Skip to main content
Friday, April 17, 2026
Home

The Anaconda Leader

  • Home
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Calendar
    • Photos
    • Subscriptions
    • Print Subscriber Website Access
    • Special Sections
  • News
    • Birth Announcements
    • News Briefs
    • Religion
  • Sports
  • Outdoors
  • Commentary
  • Obituaries
  • Local History
  • Login

Featured

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 22:35
ADLC's traffic forum sees fewer concerns than previous year's

Dee Motor Co. is set to celebrate its 80th anniversary in the automotive business in Anaconda, with an 80th anniversary party on Saturday, April 18 from 5-8 p.m. at Dee Motor, 1200 E. Commercial Ave. Pictured from left: Dave Kimball, Mark Jackson, Austin Kimball, Bill Montgomery, Zach Cook, Travis Porter, Devin Walker, Roberta Cotton, Mark Connolly, Bob Jacobson, Trisha Kelly, Frank Keiser, Kenneth Hurst, Robbie Dee, Bryan Cyr, TJ Edward, Russell Walker, Kylie Dee, Ben Norman, Mike Huotte, Nate Boice, Carl Beardsley, Dustin Gervais, Daniel Cole, Kyran King, Phillip Forster, Phil Lish and John Hekkel. Not Pictured: Gavin Dee, Kayden Fultz, Mark Surges and Patti Sullivan. Leader photo: Kasey Edge-Faur.

 

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 22:30
Dee Motor Company celebrates 80 years in the auto business

The mountains above Georgetown Lake are pictured in March, where the spring runoff ended up being more than what the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation had anticipated. Photo courtesy of Carly Moodry.

 

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 21:34
Things are looking up: Georgetown Lake water level is now back above average

AHS golfers Logan McKay, left, and Lylee Sayers tied for third place for the girls at the Jefferson Invitational at Green Meadow Country Club in Helena on Monday, and Gavin Browning also tied for third place for the boys at the same meet. Leader photos.

 

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 20:15
Three for third: McKay, Sayers tie for third for girls, as does Browning for boys, at Jefferson

AHS track athletes Juliette Evans, left, and Teague Cromwell placed first at the East Helena Invitational – Evans in the girls' discus and Cromwell in the boys' pole vault. Leader photos.

 

Wed, 04/15/2026 - 19:04
Evans wins girls' discus, Cromwell takes first in boys' pole vault at the East Helena Invitational

Top Stories

  • ADLC's traffic forum sees fewer concerns than previous year's
    04/15/2026 - 22:35
  • Dee Motor Co. is set to celebrate its 80th anniversary in the automotive business in Anaconda, with an 80th anniversary party on Saturday, April 18 from 5-8 p.m. at Dee Motor, 1200 E. Commercial Ave. Pictured from left: Dave Kimball, Mark Jackson, Austin Kimball, Bill Montgomery, Zach Cook, Travis Porter, Devin Walker, Roberta Cotton, Mark Connolly, Bob Jacobson, Trisha Kelly, Frank Keiser, Kenneth Hurst, Robbie Dee, Bryan Cyr, TJ Edward, Russell Walker, Kylie Dee, Ben Norman, Mike Huotte, Nate Boice, Carl Beardsley, Dustin Gervais, Daniel Cole, Kyran King, Phillip Forster, Phil Lish and John Hekkel. Not Pictured: Gavin Dee, Kayden Fultz, Mark Surges and Patti Sullivan. Leader photo: Kasey Edge-Faur.

     

    Dee Motor Company celebrates 80 years in the auto business
    04/15/2026 - 22:30
  • The mountains above Georgetown Lake are pictured in March, where the spring runoff ended up being more than what the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation had anticipated. Photo courtesy of Carly Moodry.

     

    Things are looking up: Georgetown Lake water level is now back above average
    04/15/2026 - 21:34
  • AHS golfers Logan McKay, left, and Lylee Sayers tied for third place for the girls at the Jefferson Invitational at Green Meadow Country Club in Helena on Monday, and Gavin Browning also tied for third place for the boys at the same meet. Leader photos.

     

    Three for third: McKay, Sayers tie for third for girls, as does Browning for boys, at Jefferson
    04/15/2026 - 20:15
  • AHS track athletes Juliette Evans, left, and Teague Cromwell placed first at the East Helena Invitational – Evans in the girls' discus and Cromwell in the boys' pole vault. Leader photos.

