Laurel Outlook

A meeting for Park City School Board members to discuss teacher salaries last week at the Park City Truck Stop restaurant was canceled when concerns were raised that the meeting may not meet the notice requirements of the Montana Open Meetings Laws. Full Story »

The Montana Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration have released a Record of Decision (ROD) for U.S. Highway 212 Reconstruction Rockvale to Laurel. The ROD names Alternative 5B in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) as the selected alternative. Full Story »

Stillwater County Sheriff Clifford Brophy confirmed last Friday night, Oct. 30, that an arrest was made in the shooting death of 33-year-old Molt man, Michael Blattie. Full Story »

The Yellowstone County United Veteran Council (UVC) will conduct a Veterans Day memorial service at the Yellowstone County Veterans Cemetery, north of Laurel next Wednesday, Nov. 11. Full Story »

During Red Ribbon Week, the last week of October, Laurel schools are among those in Yellowstone County drawing attention to the importance of staying drug free. The Alliance for Children and Families recently reported on a local parent survey about teen use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Full Story »

After being open for less than six-hours, the supply of H1N1 vaccine was depleted Monday, and the walk-in H1N1 vaccination clinic has been temporarily suspended. As more vaccine becomes available, the walk-in clinic at the Shrine Auditorium, located at 1125 Broadwater Avenue will re-open. Full Story »

Stillwater County Sheriff's deputies are continuing to investigate the death of a Crow Agency man whose body was found alongside the railroad tracks, east of Park City, near the Yellowstone/Stillwater county line on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 22, just after 1 pm. Full Story »

Last Thursday, Oct. 22, Stillwater County Undersheriff Woody Claunch and Montana Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigations Bureau Chief John Strandell confirmed that the death of a 33-year-old Molt man, Michael Blattie, has been ruled a homicide. Full Story »

The Laurel Chamber will host a series of business seminars for area business owners and managers beginning next week. Organizers hope to have one seminar a month covering a variety of issues. Full Story »

Though Sunday's weather was relatively warm and dry, hunter harvest for the first day of general deer and elk season was lower than usual in south central Montana. Full Story »

Pumpkins and scarecrows are showing up around yards as Laurel residents prepare for Halloween. The home of Marv and Sue Carter on the 300 block of Sixth Avenue is the setting of this display. Full Story »

Construction crews replaced the irrigation ditch siphon across First Avenue South by Railroad Street last week and began removing the curb wall sidewalk and curb on the northwest side of First Avenue South, just north of the underpass. Full Story »

Park City School teachers and the Park City School Board are at an impasse on a new contract for the current school year. Negotiators for the Park City Affiliated Teacher Federation and the board began contract talks last spring and resumed meetings this fall. Full Story »