Future of radio station on ballot

The voters of Jefferson County will have the chance in November to decide on the future of the county’s Emergency Broadcast System at the polls.

The cost of operating the seven county owned low power FM radio stations has risen to about half of the budget of the county’s office of Disaster and Emergency Services, and the County Commissioners have decided to ask the voters if this is a service they would like to continue. The low power FM radio stations that make up the Emergency Broadcast System are located in Boulder, Basin, Cardwell, Elk Park, Jefferson City, Montana City and Whitehall.

The...