🌱 Urban Forest Board Meeting and 10 more events

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Breezy with showers around, with a high of 50 and low of 38 degrees.
• Wednesday: On-and-off snow and rain, temps: high: 47, low: 22.
• Thursday: A little snow in the p.m., with a high of 37 and low of 33 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Urban Forest Board Meeting
  City and County of Butte-Silver Bow, MT Calendar , 305 W Mercury , Butte
  11:00 am
• Business Improvement District Board Meeting
  City and County of Butte-Silver Bow, MT Calendar , 65 E. Broadway , Butte
  3:00 pm
• The Waypoint: Hummus & Wine
  The Waypoint , 50 Ousel Falls Rd , Big Sky
  4:00 pm
• Boys Basketball vs. Amsterdam Home
  Gallatin Gateway 7-8 Gallatin Gateway, MT 59730
  5:00 pm
• Twin Bridges at Sheridan
  Sheridan High School , 107 Madison St , Sheridan
  7:00 pm
• Melton Basketball
  Gallatin Gateway 7-8 Gallatin Gateway, MT 59730
  7:00 pm
• Twin Bridges Boys Varsity Basketball @ Sheridan
  Sheridan High School , 107 Madison St , Sheridan
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• BHLAC Meeting
  City and County of Butte-Silver Bow, MT Calendar , 25 W. Front St. , Butte
  1:00 pm
• Montana Western, University of Women’s Basketball vs Briercrest
  Straugh Gymnasium , E Poindexter St , Dillon
  5:00 pm
• Library Board of Trustees: Dec. 2025 meeting cancelled, next regular meeting Jan. 21, 2026
  City and County of Butte-Silver Bow, MT Calendar , 226 West Broadway Street , Butte
  5:15 pm
• Christmas Program
  Harrison K-12 Schools Harrison, MT 59735
  6:00 pm

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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🗞 Nearby News

Big Sky

• Big Sky, Montana's mountain playground enters its elevated era (nationalgeographic.com)
• Montana Lottery Lucky For Life, Big Sky Bonus results for Dec. 14, 2025 (greatfallstribune.com)
• GNFAC: Focus on 30 (explorebigsky.com)

Butte

• Snowmobiler survives avalanche near Cooke City (kxlf.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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