Joseph Beaudet

Fifty years after Butte-Silver Bow voters consolidated the city and county governments, residents will decide whether to shrink the council of commissioners and hire a city-county manager, among other recommendations.

The Butte-Silver Bow Council of Commissioners is scheduled to vote on the city-county's spending plan and sewer rates for the fiscal year that began July 1.

Members of the local nurses' union rejected a proposal they say fails to adequately pay experienced and new nurses. The two sides have not yet set a date to return

Joseph Beaudet Lee Enterprises Nurses at Intermountain Health St. James Hospital in Butte are among the lowest paid in the state.

Montana's Democratic western congressional candidate said in Butte on Thursday he hopes to protect Medicare and Social Security, two longstanding social programs.

The Dillon Jaycees launched a fundraiser to help rebuild Maverick Mountain, with estimated repair costs as high as $2.5 million, and musician Tim Montana announced a weekend show and fundraiser.

After the Montana Supreme Court ordered a new trial, a Butte man pleaded no contest to amended charges stemming from a 2019 incident and was sentenced to time served.

Just more than nine months after the Montana Supreme Court overturned a Butte man's 2022 rape conviction and ordered a new trial, he pleaded no contest to amended charges Thursday.

After a commissioner raised concern about provisions in Butte-Silver Bow's contract for parking enforcement devices, the county attorney is recommending the agreement be reworked to better comply with Montana law.

A Municipal Parking Services SafetyStick is pictured in uptown Butte on Aug. 28. Butte-Silver Bow could rework its contract with MPS for the SafetySticks to be more compliant with Montana