     

    Evans wins girls' discus, Cromwell takes first in boys' pole vault at the East Helena Invitational
    04/15/2026 - 19:04
  • Trustees talk sports, enrollment, election
    04/10/2026 - 23:39
  • Pete Smith, front left, and Mary Lou Verlanic, nephew and niece of Milan Lazetich and Bill Lazetich, and Carole Cummings, widow of Ed Cummings, hold up the plaques inducting all three Copperhead legends into the Montana Pro Football Hall of Fame outside the Memorial Gym on Tuesday. They are joined by Hall of Fame chairman Tom Oberweiser, back left, Hall of Fame coach Jim Oberweiser and Hall of Fame board member and former NFL head coach Marty Mornhinweg. Leader photo: James S. Rosien

     

    'Anaconda's the first': MT Pro Football Hall of Fame honors trio of Smelter City late greats of the gridiron
    04/10/2026 - 23:37
  • Ken Maynard stands inside the Tammany Ballroom of the Historic Montana – formerly the Montana Hotel, which Maynard has helped to restore – where at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 16 he will be presented with the Governor's Veteran Commendation by Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte. Leader photo: James S. Rosien

     

    Governor to present Veteran Commendation to Ken Maynard at the former Montana Hotel
    04/10/2026 - 23:02
  • Mark Callison speaks on the history of American Legion Post No. 21 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1876 – for which he serves as historian of both posts – on Thursday, April 9 for the latest installment of the "Anaconda's Past" historic speaker series. Beside him is a monitor showing the  first members of Anaconda's American Legion post. Leader photo: Kasey Edge-Faur

     

    Historian of Anaconda's American Legion and VFW posts speaks on the veterans' organization's past – and present
    04/10/2026 - 21:13
  • Seven AHS seniors awarded ServeMontana scholarships
    04/10/2026 - 21:11
  • Police and firefighters/EMTs respond to a fatal helicopter crash on the slag pile off Smelter Road in Anaconda in April of 2024. The National Transportation Safety Board's final report attributed the crash to engine failure. Leader file photo. 

    Fatal helicopter crash on slag pile in 2024 caused by engine failure: NTSB
    04/08/2026 - 21:59
  • ADLC Head Start seeks levy for transportation, maintenance
    04/08/2026 - 21:57
  • ADLC up for $1M in federal funds to improve its communications infrastructure
    04/08/2026 - 21:55
  • Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Commissioner Ed Beaudette, middle, is joined by Rocky Mountain Association of Realtors Advocacy Committee members Hannah Bruha, left, Charity Breeton, Jennifer Jollie and Valerie Nielson on the steps of the courthouse on Monday, April 6 to read ADLC’s Fair Housing Month Proclamation. Leader photo: James S. Rosien

    April is Fair Housing Month
    04/08/2026 - 21:53
  • Despite March storms, warm weather causes early snowmelt, reduces streamflow forecasts
    04/08/2026 - 21:46

Editor's pick

<<Prev Next>>
News Briefs

"Vasalisa" (Link Marthaller), left, "Vasalisa's Father" (Samantha Howard), "Baba Yaga" (Cameron Hempstead), "Rudolf" (Zachary Sevores) and "Matryoshka" (Silvia Ruiz) take a bow at the conclusion of the Open Theatre Project's Theatre for Young Audiences traveling show performance of "The Marvelous Misadventures of Baba Yaga" on Saturday, April 11 at the Anaconda Junior/Senior High School Little Theatre. We'll have more photos from the show on Friday. Leader photo: Kasey Edge-Faur

 

Take a bow with 'Baba Yaga'
News
ADLC's traffic forum sees fewer concerns than previous year's
News

Dee Motor Co. is set to celebrate its 80th anniversary in the automotive business in Anaconda, with an 80th anniversary party on Saturday, April 18 from 5-8 p.m. at Dee Motor, 1200 E. Commercial Ave. Pictured from left: Dave Kimball, Mark Jackson, Austin Kimball, Bill Montgomery, Zach Cook, Travis Porter, Devin Walker, Roberta Cotton, Mark Connolly, Bob Jacobson, Trisha Kelly, Frank Keiser, Kenneth Hurst, Robbie Dee, Bryan Cyr, TJ Edward, Russell Walker, Kylie Dee, Ben Norman, Mike Huotte, Nate Boice, Carl Beardsley, Dustin Gervais, Daniel Cole, Kyran King, Phillip Forster, Phil Lish and John Hekkel. Not Pictured: Gavin Dee, Kayden Fultz, Mark Surges and Patti Sullivan. Leader photo: Kasey Edge-Faur.

 

Dee Motor Company celebrates 80 years in the auto business
Outdoors

The mountains above Georgetown Lake are pictured in March, where the spring runoff ended up being more than what the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation had anticipated. Photo courtesy of Carly Moodry.

 

Things are looking up: Georgetown Lake water level is now back above average
Outdoors

A pair of sandhill cranes cross paths in opposite directions near the west fork of Rock Creek on Monday, April 13. Photo courtesy of Carly Moodry.

 

Crossroads Cranes
News Briefs
St. Pat's Food Drive Finale
Sports

AHS golfers Logan McKay, left, and Lylee Sayers tied for third place for the girls at the Jefferson Invitational at Green Meadow Country Club in Helena on Monday, and Gavin Browning also tied for third place for the boys at the same meet. Leader photos.

