August saw a memorial, a local holiday, an award and wildfires in the Smelter City

As the weather grew warmer, Anaconda-Deer Lodge County continued rolling through the year full-steam ahead, starting with the unveiling of the memorial of the four victims of the 2025 Owl Bar mass shooting: Nancy Lauretta Kelley, Tony Wayne Palm, David Allen Leach and Daniel Edwin Baillie.  The memorial is located behind the Owl Bar. That same day, there was a grass fire in the middle of the stretch of land commonly known as the Opportunity Triangle between Highway 1 and Highway 48.   August 1 On Aug. 1, the Owl Bar unveiled a memorial for the four victims of the…