Starting Monday, September 27th through Thursday, September 30th, traffic on Main Street in front of 15 West Main will be partially closed to east bound traffic. Lane closure is due to a water line repair which is located across from Eagles 4040. Please remain cautious while traveling through this area.
The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and Helena Sand and Gravel will be making roadway improvements to Lake Helena Drive in Lewis and Clark County. Construction is scheduled to begin the week of September 27, 2021.
The project begins at the intersection of East Main Street and Lake Helena Drive at RP 0.0. It continues for approximately 0.5 miles north, ending just south of the intersection of Lewis Street and Lake Helena Drive. Construction includes milling and paving to improve the surface, pavement marking and signage will also be upgraded.
Milling, hauling, and paving operations are anticipated to be completed in 3 days, depending on the weather, other work will be completed by the end of October.
Road closure dates will be posted when available.
The City of East Helena is continuing its stop sign revision work east of Montana Ave. Crews will be placing stop signs at the intersections of East Riggs Street for all cross-traffic between Montana Avenue and Kalispell Avenue. They will also be removing stop signs at the intersections of Grand and Groschell; Grand and Dudley; and Clark and Prickly Pear. This work is scheduled to take place on Thursday 9/23/2021. Click or tap on the map below for a larger image. Please contact Public Works Director Kevin Ore with any questions at 227-5321.
Northwestern Energy will be performing work for their gas gate station located at 112 Wylie Drive on September 1st. All Wylie Drive traffic between Main Street and Gail Street will be detoured to Third Street from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Please remember to slow down, schools are open.
The City of East Helena has made some speed limit reductions along Valley Drive south of Prickly Pear Elementary and around Radley Elementary School.
Valley Drive is now a 25MPH zone from Highway 12 to Plant Road and is shown in green on the map. East Clinton street and North Thurman Avenue now have a 15MPH school zone during school hours and is shown in blue on the map.
Please call the City of East Helena Public Works Director Kevin Ore during business hours with any questions at 406-227-5321.
Northwestern Energy will be performing work within the City of East Helena for their gas gate station located at 112 Wylie Drive from August 9th through August 20th, 2021. All Wylie Drive traffic between Main Street and Gail Street will be detoured to 3rd Street from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
For a larger image of the closure area, please click or tap here, for a pdf document of the area click or tap here. For more information on the closure/detour, please call East Helena Public Works Director Kevin Ore at 406-227-5321.
NorthWestern Energy will be installing poles between East Helena High School and Lewis & Clark County Search & Rescue on the east side of Valley Drive. This will require a one-lane closure Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, August 2nd – 4th.
The pole being replaced on Thursday, August 5th will require a 4-hour closure of both lanes. Traffic will be routed through La Casa Grande Subdivision from Bandera to Cobre.
The City of East Helena has laws limiting the days and times that fireworks can be sold and discharged as well as the of type of fireworks that can be sold and/or discharged.
The sale of fireworks is allowed by a City of East Helena authorized fireworks stand within the city limits (within purple line). The sale of fireworks is allowed from ten o’clock (10:00) A.M. to ten o’clock (10:00) P.M. on June 24 through July 3 and from ten o’clock (10:00) A.M. to twelve o’clock (12:00) midnight on July 4. For New Years fireworks sale dates and times, please see the current City Code online or in PDF format here.
Discharge hours within the city limits are from ten o’clock (10:00) A.M. to ten o’clock (10:00) P.M. on July 1st through July 3rd and ten o’clock (10:00) A.M. until twelve o’clock (12:00) midnight on July 4th.
A list of permissible fireworks allowed to be sold and/or discharged within the City of East Helena is available by clicking or tapping here.
For more information, including licensing questions, please call or visit City Hall:
306 E. Main Street in East Helena
(406) 227-5321
Open Monday-Friday 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. sans Holidays
The Montana Legislature passed, and the Governor signed, House Bill 215 during the recent 2021 session. Effective immediately, HB 215 aligned state law MCA 50-37-105 with federal law 27 CFR 555.11. Although certain fireworks such as roman candles are allowed to be sold and discharged in areas in Montana, such as Lewis and Clark County, the City of East Helena will review and consider allowing these types fireworks to be sold and discharged within the city limits.
Click or Tap for PDFSponsored by the
East Helena Valley
Rodeo Association
(Facebook Page)
East Helena Rodeo Grounds
(Hwy 12 & Hwy 282,
across from
American Chemet)
Thursday, July 8th, 2021
Lewis & Clark In-County
Timed Events Rodeo
–
This year’s rodeo is a memorial to
George Eichhorn
.
Thursday, July 8th 6:30PM
Gates Open 5:30PM
Admission: $5 Per Adult
Children 12 Years and Under Free
Click or Tap for PDF Flyer
Friday July 9th &
Saturday July 10th 2021
East Helena Valley Rodeo Association
2021 – 57th Annual NRA Rodeo
Friday, July 9th & July 10th
Pre-Rodeo 6PM – Rodeo 7PM
Click or Tap for PDF Flyer
Click or Tap for PDFEast Helena Valley Rodeo Parade, flag precession with U.S. flags.
For over fifty years, the annual East Helena Valley Rodeo Parade has taken place on Main Street in East Helena. In conjunction with the East Helena Valley Rodeo, this event draws contestants from all over the Helena Valley and beyond. The rodeo starts at the VFW at 1PM sharp with the precession lining up along Main Street and 1st Street. The parade then proceeds east on Main Street past the judges table at Main Street Park through to Grand Avenue where they return west on Riggs Street. Originally sponsored by the VFW Cory-Dullum Post 10010, local volunteers now organize the parade for the community. A gigantic debt of gratitude and hefty THANK YOU goes out to all of the volunteers over the years. This year, once again, Kasey and Tabatha Reisbeck, owners of Stacks Clothing here in East Helena, put an enormous amount of work into organizing the parade from start to finish. Thank you to the Reisbeck family and everyone else for organizing this wonderful East Helena event!