IDAHO FALLS – Police in Idaho are looking for information after equipment was stolen from a Montana fire crew on their way home from fighting fires in California. According to a Facebook post from the Idaho Falls Police Department, a crew stopped at the Super 8 in Idaho Falls to spend the night Sunday. Sometime between Read More…
In a decade when many American universities are struggling with falling enrollment, Montana State University’s student population has grown, along with its graduation numbers and spending on instruction. MSU’s fall report card on itself also showed that while the Bozeman campus still has more tenured and tenure-track faculty than non-tenured or adjunct instructors, the Read More…
A local businesswoman and activist in Havre has been recognized on the floor of the Senate. The office of U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said he recognized Havre’s Dottie Wilson for her tremendous impact on the state of Montana in his “Montanan of the Week” this week. Each week Daines highlights a Montanan by submitting Read More…
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Defense Department says a soldier from Montana — 23-year-old Nathaneil G. Irish — has died as a result of a non-combat related incident in Iraq. According to Sgt. Irish’s Facebook page, he was a proud Senior Bronc, attending the high school from 2010 to 2013. Several posts on his Facebook page indicate Sgt. Read More…
Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Grizzly bear euthanized near Libby There are currently 50-60 grizzly bears in the Cabinet-Yaak area and 1000 in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem to the east. Post to Facebook Sent! A link has been sent to your friend’s email address. Read More…
A 31-year-old Helena man has been charged with felony theft, his third felony charge this month. Christopher James Vanlandingham was arrested Nov. 3 on felony charges including robbery and accessory to robbery. He was later charged with felony theft after allegedly stealing a bicycle. Police responded to a business for reports of a theft. A Read More…
KALISPELL — Montana park officials have closed public comment on a road management plan intended to help officials better handle increased visitation. The Flathead Beacon reports that Glacier National Park officials would begin weighing comments as they attempt to mitigate crowds and congestion on Going-to-the-Sun Road. Park officials say the alpine highway plan was released Read More…
BISMARCK, N.D. — During Mass one recent morning at St. Mary’s Central High School in Bismarck, the Rev. Austin Vetter gave students a challenge. He told them, when they pray at home, to open themselves up to what Jesus wants for them — and to be prepared for whatever that could entail. “It may be way different Read More…
“Many of you here today have borne and experienced the fatigue of waging war in order to bring about peace,” said Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ken Inabnit, keynote speaker at the Veterans Day ceremony at the gathering in the American Legion Lewis & Clark Post 2. “To you, I say thank you. Thank you for Read More…
A fire destroyed a garage and damaged a vehicle Sunday in the west Helena Valley. West Valley Fire Chief Jerry Shepherd said the garage located on the 5600 block of Kerr Drive was “totally involved” when firefighters arrived on scene. Firefighters were paged shortly before noon on Sunday. No injuries to residents or firefighters occurred, Read More…
Broadwater County officials are asking the public to help locate three overdue hunters. Two males and a female from Cascade County were believed to be hunting within several miles of the Sulphur Bar area, the Broadwater County Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook. × You have run out of free stories. To continue reading, take advantage Read More…
Three overdue hunters have been found. The hunters had a vehicle malfunction and walked out this morning in Meagher County, the Broadwater County Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook. Broadwater County officials are asking the public to help locate three overdue hunters. Two males and a female from Cascade County were believed to be hunting within Read More…
HELENA — An Associated Press investigation finds there are 11 dams in Montana that are in poor condition and whose failure would be likely to kill at least one person downstream. The Montana dams are among at least 1,680 such structures identified by the AP in 44 states and Puerto Rico. The 11 high-hazard dams Read More…
Retired Maj. Gen. Gene Prendergast started at the bottom and, through hard work and determination, worked his way to the top. After graduating from Helena High in 1958, Prendergast enlisted in the Montana Air National Guard in 1958. He would go on to serve 46 years in the military, the last 12 as Montana’s adjutant Read More…
In late 19th- and early 20th-century Helena, local stone was a favored construction material. Approximately one dozen quarries operated within a 15-mile radius of downtown, yielding marble, siltstone, rhyolitic breccia, granite, porphyritic granodiorite and limestone, among others. Some of Helena’s most monumental buildings are composed of these local stones: the 1889 Power Block’s massive walls Read More…
