Lone Mountain Land Company (LMLC), the parent company to Moonlight Basin and Spanish Peaks Mountain Club, is making a sizable investment to install energy-saving solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on several of its new workforce housing buildings in Big Sky.
F irst called in by a concerned member of the public from Nine Quarter Circle Ranch on the afternoon of Sept. 27, the Shedhorn Fire has hovered around 75 acres for the last week in the Upper Taylor Fork drainage. As of Oct. 4, the fire is now 50% contained and the cause is still under investigation.
The Big Sky Chamber of Commerce (BSCC) hosted their fourth annual Community Building Forum on Thursday, Sept. 30, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center.
Morning update September 29
The Shedhorn Fire, located on the Custer Gallatin National Forest between Big Sky and West Yellowstone, Montana in Upper Tumbledown Creek area, was reported Monday afternoon around 4 p.m.
Shedhorn Fire:
Size: 74 acres
Across the Big Sky community businesses are struggling to find staff to hire which is leading to closures, shortened hours, and a larger workload falling on fewer staff.
It’s no surprise that the Big Sky Community Post Office has struggled to keep up with all of the growth within the community. Part of the issue centers on the classification—the BSCPO is run through a contract with a private entity rather than by the federal postal service.
On the afternoon of Sept. 15, Bozeman Health representatives called a press conference to alert the public that Deaconess Hospital, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started, was preparing to enter a surge stage with all of its beds at or near 100% capacity.
On the afternoon of Sept. 15, Bozeman Health representatives called a press conference to
alert the public that Deaconess Hospital, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic
started, was preparing to enter a surge stage with all of its beds at or near 100% capacity.
John Stember, our new Lone Peak Lookout community reporter, is an outdoor professional and small town journalist who recently moved to Bozeman from Missoula. Drawn to rural spaces and the people who call them home, John first started his career in journalism in northern Minnesota on the edge of the Boundary Waters.
The Big Sky Resort Tax, which started in 1992 and is composed of over 700 local businesses, helps to pump the financial lifeblood of the Big Sky community. Each business within the district pays a 4% tax on all luxury goods and services considered not essential for life.