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Montana Folk Festival attracts and wows big crowds Saturday in Uptown Butte

With elegance, power and poise, the Mariachi Mariposas wowed the boisterous but respectful throngs Saturday evening at the Original Mineyard during the Montana Folk Festival.  The Mariachi Mariposas saluted an appreciative crowd Saturday evening at the Original Mineyard during the Montana Folk Festival in Uptown Butte.  Will Adams, Special to The Montana Standard The all-female Read More…

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Superintendent Degenfelder Appoints Members to Wyoming Charter School Authorizing Board

Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder today announced the appointment and reappointment of three distinguished individuals to the Wyoming Charter School Authorizing Board: Steve Lupien, Jill Bramlet, and Joe Feiler. “Steve, Jill, and Joe are all independently qualified charter school advocates,” Superintendent Degenfelder said. “Each brings unique and exceptional expertise to the board through Read More…

Baesler Honors Finalists for 2026 North Dakota Teacher of the Year Award

State Superintendent Kirsten Baesler on Friday announced the four outstanding educators selected as finalists for North Dakota’s 2026 Teacher of the Year award, praising their dedication and commitment to shaping the future of the state’s students. The finalists are: Julie Dawes, Grand Forks County Jared Sagvold, Ransom County Kelsey Tunseth, Traill County Holly Wheeling, Burleigh Read More…

Spokane mayor proposes cutting red tape, fees for affordable housing developers

(The Center Square) – Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown proposed several measures on Monday to “jumpstart” the city’s affordable housing supply with hopes of building more than 22,000 units by 2046. The proposals build on Brown’s H.O.M.E. Starts Here initiative, which the Spokane City Council passed last month as part of her overhaul of the local homelessness Read More…

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Gunman in Kentucky church shooting declared, ‘Someone’s gonna have to die,’ after learning intended target wasn’t there

The gunman who killed two people and wounded three during a shooting rampage at a rural Kentucky church chillingly said, “Someone’s gonna have to die,” when he discovered the mother of his three children wasn’t there. Beverly Gumm and her daughter, Star Rutherford, were in the basement of Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington on Read More…

NY scraps race-based STEM program after Asians claim discrimination: ‘Progress!’

State education officials have scrapped New York’s race-based admissions policy for advanced STEM classes for middle- and high-school students after a lawsuit by Asian parents, The Post has learned. The state-funded Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) admits 11,000 seventh- to 12th-grade students a year for classes at 56 participating colleges and medical schools statewide, Read More…

Jennifer Aniston’s emotional new role about ‘overbearing, domineering’ mother hits close to home for star

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jennifer Aniston, who is set to star in Jennette McCurdy’s new show “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” is no stranger to complicated mother-daughter relationships.  On the show, Aniston will play McCurdy’s “overbearing, domineering” mother based on McCurdy’s real-life experiences as a child star and her 2022 memoir Read More…