Tributary Magazine Best of Livingston 2008: Community Website
August 14, 2008 | Filed Under Breaking News, Blog Info | Leave a Comment
Writer Kris King and Bozeman’s Tributary Magazine have just named LivingstonOutLoud the “Best of Livingston 2008: Community Web Site.” Our thanks to Kris for her refined sense of humor and irony, and to the excellent Trib.
Kris King is a freelance writer and the Advice Columnist for Tributary Magazine. Her articles have appeared in Montana Quarterly, Distinctly Montana, Livingston Weekly, Balance Magazine, Urban View (Oakland, CA), Berkeley Monthly, and more. Her work has also appeared in the book: It’s a Chick Thing, a New York Times Bestseller edited by Ame Beanland and Emily Miles.The Tributary is Southwest Montana’s alternative monthly magazine offering news and feature stories, events, the “Welcome to Bozangeles” comic strip, and monthly columns by Yellowstone Public Radio’s Chrysti the Wordsmith and others. You can pick it up for free at many outlets around Livingston and Bozeman. The Tributary logo on our home page is Copyright © The Tributary; a division of Lee Enterprises.
Livingston’s 9th Street Bridge endangered
June 20, 2008 | Filed Under Breaking News, Seriously, Around town | 1 Comment
On Thursday the rapid and rising Yellowstone River undermined a pier on the 9th Street Bridge causing it to sag. Island residents were evacuated on foot, wearing helmets and life vests and escorted by emergency crew. Some of the folks who chose to stay on the island were evacuated by helicopter today. It is estimated that about 10 people remain on the island as well as numerous pets and some horses. The bridge continues to drop and the Montana Department of Transportation believes that it will collapse. Search and Rescue boats and Bailey Bridge components were brought in. Flood advisory, hydrology report, and news links follow the slide show.
Today’s pictures:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) advisories.
Hydrology report/graph for the Yellowstone River near Livingston.
News stories:
- “Livingston bridge expected to collapse” Updated: June 20, 2008 05:28 PM. Reporting from KBZK in Bozeman. “A Livingston bridge that is over 50 years old is on the brink of collapsing. We’re told the 9th Street bridge has dropped 7 inches since this morning.”
- “Livingston bridge closed for fear of collapse” June 19, 2008: “LIVINGSTON, Mont. (AP) - A one-lane bridge that crosses the Yellowstone River here was on the brink of collapse Thursday after being pounded by rising, fast-moving water for weeks, authorities said. Park County officials closed the Ninth Street bridge at about 4:30 p.m. after it began to sag noticeably.”
- Sagging Montana bridge prompts island evacuation