 

Three for third: McKay, Sayers tie for third for girls, as does Browning for boys, at Jefferson
Sports

AHS track athletes Juliette Evans, left, and Teague Cromwell placed first at the East Helena Invitational – Evans in the girls' discus and Cromwell in the boys' pole vault. Leader photos.

 

Evans wins girls' discus, Cromwell takes first in boys' pole vault at the East Helena Invitational
News
Area V Agency on Aging to celebrate Older Americans Month with 'Never Too Old to Play' Fun Fair on May 1
Sports

Pete Smith, front left, and Mary Lou Verlanic, nephew and niece of Milan Lazetich and Bill Lazetich, and Carole Cummings, widow of Ed Cummings, hold up the plaques inducting all three Copperhead legends into the Montana Pro Football Hall of Fame outside the Memorial Gym on Tuesday. They are joined by Hall of Fame chairman Tom Oberweiser, back left, Hall of Fame coach Jim Oberweiser and Hall of Fame board member and former NFL head coach Marty Mornhinweg. Leader photo: James S. Rosien

 

'Anaconda's the first': MT Pro Football Hall of Fame honors trio of Smelter City late greats of the gridiron
News

Ken Maynard stands inside the Tammany Ballroom of the Historic Montana – formerly the Montana Hotel, which Maynard has helped to restore – where at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 16 he will be presented with the Governor's Veteran Commendation by Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte. Leader photo: James S. Rosien

 

Governor to present Veteran Commendation to Ken Maynard at the former Montana Hotel
Outdoors

Ripple students take a watershed field trip to Whiskey Gulch in 2023. Montana Tech photo.

 

Ripple seeks volunteers for local spring watershed science field trips
Local History

Mark Callison speaks on the history of American Legion Post No. 21 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1876 – for which he serves as historian of both posts – on Thursday, April 9 for the latest installment of the "Anaconda's Past" historic speaker series. Beside him is a monitor showing the  first members of Anaconda's American Legion post. Leader photo: Kasey Edge-Faur

 

Historian of Anaconda's American Legion and VFW posts speaks on the veterans' organization's past – and present
News
Seven AHS seniors awarded ServeMontana scholarships
News

Police and firefighters/EMTs respond to a fatal helicopter crash on the slag pile off Smelter Road in Anaconda in April of 2024. The National Transportation Safety Board's final report attributed the crash to engine failure. Leader file photo. 

Fatal helicopter crash on slag pile in 2024 caused by engine failure: NTSB

News

04/15/2026 - 22:35
ADLC's traffic forum sees fewer concerns than previous year's

Dee Motor Company celebrates 80 years in the auto business
Local man gets seven years, five of them suspended for criminal endangerment
Man sentenced for drugs, driving under the influence
MSU Extension Agency's soil, farm specialists suggest ways to manage rising fertilizer costs
A Song-and-Dance Weekend: Paper Flowers, Spring Fling and Lincoln Luau

Sports

AHS golfers Logan McKay, left, and Lylee Sayers tied for third place for the girls at the Jefferson Invitational at Green Meadow Country Club in Helena on Monday, and Gavin Browning also tied for third place for the boys at the same meet. Leader photos.

 

04/15/2026 - 20:15
Three for third: McKay, Sayers tie for third for girls, as does Browning for boys, at Jefferson

All-Sports Banquet set for May 6 at Elks
AJSHS sports schedule for April 15-25
Evans wins girls' discus, Cromwell takes first in boys' pole vault at the East Helena Invitational
'Anaconda's the first': MT Pro Football Hall of Fame honors trio of Smelter City late greats of the gridiron
Registration opens for the 2026 Shooting Challenge summer basketball skills program

Opinion

04/10/2026 - 22:53
In war, truth really is the first casualty

When I loved baseball
Indivisible Anaconda: united in support of our democracy
Montana Climate Matters: Impacts on wildlife in the Treasure State
Public health is built by community partnerships
Revenge is a dish that's better not served at all

Social News

Anaconda Leader

Obituaries

04/15/2026 - 18:52
James Joseph Bubash Sr.

John Paul Lombardi
Daniel C. McCabe
James J. Bubash
Andrew Cameron McFarland
Albert John Clark Jr. August 7, 1939 – April 2, 2026

Photo gallery

<<Prev Next>>
Chilling Out
Mr. Freeze
Hoo Goes There
Strutting his stuff
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
Walking on water
American Sunrise
Christmas Stroll With the Choraleers
Legion Appreciation
Christmas Stroll Parade Map
Aurora over Anaconda
Anaconda Bicycles Ribbon Cutting

Search form


The Anaconda Leader

leadernews@anacondaleader.com

Forms & Submission

  • Anniversary Announcement
  • Birth Announcement
  • Current Subscriber Web Access
  • Letter to the Editor
  • News Tips
  • Wedding Announcement

Subscriber Login

  • Request new password
Copyright © 2026 The Anaconda Leader - All Rights Reserved

Comment Here