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Livingston City Commission: Next city manager must live in town

Published on Wed, 03/16/2016 - 2:20pm

Livingston’s next city manager will have to live within the city limits — just like the law says.  

At Tuesday night’s commission meeting, commissioners said they never intended to try to amend the ordinance that requires the city manager to live in town, and they certainly weren’t looking to change the law just to accommodate one strong applicant. 

“It was not driven by one applicant or our preference for one candidate,” interim City Manager Lisa Lowy said. 

Cleaning water: City plans big upgrades to wastewater plant

Published on Wed, 03/16/2016 - 2:16pm
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Livingston city commissioners got a detailed tour last month of one of their largest municipal responsibilities — the wastewater treatment plant. 

Lawsuit crimps Gardiner resort tax earnings

Published on Tue, 03/15/2016 - 3:16pm

By Liz Kearney
Enterprise Staff Writer

 

Gardiner’s 3 percent resort tax brought in less money in 2015 than 2014 despite Yellowstone National Park’s record-breaking attendance records set last summer. 

Local photographer makes cross-park trek — again

Published on Tue, 03/15/2016 - 3:12pm
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Most people would never consider trekking over 100 miles of mountain, river and lake terrain in the dead of winter, but well-known professional natural history photographer Tom Murphy was crazy enough to do it twice.

Park County officials face opposition at polls

Published on Tue, 03/15/2016 - 2:52pm

The final list of those who filed for Park County elected offices are in, and two commissioners are facing opposition.

Commissioners Clint Tinsley and Marty Malone are seeking reelection. Brad Wilson, of Wilsall, and Tammy Lewis, of Livingston, are challenging Tinsley for the District 3 seat on the commission.

Wilson was unavailable for comment on Tuesday. According to a news release he sent out, he is a boiler engineer for the Shields Valley School District and a trustee for the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center.

Hunting black bears? Better be able to ID them

Published on Mon, 03/14/2016 - 3:05pm

 

Bear hunters must know the difference between black and grizzly bears before they can purchase a license for the upcoming black bear season.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reminds all black bear hunters of the responsibility to avoid mistakenly shooting a grizzly bear during Montana’s spring black bear hunting season, which begins April 15.

Manager residency requirement on agenda

Published on Mon, 03/14/2016 - 3:01pm

The Livingston City Commission will give the public a chance Tuesday night to weigh in on a discussion of a town ordinance that requires the city manager to live within the town limits. 

FINDING FUNDS FOR McNAIR: Grants on the horizon for a concrete skate park

Published on Mon, 03/14/2016 - 2:36pm
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Promising sources of funding are on the horizon for the McNair Skate Park Committee’s plans to bring Livingston its first concrete skate park, after the current skate park received a visit from members of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Friday afternoon.  

Over 100 skaters and community members gathered Friday afternoon among the park’s deteriorating plywood ramps and pipes.  

No sign of attack where human remains found in Yellowstone

Published on Fri, 03/11/2016 - 2:58pm

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. — Yellowstone National Park officials say an investigation has found no signs of an animal attack or foul play after human remains were found in the park earlier this month.

Park spokeswoman Amy Bartlett said Thursday that evidence at the site in the western part of the park shows the person died sometime in January.

Snowshoers came across some of the remains inside the park boundary near the town of West Yellowstone on March 2.

Livingston police: Keep your car doors locked

Published on Fri, 03/11/2016 - 2:55pm

A rash of recent vehicle break-ins have one thing in common — all of the vehicles were unlocked. 

According to dispatch call logs, at least eight local residents reported their vehicles had been entered over the past week. Some said nothing was stolen, others said some change and music CDs were missing. One woman reported her wallet stolen, but it was found nearby, Livingston Police Chief Dale Johnson said Friday. 

At least two complainants said items had been stolen from the bed of their pickup trucks.