mineral county

Mineral County was already in a tough spot when they had to shut down their jail due to understaffing, but now, County Commissioner Roman Zylawy says "all hell is breaking loose" after County Sheriff Tom Bauer has resigned.

Over 40 homes have been evacuated in Mineral County due to the Sunrise Fire burning just a few miles from Superior.

Mineral County Sheriff Tom Bauer says the body of 56-year-old Debra Ann Koziel has been found after days of searching in the Fish Creek area.

The Mineral County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a missing woman in the Fish Creek area west of Missoula.

A stretch of I-90 that runs through Mineral County continues to be under a winter weather advisory.

Mineral County Commissioners will cut six positions to deal with an anticipated $400,000 budget shortfall.

After more than a week of 24/7 patrols, Mineral County Sheriff Tom Bower and Undersheriff Mike Boone, can finally take a day off. According to Teamsters Local 2 Spokesman Shawn Fontaine, Deputies, dispatchers and detention officers went back to work this morning, June 8, and ended the strike.

County deputies, 911 dispatchers and detention officers in Mineral County are still on strike, despite requests for mediation that were finalized last Friday.

It looks like it will be a long weekend for Mineral County Sheriff Tom Bauer and Undersheriff Mike Boone, who are left to patrol the whole county alone, while the rest of the deputies are out on strike, picketing commissioners for higher wages and a long term contract.

Tomorrow, June 2, Mineral County Commissioners will meet, but the union contract negotiations that have led to a strike by Sheriff’s Deputies, 911 dispatchers and detention officers aren’t even on the agenda.