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After hundreds of thousands of dollars, hours and steps on the trail, the Open Lands Plan’s first phase is ready
It’s been almost two years since the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Open Lands Plan Steering Committee started meeting to help develop local trails in Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, and now they’re seeing their labors come to fruition with the completion of the Copper Link Trail and the Stucky Ridge trail system. The Copper Link Trail runs between Sunnyside Road and Birch Street, and the Stucky Ridge trail system is located near Cedar Park Lanes. The project is funded through a $13.3 million settlement between the State of Montana and Atlantic Richfield Company in 2008. That settlement money is allocated to restoration and…
Read MoreAnaconda’s Wildlife Art Expo dazzles in rain and shine
The Artists’ Reception at Copper Village Museum and Art Center Friday, Sept. 18 attracted the attention of art enthusiasts and wildlife lovers alike. Anaconda Review photo by Kasey Edge-Faur, Anaconda Review editor. Billings artist Elyssa Leininger starts a painting at the artist reception at Copper Village on Sept. 18. Leininger finishes the painting before the auction at the Anaconda Elks Lodge Sept. 19... ...and then presents it to the crowd at the auction. Anaconda Review Photos by Kasey Edge-Faur, Anaconda Review editor. Passersby look at the hosted art in Anaconda Outdoor... ...and in the Montana Hotel at the art walk on Saturday,…
Read MoreAET hosts a spooky celebration for its 5th anniversary season
Celebrate the 5th Anniversary of Anaconda Ensemble Theatre (AET) by witnessing ‘The War of the Worlds’, directed by Founder and Artistic Director Jackie Vetter. “We did this show back in 2022 at the Washoe Theatre to kick off the company’s operations, and I am excited to be revisiting this iconic story,” said Vetter. The famous play is an adaptation of the broadcast from New York’s Mercury Theatre in 1938 and is sure to thrill and chill. Based on the novel by H. G. Wells, when this play premiered in 1938, it had many terrified listeners convinced that an actual alien…
Read MoreHomecoming schedule, dress-up days and court announced
The leaves are starting to change, the air is starting to chill, and homecoming week has arrived! Here's the schedule of activities for this week as well as our Copperhead Homecoming Court. Homecoming Schedule Wednesday, September 16 Bonfire/Student BBQ at 6pm at Mitchell Stadium Thursday, September 17 Volleyball Games at 4 p.m., 5:30 p.m., and 7 p.m. at the Memorial Gym Friday, September 18 Pep Rally at 1 p.m. at the Memorial Gym Parade at 3 p.m. down Main Street Football Game at 6 p.m. at Mitchell Stadium with Homecoming royalty announced at halftime Homecoming Court This year's 2026 Homecoming…
Read MoreAnaconda Fire Department Displays American flag for 25th anniversary of 9/11
The Anaconda Fire Department displays the American flag atop a firetruck's ladder to commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11. At the 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City, an inscription reads, “No day shall erase you from the memory of time,” an adapted quote from the Roman poet Virgil. This 9/11, 25 years after the terrorist attack that rocked the country, the Anaconda Fire Department is making sure that memory lives on, displaying the American flag on top of one of its firetruck's ladders for all driving down Commercial Avenue to see. In front of the firetruck, a memorial sits…
Read More‘Anaconda’s Past’ September presentation to focus on Montana’s first paved highway and a ‘mystery bridge’
By Kasey Edge-Faur Anaconda Weekly Review Editor Tomorrow’s “Anaconda’s Past” presentation from the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Historic Conservation Board will appeal to road enthusiasts, history buffs, and generally curious citizens. Jon Axline, a historian and cultural resources specialist with the Montana Department of Transportation, will be speaking about Montana’s first concrete paved highway, the old road between Butte and Anaconda, and its connection to the Yellowstone Trail (later US Highway 10 - South). According to Axline, the trail was the country’s first interstate highway. Paved in 1921, the road served heavy supply trucks and industrial traffic that needed a solid…
Read MoreShakespeare in the Parks wows Washoe with “The Merchant of Venice”
Montana Shakespeare in the Parks is working on its 54th year, and the Friends of the Hearst Free Library brought it back to Washoe Park after having to cancel last year, this time with William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." The grass was covered with lawn chairs, blankets and audience members of all ages as the theatre company showed its rendition of the play, set in the early 20th century, with its audience members donning more contemporary attire of suits and dresses than the original 16th century version. According to Montana Shakespeare in the Parks' website, "The Merchant of Venice explores…
Read More“Our Little Red Schoolhouse” serves more than 150 children
After more than a decade serving local children, Anaconda Disposal Services' "Our Little Red Schoolhouse" school supply drive is still going strong.
Read MoreNew Nonprofit Newspaper
Members of the Anaconda Community Foundation’s (ACF) and the Anaconda Community Media Company’s respective boards of directors, as well as staff members for both organizations, gather together at Smelter City Brewing for a pint night fundraiser on Thursday, August 27 where ACF announced its awarding of a $25,000 grant to become the first Founding Donor to the Anaconda Weekly Review, a new nonprofit newspaper set to launch in Anaconda this fall. Photo courtesy of the Anaconda Community Foundation.
Read MoreSchools, Sports, Outdoors, Obits, Op-Eds & More
All of the things you’ve been missing about Anaconda, in a compact format, delivered weekly to your mailbox. Missing all those Anaconda High School Class of 2026 graduation photos? Or preview stories and coverage of summer events like the Chloe Worl Memorial Fun Run? Or speaking of memorials, the unveiling of the tribute honoring the four victims of the Owl Bar shooting? And what about all those wildlife photos by Carly Moodry? We’ll have them! Our news site, anacondareview.com, will go live by the end of the month and we’ll be in print before the end of next month.
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