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Commission picks a manager applicant for on-site interview

Published on Tue, 04/12/2016 - 4:01pm

Livingston is a step closer to hiring a city manager. 

By the end of their work session last week, city commissioners had interviewed  three applicants for the city manager position left vacant by the resignation of Ed Meece late last year. 

The applicants were Cheryl Beatty, finance director of Junction City, Kansas; Paul Dauphinais, executive director of the Alaska Public Office Commission; and Sidney Mitchell, who has worked in economic development in Klamath County, Oregon. 

Local teen helps fight childhood hunger

Published on Tue, 04/12/2016 - 4:00pm

More than 48,500 children in Montana are food insecure, meaning they don’t know where their next meal will come from, and for Livingston resident Allison Stevens, 18, that is an issue that needs to be addressed.

ALLISON STEVENS

Livingston's Signs of Spring

Published on Tue, 04/12/2016 - 2:16pm
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Second annual brew fest overflows with music, cheer and unusual flavors

Published on Mon, 04/11/2016 - 4:06pm
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 With 25 Montana craft breweries ranging from as far west as Libby and as far east as Sidney, and the crowds to ensure a steady line at each brewery’s booth, the Park County Fairgrounds was overflowing with cheer on Saturday afternoon for Livingston’s second annual Tap Into Montana Brew Fest.  

As craft brewing culture explodes around the country, many unconventionally-flavored brews are making a splash. 

Red Elvises at Chico Hot Springs

Published on Mon, 04/11/2016 - 3:36pm
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Sheriff’s deputy promoted to sergeant

Published on Mon, 04/11/2016 - 3:20pm
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A deputy with the Park County Sheriff’s Office was promoted from corporal to sergeant on Tuesday, after working in the department for 13 years.

Sgt. Steve Voss went through an extensive testing and interviewing process to earn his promotion, according to a Sheriff’s Office press release.

To qualify for the position, an officer in the department must have worked in law enforcement for at least five years.

Voss had to answer a series of questions in a letter detailing the responsibilities of a sergeant and what qualities he could bring to the position.

2nd annual brew fest overflows with music, cheer and unusual flavors

Published on Mon, 04/11/2016 - 2:20pm
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With 25 Montana craft breweries ranging from as far west as Libby and as far east as Sidney, and the crowds to ensure a steady line at each brewery’s booth, the Park County Fairgrounds was overflowing with cheer on Saturday afternoon for Livingston’s second annual Tap Into Montana Brew Fest.  

As craft brewing culture explodes around the country, many unconventionally-flavored brews are making a splash. 

Owner presents Crevice Mountain proposal

Published on Mon, 04/11/2016 - 2:03pm

The head of a company proposing to mine for gold northeast of Gardiner shared his plans during a public meeting held Saturday in Livingston.

Mike Werner, one of the owners of the Crevice Mining Group, presented his plan to about a dozen people Saturday afternoon at the Yellowstone Pioneer Lodge. 

Grizzly delisting is topic of meeting

Published on Mon, 04/11/2016 - 1:59pm

Removing Yellowstone-area grizzly bears from the protections of the Endangered Species Act is the topic of a meeting to be held Tuesday night.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will host an open house meeting and public hearing on the Yellowstone grizzly bear proposed delisting rule at the Holiday Inn on Baxter Lane in Bozeman. 

City decides to keep annual Spring Cleanup

Published on Mon, 04/11/2016 - 1:58pm

Spring Cleanup will continue as in years past after all, the Livingston City Commission decided last week. 

At a previous meeting, the commission had agreed to scrapping the traditional arrangement — where city residents could place their larger trash items in their regular trash pickup location — for a new plan proposed by the Public Works Department, titled “Solid Waste Awareness Day.”