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Christine Sullivan, left, and Kristi Danforth, right, demonstrate a form or "kata" as Bill Calhoun and Chris Eamon observe at their testing on Sunday for their second-degree black belts – the first ever awarded to students at the Anaconda Martial Arts Academy. Not pictured: Allen Grantham. Leader photo: James S. Rosien

 
Fri, 03/24/2023 - 19:37
Anaconda Martial Arts Academy has its first-ever second-degree black belts – and both are women

 

Fake mustaches and other wackiness are just part of the fun at the Second Annual Smelter City Recreation Complex Dodgeball Tournament, which returns to the Memorial Gym on Saturday, April 22. Courtesy photo

 
Fri, 03/24/2023 - 19:32
'Dodge for a Cause' at the Smelter City Rec Complex Dodgeball Tournament

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 The Anaconda Junior/Senior High School chapter of the Business Professionals of America (BPA) attended the BPA's State Leadership Conference in Billings, with excellent results. Pictured are Eva Murray, front left, Loretta LaSalle, Brett Dahood, Evan Schultz and Cody Porter; Advisor Gayle Holm, second row left, Ada Calhoun, Riley Soushek, Torri Hintz, Taylor Ehman, Jamie Brown, Travis Bailey, Preston Kelly and Advisor John Flamand; and Joey Shelton, back row.

 
Wed, 03/22/2023 - 20:17
Local business students excel at state conference

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Charlie Dowd, pictured here in his Naval uniform, has died. A longtime Anaconda resident, he was Montana's last living survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan. Courtesy photo

 
Wed, 03/22/2023 - 20:15
End of an era: Charles Dowd, Montana's last Pearl Harbor survivor, has died at age 99

 

 MaryPat Clark, left, and Wini Stokke are all smiles now that their labor of love for the past five years, "Anaconda's Melting Pot Cookbook," has been completed, with the cookbook hitting the shelves in the Smelter City this week. Leader photo: James S. Rosien. 

 
Fri, 03/17/2023 - 19:57
'Anaconda’s Melting Pot Cookbook' tells the Smelter City’s story through its culinary heritage

Long-awaited book, an Anaconda Community Foundation fundraiser

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  • Christine Sullivan, left, and Kristi Danforth, right, demonstrate a form or "kata" as Bill Calhoun and Chris Eamon observe at their testing on Sunday for their second-degree black belts – the first ever awarded to students at the Anaconda Martial Arts Academy. Not pictured: Allen Grantham. Leader photo: James S. Rosien

     
    Anaconda Martial Arts Academy has its first-ever second-degree black belts – and both are women
    03/24/2023 - 19:37
  • Fake mustaches and other wackiness are just part of the fun at the Second Annual Smelter City Recreation Complex Dodgeball Tournament, which returns to the Memorial Gym on Saturday, April 22. Courtesy photo

     
    'Dodge for a Cause' at the Smelter City Rec Complex Dodgeball Tournament
    03/24/2023 - 19:32
  •  The Anaconda Junior/Senior High School chapter of the Business Professionals of America (BPA) attended the BPA's State Leadership Conference in Billings, with excellent results. Pictured are Eva Murray, front left, Loretta LaSalle, Brett Dahood, Evan Schultz and Cody Porter; Advisor Gayle Holm, second row left, Ada Calhoun, Riley Soushek, Torri Hintz, Taylor Ehman, Jamie Brown, Travis Bailey, Preston Kelly and Advisor John Flamand; and Joey Shelton, back row.

     
    Local business students excel at state conference
    03/22/2023 - 20:17
  • Charlie Dowd, pictured here in his Naval uniform, has died. A longtime Anaconda resident, he was Montana's last living survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan. Courtesy photo

     
    End of an era: Charles Dowd, Montana's last Pearl Harbor survivor, has died at age 99
    03/22/2023 - 20:15
  •  MaryPat Clark, left, and Wini Stokke are all smiles now that their labor of love for the past five years, "Anaconda's Melting Pot Cookbook," has been completed, with the cookbook hitting the shelves in the Smelter City this week. Leader photo: James S. Rosien. 