When PJ Barr returned from serving for the Montana Army National Guard in Iraq in 2005, he didn’t know what to do next. He was married, had a family, and wanted to find out who he was outside of his service. He was stationed at FOB McHenry in northern Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Read More…
In its first full year, Montana State University Billings’ Military and Veterans Success Center is in full-swing and is looking to create more connections with the wider community of Billings veterans. The center, which was unveiled last Veteran’s Day, is at the beginning of its second academic year, which runs from fall to spring. In Read More…
Moore’s Mamie Hertel will represent National FFA as the central region vice president during the 2019-2020 year. Photo courtesy of FFA Sat, 11/09/2019 – 5:00am Moore’s Mamie Hertel has done it again. Hertel is the first female from the state of Montana to be elected as a national officer in FFA. Just prior to Read More…
Joy Harjo is a major voice in Native American poetry, and has inspired others to express themselves through writing. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and part of the Muscogee Creek Nation, Harjo is the first Native American to be named United States Poet Laureate. Harjo presented a reading on Saturday at the Petro Theatre on the Read More…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Before Chuck Boers joined the U.S. Army, the Lipan Apache member was given his family’s eagle feathers. The feathers had been carried by his great-great-great-grandfather on his rifle when he was an Apache scout. They also were carried by relatives who fought in World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Read More…
The Nissan Dealership will be opening its car lot again soon. The new name is Kenny Simpson Nissan. This was formerly Robert Allen Nissan. Look for this to open in the next month. A visit with Ted Culbertson of Top Gun Auto Body at 2809 York Rd. revealed that the large new building they are Read More…
Saudi Arabia Pumps Up Oil Price The world’s most profitable company is going to go on sale soon. Aramco, an oil-producing company exclusively held by Saudi Arabian elites, is expected to have its initial public offering (IPO) in December, holding a valuation between $1 and $2 trillion. Although they would be selling just a small Read More…
Wishcamper Development Partners hopes to satisfy the needs of tenants as it moves forward with renovations on the Firetower Apartments in Helena. According to Tyson O’Connell, principal at Wishcamper, the group hopes to close on purchasing the building in May 2020 and start construction soon afterward. Wishcamper has big plans for renovations to the building Read More…
Names and faces Andy Shirtliff has joined Anderson ZurMuehlen Technology Services, a division of Anderson ZurMuehlen, a top 200 accounting, business consulting and advisory firm. Shirtliff acts as account executive with AZTS and focuses on developing technology engagements for personal and business clients across the state and country. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Read More…
SARPY CREEK, Montana — When a coal company contractor working under federal oversight used a backhoe to dig up one of the largest known Native American bison killing grounds and make way for mining, investigators concluded the damage on the Crow Indian Reservation broke federal law and would cost $10 million to repair, according to Read More…
Wishcamper Development Partners hopes to satisfy the needs of tenants as it moves forward with renovations on the Firetower Apartments in Helena. According to Tyson O’Connell, principal at Wishcamper, the group hopes to close on purchasing the building in May 2020 and start construction soon afterward. Wishcamper has big plans for renovations to the building Read More…
Plans to marry a struggling coal-fired power plant in Eastern Montana to a bitcoin mine appear to be lagging, with little construction done and back taxes on the power plant exceeding $4 million. Bitcoin mining had been hailed as a lifeline for Hardin Generating Station in March when federal regulators approved transferring the power plant’s Read More…
The sky was overcast with strips of blue running through it. Temperatures hovered at the 40-degree mark with barely a breath of wind. At the stroke of 9:30 a.m. the chairlift kicked into gear to cheers from the crowd and began its steady crawl up the mountain. “Saturday, November 9 baby,” shouted one snowboarder on Read More…
BOZEMAN — A judge has sentenced a Montana woman to 20 years in prison for stealing $300,000 from a quadriplegic person in her care. Gallatin County District Judge John Brown suspended 15 years of the prison sentence but ordered 36-year-old Bridget Coulter, of Bozeman, to pay over $340,000 in restitution to the victim’s family. Coulter Read More…
