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Huntley Project School Running Mill Levy
Huntley Project School Board voted 5-0 this week to put a mill levy increase to the voters for approval on the upcoming election in May. It’s been 16 years since a successful Mill levy increase has been approved by the … read more
Shepherd School Showcases Recent Renovations & Expansions
Shepherd School District is proud to be showcasing the recent improvements due to renovating, remodeling, restructuring and expanding. Superintendent Drea O’Donnell gave Yellowstone County News a tour this week showing the improvements room by room which included expansions, and newly … read more
Madison River Propane Expands With New Lockwood Location
Madison River Propane has entered into an agreement with Red Mountain Truck Lines, Inc. to rent a lot in Lockwood which will house a bulk facility containing two 30,000-gallon tanks for their propane. This new location will allow their propane … read more
Gravel Pit Families Go to Court
On Thursday, Aug. 6th, a court hearing commenced with the goal of establishing the legality of a drainage trench dug on the Donnes property that left water running across the neighboring Flann property. read more
Request for Gravel Pit in Shepherd Re-Emerges
As was their option, with the issuance of a decision from Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) last July, that their plan had deficiencies, Riverside Contracting has submitted a response to the DEQ’s Deficiency Notice dated July 25, 2019. The company … read more
O’Donnell made Shepherd Schools’ Superintendent
Since the Shepherd School Board’s decision to terminate Superintendent Scott Carter in August, 2019, the school has been under the guidance of Interim Superintendent, Drea O’Donnell. She stepped into the midst of passing of two highly debated school bonds to … read more
O’Donnell Appointed Interim Shepherd Superintendent in Absence of Carter
The Shepherd School Board unanimously appointed Drea O’Donnell as the interim superintendent for School District #37 Monday evening in the district board room. She was the district’s curriculum director. read more
Fact gaps and deficiencies found in Riverside’s gravel pit application
Riverside Contracting’s proposed opencut gravel mine in Shepherd, called the Donnes site, has officially been blocked for the time being by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for a laundry list of deficiencies. read more
DEQ gives opencut gravel pit in Shepherd 30 day review extension
The Department of Environmental Quality has issued an additional notice of extended review regarding the proposed opencut mine gravel pit at the Donnes site in Shepherd. read more
Heartfelt thank you for condolences
Dear Editor, Dearest Community – no words can express the gratitude that we feel for your outpouring of love and support all of you have shown our families in the devastating loss of our grandson, Taylor Larson. read more
Young local lives lost on HWY312
The Huntley Project community was struck by tragedy on June 5th when a traffic accident took the lives of two young men. read more
Slimmed down Shepherd Bond is back on the table
At a meeting in the Shepherd High School gymnasium, members of the Shepherd community gathered to listen to Jeff Kanning of Collaborative Design Architects, pitch a new, lower price plan for remodeling and adding on to the Shepherd School. By … read more
Shepherd seeks solution on bond
by Parker H. Jimison A group of 50-60 Shepherd residents gathered in the Shepherd High School gym Tuesday evening, May 21st, to discuss the future of the school bond effort that failed two weeks ago. read more
Highly debated Shepherd bond fails, Billings’ passes
by Parker H. Jimison The hotly contested $17.9 million bond meant to overhaul the Shepherd School campus was shot down by voters on Tuesday night, May 7th, with the bond for the elementary school failing 49%-51% and the bond to … read more
DEQ puts gravel pit on hold
by Parker H. Jimison On Friday, April 26th, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) sent out a letter to Riverside Contracting, Inc stating that they have “extended the review period for an opencut mining permit application for a 74-acre … read more
DEQ extends review period for Shepherd gravel pit.
D HELENA – The Montana Department of Environmental Quality released the following statement and update regarding the highly contested proposed gravel pit in Shepherd Tuesday morning. The DEQ state that it “has extended the review period for an opencut mining … read more
Local School Bond Levy controversy gets personal
The controversy over a bond for the Shepherd School District has become personal, stepping over legal lines with the posting of Vote No signs without property owner permission. The amount of misinformation on both sides is causing more confusion than … read more
Shepherd meeting outlined school improvements
by Norma McNiven The Shepherd Community Education Committee (SCEC) held a public meeting on March 20, 2019, in the multipurpose room of the Shepherd High School. Attended by 85 people present and 35 people online, the SCEC presented information about … read more
Shepherd group sets the record straight
The Shepherd School Bond has become a topic of heated debate as the upcoming bond vote on read more
