progressing on massive expansion at Montana State Prison

DEER LODGE – A massive expansion at Montana State Prison is well underway outside of Deer Lodge, with one of three housing buildings on its way to completion. State corrections officials were on hand Wednesday morning for a tour of the facility, which will add around 1,000 prison beds. Montana

Deer Lodge state prison expansion aims to address overcrowding

Deer Lodge state prison expansion aims to address overcrowding

DEER LODGE, Mont. — A major expansion at Montana State Prison has moved forward, as the Department of Corrections looks to add close to a thousand prison beds to Montana by 2029. This $300 million project, funded through the state legislature, marks the first prison project of this size in Montana

DOC consolidates out-of-state inmates to Mississippi facility, inmate relatives share frustrations

BUTTE, Mont. -- As the Montana Department of Corrections looks to address Montana's inmate overcrowding problem, officials hope that a recent decision to consolidate all out-of-state inmates into one facility will be helpful in the long term. However, family members of inmates set to be transferred are

Scott, William

Scott, William

William (Bill) and Jean Scott William (Bill) Harold Scott was born on December 22, 1935 to Harold and Mary Scott in Deer Lodge Montana. Bill passed away at his home on May 22, 2025. Jean Marlene (Verworn) Scott was born on August 17, 1938 to Edward and Ida Verworn in

William (Bill) and Jean Scott

William (Bill) and Jean Scott

William (Bill) Harold Scott was born on December 22, 1935 to Harold and Mary Scott in Deer Lodge Montana. Bill passed away at his home on May 22, 2025. Jean Marlene (Verworn) Scott was born on August 17, 1938 to Edward and Ida Verworn in Missoula Montana. Jean passed away

Humbug Spires: Butte's climbing and hiking destination

South of Butte in the western reaches of the Highland Mountain range, the Humbug Spires rise to a height of more than 600 feet above the landscape’s trees and boulders. These rock formations are part of an igneous or granitic intrusion. Magma rose from the depths, intruding into the