Lilly Keller Bozeman Daily Chronicle More than 700 faculty, students, staff and community members packed the Strand Union Ballroom on Wednesday evening to welcome Brock Tessman, Montana State University’s 13th president, in his first public appearance. The event marked a new chapter for MSU. Tessman steps into the role after the departure of Waded Cruzado, Read More…

Calling it the most egregious case he has overseen, a judge sentenced a Butte man to five 100-year prison terms with no time suspended Thursday for raping two young girls and filming some of the sexual assaults. Theodore Allen Cherry III, 35, admitted specific sex acts and pleaded guilty in April to two counts of Read More…

Officials gathered Wednesday to celebrate the completion of a fiber broadband project in Hardin and construction underway in Butte and Whitehall. Gov. Greg Gianforte announced the expansion of the fiber broadband network in collaboration with Visionary Broadband during a ribbon-cutting ceremony held in Whitehall. Gov. Gianforte and Visionary Broadband CEO Brian Worthen during a ceremony in Read More…

The Montana Department of Justice has started a chaplaincy program to provide spiritual help and comfort to its more than 900 employees who find themselves dealing with the darkest of crimes and other trauma. Ten chaplains from around the Treasure State were sworn in Tuesday as DOJ employees by Attorney General Austin Knudsen and will Read More…

In what’s a usually quiet and restrained space, cheers and applause rang out in an American flag-adorned courtroom as immigrants became official United States citizens in a ceremony Wednesday. New U.S. citizens attend a Naturalization Ceremony at the United States District Court in Billings on Wednesday. Citizens of 15 countries attended the morning ceremony with Read More…

Hoot-owl restrictions take effect at 2 p.m. on Thursday on several southwest Montana rivers. The restrictions prohibit fishing from 2 p.m. to midnight each day and will stay in effect until conditions improve. These restrictions are designed to protect fish that become more susceptible to disease and mortality when water temperatures rise. The rivers include: Read More…

Bozeman city commissioners voted 4-1 in the waning hours of Tuesday night to adopt the Pride flag as an official flag of the city after hours of public comment. The move allows the city to again raise the rainbow Pride flag after a state law restricting the type of flags that can be flown outside Read More…

Gallatin County commissioners unanimously approved a requested urban camping ordinance Tuesday that bans public camping on county property and right-of-ways and provides enforcement tools. Jennifer Boyer and Scott MacFarlane were present for the second reading. Commissioner Zach Brown was excused but MacFarlane told the audience Brown had communicated his support of the ordinance and was Read More…

HELENA — The science reported Monday described grim conditions affecting trout in storied rivers meandering within the Jefferson River Basin — the Big Hole, the Beaverhead, the Ruby and the Jefferson. In this file photo from August 2023, Save Wild Trout’s lead scientist Kyle Flynn carries a portable water-quality monitor out of the Big Hole Read More…

For the first time in its 40-year history, the Big Sky State Games will raise the flags of Montana’s eight tribal nations during this year’s opening ceremonies — an initiative years in the making, according to executive director Liana Susott. Tribal flags fly alongside the American flag and State of Montana flag outside the Montana Read More…

Dr. Ronald P. Sexton, who spent more than 30 years as a higher education leader in Billings and was the first person selected as chancellor at Montana State University Billings, died this past weekend. He was 87. JAMES WOODCOCK/Gazette Staff Sexton was a stalwart leader for his alma mater Eastern Montana College, MSUB’s predecessor, and was Read More…

A pedestrian from Arizona was struck and killed by a semi-truck near Jefferson City, the Montana Highway Patrol reported Monday. A 39-year-old woman from Winslow, Arizona, was pronounced dead on arrival July 11 around 11:15 p.m. on Interstate 15 near mile marker 173, officials said. Montana Highway Patrol badges THOM BRIDGE, Independent Record A semi-truck Read More…

From a quiet patch of land on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, where chickens wander past a greenhouse and a sweat lodge stands out back, Jenny Pipe recently unveiled a food truck called “Da Trap” — a name that nods to the life she left behind and the message she’s pushing forward. Jenny Pipe’s food truck, Read More…

Paul Hamby The hospital in Crow Agency isn’t hurting for patients. The campus of the Indian Health Service hospital, located among the collection of buildings housing the government offices for the Crow Tribe, has a parking lot that’s consistently full. As a full-service hospital, it offers some of the most comprehensive health care that members Read More…

The Montana Public Service Commission will consider a fine amount later this month against North Star Development, the utility of a Helena-area subdivision whose residents have been under repeated water restrictions. PSC President Brad Molnar made the announcement at the agency’s July 8 business meeting — and a resident of the subdivision said he hopes the Read More…

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…

Spectators packed the expansive lawn fronting the Main Stage at the Original Mineyard, stood awestruck in proximity to music that moved the spirit or danced with something akin to abandon. Solas, a favorite in Irish-leaning Butte, performs Friday at the Main Stage.  Duncan Adams, The Montana Standard The renowned Montana Folk Festival kicked off Friday night Read More…