Big Timber Daily Digest Friday, October 02, 2026
Ty's Take
The mining dispute up at Nye and Columbus keeps grinding on while East Boulder settles, which tells you something about how fractured things have gotten in the hardrock business around here. Strikes that split operations down the middle usually mean nobody's quite satisfied enough to call it finished, and the ones still out will be watching what East Boulder's deal actually looks like when the details come clear. Winter's coming fast in those mountains, and that's always when labor disputes get meaner because men start feeling the real cost of being on the picket line instead of underground with a paycheck.
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Sweet Grass County High School students celebrated Homecoming week with a parade down McLeod Street on Friday, capping off festivities that included a pep assembly, powderpuff football, and peach fuzz volleyball. The week also featured a Thursday bonfire and volleyball match, though the Herders...
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