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Hamilton resident urges Ravalli County to condemn recent lab firings, cites local impacts

5364567 · June 19, 2025
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During public comment at the June 19 meeting, Hamilton resident Julie Baron Potter urged commissioners to send a letter condemning firings at a federal lab, cited reporting that 41 people were fired and nine took early retirement, and said the community is seeing economic and mental-health effects.

Julie Baron Potter, a Hamilton resident, urged the Ravalli County Board of County Commissioners on June 19 to draft and send a letter condemning recent firings at a federal laboratory and to seek rehiring of affected employees. "I will reiterate fourth generation just because ... I will expect that this is on letterhead with the edits that you need to have done to send this out to the applicable parties," Potter said during the meeting's…

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