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  • Potomac's burgeoning secession movement reflects a perceived lack of rural representation

    Katie O'Reilly, for the Pathfinder|Sep 26, 2024

    Last Thursday evening, upwards of 30 people piled into the Potomac Bar and Grill's compact upper level to talk secession. While meeting leaders themselves admitted to uncertainty about what jumping ship from Missoula County would look like, how exactly one goes about seceding and how possible, or even effective, such a measure would be, citizens present were aligned on the raison d'etre behind what some are referring to as Potomac's "Secession Movement:" rising property taxes; specifically, a...

  • Rural speech language pathologist "Ms. Yolie" on the benefits of rural education

    Katie O'Reilly, for the Pathfinder|Sep 19, 2024

    On school day mornings, roving rural speech language pathologist Yolie Bodie Jandreau hops into a car well stocked with a colorful array of games, toys, picture books and craft supplies and, depending on the day of the week, motors off to either Swan Valley Elementary School in Condon, Seeley Lake Elementary School, Greenough's Sunset School, or Potomac Elementary School. Depending on the weather and destination, the journey can take upwards of an hour, or a mere five minutes. (As a Potomac...

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