Monday, February 9, 2026
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This bald eagle is the monarch of all he surveys from his nest near Warm Springs Ponds on Thursday. Photo courtesy of Carly Moodry.
Fri, 02/06/2026 - 22:49
Anaconda Junior/Senior High School Speech and Drama Team coach Maggie Swanson, left, members Loretta LaSalle, Brenna Carney, Megumi Heuberger, Blakelyn Cline and Eva Murray and coach Anne Calhoun gather for a team photo at the school library before heading to the state meet in Townsend last weekend. Murray took first place in spontaneous oral interpretation and Carney was second. AJSHS photo.
Fri, 02/06/2026 - 22:46
Ruth Moen, new Discover Anaconda director, stands outside the Visitor Center. Leader photo: James S. Rosien
Fri, 02/06/2026 - 22:44
Audrey Louise Walker is pictured in her Anaconda High School Class of 1948 senior photo.
Fri, 02/06/2026 - 21:31
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Anaconda Junior/Senior High School Speech and Drama Team coach Maggie Swanson, left, members Loretta LaSalle, Brenna Carney, Megumi Heuberger, Blakelyn Cline and Eva Murray and coach Anne Calhoun gather for a team photo at the school library before heading to the state meet in Townsend last weekend. Murray took first place in spontaneous oral interpretation and Carney was second. AJSHS photo.
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Ruth Moen, new Discover Anaconda director, stands outside the Visitor Center. Leader photo: James S. Rosien
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Audrey Louise Walker is pictured in her Anaconda High School Class of 1948 senior photo.
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The former Wells Fargo Bank on the 100 block of West Park Avenue may become the location for some Anaconda-Deer Lodge County offices as the ADLC Commission gave the go-ahead to obtain an appraisal on the building, a condition set by its owner who intends to donate the building to ADLC. Leader photo: James S. Rosien
02/04/2026 - 23:40 -
Top: Stacie Connors, right, nurse practitioner at Anaconda Pediatrics and a speaker on the panel for a follow-up discussion at Thursday night's showing of "Hilleman: A Perilous Quest to Save the World's Children" at the Washoe Theatre. Also on the panel, which was moderated by ADLC Public Health Director Lauren Bolton, middle, were vaccine epidemiologist Sophia Newcomer, Montana Tech applied science professor Bill Spath, AJSHS student SheaLee Novak, engineer and parent Jessica Merkley and Jim Murphy, who retired from the DPHHS in 2021.
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Eva Murray, second from left, and Brenna Carney, middle, smile as they're announced as the first- and second-place winners, respectively, in spontaneous oral interpretation at the Montana Class B/C State Speech meet in Townsend last weekend.
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The members of the Copperhead Wrestling program gather for a group photo after the boys' team won their annual "Copper Shamrock" dual with Broadwater High School (Townsend) for the sixth consecutive year, doing so by the final score of 54-17 on Thursday, Jan. 29 at the Memorial Gym. Up next: divisionals. Leader photo: James S. Rosien
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Natalia Johnston, left, Grace Richter and Natalie Holdaway each took first place in their respective weight classes at the Butte Central Girls Wrestling Tournament over the weekend, where the Copperhead girls placed fourth overall (first in Class B). File photos.
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Michael Paul Brown, middle, is pictured at the Butte-Silver Bow County Detention Center at his arraignment in August on four counts of deliberate homicide as well as other charges. He has since been transferred to Montana State Hospital. File photo
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Anaconda Junior/Senior High School Speech and Drama Team coach Maggie Swanson, left, members Loretta LaSalle, Brenna Carney, Megumi Heuberger, Blakelyn Cline and Eva Murray and coach Anne Calhoun gather for a team photo at the school library before heading to the state meet in Townsend last weekend. Murray took first place in spontaneous oral interpretation and Carney was second. AJSHS photo.
Ruth Moen, new Discover Anaconda director, stands outside the Visitor Center. Leader photo: James S. Rosien
The Copperheads celebrate Thursday night after their big win at home over Loyola-Sacred Heart, defeating the Rams 52-37, while the Lady Copperheads fell to the Breakers, 77-33. We'll have our recap the games in on Wednesday. Leader photo: James S. Rosien
Audrey Louise Walker is pictured in her Anaconda High School Class of 1948 senior photo.
February is Black History Month, and to help kick that off we present a photo collage from the May 17, 1945 edition of the Anaconda Standard showing the four Harris brothers of Anaconda – Robert, Ray, Fred and William "W.G." Harris – who all served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.
The original cutline for the photos reads as follows: "Mrs. Anna Harris, 113 North Elm street, has four sons in the service of their country. Seaman Second Class Robert L. Harris, U.S. Navy, is at Great Lakes, Ill. Pfc. Raymond J. Harris, who is with the 4th Army at Fort Benning, Ga., is visiting his mother while on furlough. Cpl. Fred E. Harris, with the quartermaster service, is somewhere in Belgium. Pvt. William G. Harris is with the army ground forces at Fort Ord, Calif." We are grateful for their service. Anaconda Standard photo courtesy of Kathy Ilene Lunde.
For more about Black History in Anaconda, be sure to attend the next installment of the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Historic Resources Board's "Anaconda's Past" historic speaker series at noon on Thursday, Feb. 12 at The Forge Hotel, where Dr. Anthony W. Wood will speak on "Between Copper Kings and Community."
The former Wells Fargo Bank on the 100 block of West Park Avenue may become the location for some Anaconda-Deer Lodge County offices as the ADLC Commission gave the go-ahead to obtain an appraisal on the building, a condition set by its owner who intends to donate the building to ADLC. Leader photo: James S. Rosien
Top: Stacie Connors, right, nurse practitioner at Anaconda Pediatrics and a speaker on the panel for a follow-up discussion at Thursday night's showing of "Hilleman: A Perilous Quest to Save the World's Children" at the Washoe Theatre. Also on the panel, which was moderated by ADLC Public Health Director Lauren Bolton, middle, were vaccine epidemiologist Sophia Newcomer, Montana Tech applied science professor Bill Spath, AJSHS student SheaLee Novak, engineer and parent Jessica Merkley and Jim Murphy, who retired from the DPHHS in 2021.
Anaconda Fire Dept. firefighters extinguish a grass fire along East Front Street on Tuesday. ADLC Law Enforcement said the fire was caused by a firework. Leader photo: James S. Rosien
Eva Murray, second from left, and Brenna Carney, middle, smile as they're announced as the first- and second-place winners, respectively, in spontaneous oral interpretation at the Montana Class B/C State Speech meet in Townsend last weekend.
Tricia Schumann, originally of Anaconda, is among the 2026 Education Hall of Fame inductees at the University of Montana Western. Courtesy photo.
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