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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

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

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.

From the Capitol Cloakroom: Legislative Update 12

Twenty years later, the Iraq Wars look like the Two World Wars in reverse

From the Capitol Cloakroom: Legislative Update 11

Constitutional witchcraft

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Obituaries

03/24/2023 - 19:21

David A. Collinsworth

Patricia C. Vauthier

Charles Arthur Dowd (December 23, 1923 - March 17, 2023)

Joyce S. Gutcheck

Jeffrey “Jeff” Jay Johnson

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