Several Veterans Day events are scheduled for Monday in the Helena area. American Legion Post No. 2, Lewis and Clark Post, will be serving its 100th anniversary Veterans Day breakfast at the Post Home, 3095 Villard in Helena, Monday, from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Beginning at 11 a.m. Monday in East Helena, Veterans of Read More…
Anorexia has the highest death rate of any psychiatric disorder, yet many health care professionals have no formal training to address it. Nearly 80 mental health professionals, educators, and community members recently attended a presentation at Shodair Children’s Hospital to learn about the topic. “The miscommunication is that this is a problem that is concentrated Read More…
The Helena City Commission voted this week to advance a proposal to extend the Downtown Urban Renewal District to include the area of Rodney Street. The district works through a system of “tax increment financing.” First, the tax base for property is frozen. As improvements are made in the district, taxable values for properties rise. Read More…
Hello my friends. My name is Luci and I’m a lovely, little princess looking for my forever home. I have been searching high and low for my family for almost two months now, and I have to be honest with you, I’m getting a little discouraged. I have been living at PetSmart for a little Read More…
During a recent presentation, I asked participants to take a moment to ask themselves, “Who am I?” The question is as ancient as the human race and one with which people have wrestled from time immemorial. Recall the Delphic maxim “Know thyself” inscribed on the Temple of Apollo. In a sense, “Who am I?” is Read More…
Lewistown women choose military serviceBy: MIRIAM CAMPANReporterFriday, November 8, 2019 Roberta Mae Deal (left) not only served in the WAACs, but was also a model for recruiting more women (not to mention selling Grapette soda pop). Image courtesy of Miriam Deal Campan Army reservist Sandy Alexander, now Sandy Youngbauer, stands at a camp in Saudi Arabia Read More…
Alexis Walker, center, Shaina Schrooten, left, and Marlene Slaughter, right, with Montana Shakespeare in the Schools, act out a scene from “Romeo and Juliet” Friday at Helena Middle School. About 850 high school and middle schools attended the Helena performance, which was included in a 10-week tour offered by Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, which Read More…
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester says he would like to see advocates for those with disabilities have a bigger voice in shaping policy. Tester held a listening session in Helena Friday with more than a dozen advocates and providers to solicit feedback and ideas for programs and funding. Topics ranged from transportation issues to service animals Read More…
COLUMBIA FALLS — The driver of an all-terrain vehicle was killed after trying to make a U-turn in front of a logging truck on U.S. Highway 2 near Columbia Falls. Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Josh Nana says a larger four-wheel, all-terrain vehicle was traveling on the shoulder of the road at about 2 p.m. Friday Read More…
The frustrated tourist stalled in the long bison jam in Yellowstone National Park is more likely to be a repeat visitor, according to a newly released survey. That’s just one of the findings in Yellowstone’s 2018 Visitor Use Study, which also found the majority of visitors surveyed — 67% — were first-time visitors, and that the Read More…
The frustrated tourist stalled in the long bison jam in Yellowstone National Park is more likely to be a repeat visitor, according to a newly released survey. That’s just one of the findings in Yellowstone’s 2018 Visitor Use Study, which also found the majority of visitors surveyed — 67% — were first-time visitors, and that the Read More…
Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week’s contribution is from Beth Bartel, from the nonprofit UNAVCO consortium in Boulder, Colorado. Yellowstone is one of the best instrumented volcanoes in the world. There are several dozen GPS stations, seismometers, temperature sensors, river-monitoring sensors, tiltmeters, and strainmeters Read More…
A 36-year-old teacher in East Glacier was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday for sexually abusing one of her students. Sierra Shawnee Taylor, also known as Sierra Schildt, was sentenced to two years in prison and five years of supervised release for twice having intercourse with a student during the 2014-2015 school year. Taylor taught a Read More…
A 36-year-old teacher in East Glacier was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday for sexually abusing one of her students. Sierra Shawnee Taylor, also known as Sierra Schildt, was sentenced to two years in prison and five years of supervised release for twice having intercourse with a student during the 2014-2015 school year. Taylor taught a Read More…
Over an icy 16 hours Wednesday, 102 car crashes were reported to the Montana Highway Patrol. That’s more than 6 crashes per hour. That time period, spanning 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. is compared to a total of 32 crashes reported two days earlier on Nov. 4 over the same time frame, according to Sgt. Read More…