     
    'Anaconda’s Melting Pot Cookbook' tells the Smelter City’s story through its culinary heritage
    03/17/2023 - 19:57
  • Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, fifth from left, stands beside Montana Department of Corrections staff at Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge on Wednesday where he signed House Bill 3 into law boosting correctional officer pay

     
    Governor visits MSP, signs pay rise for correctional officers
    03/17/2023 - 19:53
  • St. Paddy's Day Race Food Drive organizer Joe Mehrens, left, with fellow Ancient Order of Hibernians members, as well as Anaconda Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center students and staff, gather outside Fred Moodry Intermediate School with a trailer to haul food donations from the school to the food bank. Photo courtesy of Joe Mehrens

     
    St. Paddy's Food Drive brings in a record haul for food bank
    03/15/2023 - 20:51
  • AOH packs the house for Ceilidh celebration
    03/15/2023 - 19:55
  • Five AHS basketball players, and a coach, recognized with postseason honors
    03/15/2023 - 19:52
  • And they're off, as St. Paddy's Day Race participants navigate the slushy conditions at the starting line at East Front Street on Saturday morning. Leader photo: James S. Rosien

     
    Runners and walkers alike brave winter road conditions for St. Paddy's Day Race
    03/15/2023 - 19:46
  • Anaconda Junior/Senior High School honors government students Gabe Galle, left, Jimmy Lovett and Zach Johnson prepare for the Academic WorldQuest competition in Missoula earlier this week. A total of 14 AJSHS honors government students attended the two-day event. Photo courtesy of Megan Casey.

     
    AJSHS honors government students go on a 'WorldQuest'
    03/10/2023 - 21:02
  • Initial renderings show the newly-proposed Business Center to be located in the East Yards. Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Commission Packet & K.V. Development graphic.

     
    Commission discusses more developments in East Yards, Opportunity
    03/03/2023 - 20:39
  • The Copper Village Woodcarvers discuss their projects at their meeting Wednesday night at Copper Village Museum and Art Center. Leader photo: Nikki Johnson

     
    Woodworkers carve out a niche at Copper Village
    03/03/2023 - 20:28
  • The late Anaconda basketball star Wayne Estes' memory lives on in the form of the Wayne Estes Tournament, which is returning on March 24-26 after a three-year hiatus. 

     
    Wayne Estes Basketball Tournament making its return to the Smelter City
    03/03/2023 - 19:46
  • Firefighters' Ball raises $10K for benevolent fund
    03/01/2023 - 21:25

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 MaryPat Clark, left, and Wini Stokke are all smiles now that their labor of love for the past five years, "Anaconda's Melting Pot Cookbook," has been completed, with the cookbook hitting the shelves in the Smelter City this week. Leader photo: James S. Rosien. 

 
'Anaconda’s Melting Pot Cookbook' tells the Smelter City’s story through its culinary heritage
News

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, fifth from left, stands beside Montana Department of Corrections staff at Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge on Wednesday where he signed House Bill 3 into law boosting correctional officer pay

 
Governor visits MSP, signs pay rise for correctional officers
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AOH packs the house for Ceilidh celebration

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Christine Sullivan, left, and Kristi Danforth, right, demonstrate a form or "kata" as Bill Calhoun and Chris Eamon observe at their testing on Sunday for their second-degree black belts – the first ever awarded to students at the Anaconda Martial Arts Academy. Not pictured: Allen Grantham. Leader photo: James S. Rosien

 
03/24/2023 - 19:37
Anaconda Martial Arts Academy has its first-ever second-degree black belts – and both are women

 

'Dodge for a Cause' at the Smelter City Rec Complex Dodgeball Tournament
Man gets 100 years for attempted homicide and sexual intercourse without consent
March Music to benefit Adult Learning Center
Open Theatre Project to present 'Anansi, the Clever Spider' April 1
Kindergarten Registration Roundup at Lincoln set for April 3-6

Sports

 Lady Copperhead softball players practice at the Memorial Gym.

 
03/24/2023 - 19:15
Previewing AHS spring sports: softball and tennis

 

Anaconda Martial Arts Academy awards rank promotions to students
Eye on spring sports: Golf, track preparing for start of season
Copperhead wrestler is a state champion once again as Warner wins Montana AAU State meet
Two AHS cheerleaders picked for Shrine Game
Copperheads' spring sports schedules set

Opinion

03/24/2023 - 19:24
Ski areas are on the front lines of climate change

There is much to love and admire about Montana.

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Obituaries

03/24/2023 - 19:21
Joyce Gutcheck

 

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