O’Donnell made Shepherd Schools’ Superintendent
Since the Shepherd School Board’s decision to terminate Superintendent Scott Carter in August, 2019, the school has been under the guidance of Interim Superintendent, Drea O’Donnell. She stepped into the midst of passing of two highly debated school bonds to finance upgrades and expansions to the school. After the Board of Trustees interviewed four […]
O’Donnell Appointed Interim Shepherd Superintendent in Absence of Carter
The Shepherd School Board unanimously appointed Drea O’Donnell as the interim superintendent for School District #37 Monday evening in the district board room. She was the district’s curriculum director.
Fact gaps and deficiencies found in Riverside’s gravel pit application
Riverside Contracting’s proposed opencut gravel mine in Shepherd, called the Donnes site, has officially been blocked for the time being by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for a laundry list of deficiencies.
DEQ gives opencut gravel pit in Shepherd 30 day review extension
The Department of Environmental Quality has issued an additional notice of extended review regarding the proposed opencut mine gravel pit at the Donnes site in Shepherd.
Heartfelt thank you for condolences
Dear Editor, Dearest Community – no words can express the gratitude that we feel for your outpouring of love and support all of you have shown our families in the devastating loss of our grandson, Taylor Larson.
Young local lives lost on HWY312
The Huntley Project community was struck by tragedy on June 5th when a traffic accident took the lives of two young men.
Slimmed down Shepherd Bond is back on the table
At a meeting in the Shepherd High School gymnasium, members of the Shepherd community gathered to listen to Jeff Kanning of Collaborative Design Architects, pitch a new, lower price plan for remodeling and adding on to the Shepherd School. By removing rooms and minimizing square footage of others from the failed bond and changing the […]
Shepherd seeks solution on bond
by Parker H. Jimison A group of 50-60 Shepherd residents gathered in the Shepherd High School gym Tuesday evening, May 21st, to discuss the future of the school bond effort that failed two weeks ago.
Highly debated Shepherd bond fails, Billings’ passes
by Parker H. Jimison The hotly contested $17.9 million bond meant to overhaul the Shepherd School campus was shot down by voters on Tuesday night, May 7th, with the bond for the elementary school failing 49%-51% and the bond to remodel the high school failing 47%-53%.
DEQ puts gravel pit on hold
by Parker H. Jimison On Friday, April 26th, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) sent out a letter to Riverside Contracting, Inc stating that they have “extended the review period for an opencut mining permit application for a 74-acre site known as Donnes, located one mile east of Shepherd in Yellowstone County,” for an […]