Robert Bialecki couldn’t get high-speed Internet when he moved to the outskirts of Great Falls a decade ago – so he figured out how to do it himself, through wireless Internet, and started a company to bring it elsewhere. “I thought, there must be a way to do it,” he told MTN News in a Read More…
On the same day and in the same area, three hunters in Montana were injured in two separate grizzly bear attacks, state wildlife officials said. Officials have not determined if the same animal was involved in both attacks this week in the Gravelly Mountains, which are southwest of Bozeman. The three hunters suffered injuries described Read More…
An internet safety report published by safewise shows that Montana has a lot of work to do to make the online experience safer for children. Montana earned a D when it comes to current measures in place to protect kids online. That’s the lowest grade awarded by the safety and security brand. The cowboy state Read More…
KALISPELL, Mont. — In August, an all-girls robotics team won at a NASA competition. On Saturday, they showed off their skills to U.S. Senator Steve Daines. The challenge included flying a drone and using a moon map. The moon map pays homage to the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing. The girls made lots of Read More…
Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney and Helena Mayor Wilmot Collins joined the Rocky Mountain Development Council Friday to celebrate the start of construction on an 85-unit affordable housing complex in Helena. According to RMDC Executive Director Lori Ladas, the idea for Red Alder Residences was born two years ago over a cup of coffee. Notably, it is Read More…
FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks shows a sow grizzly bear spotted near Camas in northwestern Montana. (Photo: AP) BOZEMAN — Wildlife officials have ended their search for the grizzly bear or bears responsible for back-to-back attacks on hunters in the same area of southwestern Montana. Fish Wildlife Read More…
Same puddle, different cats. A mama bobcat and three kits stop visit a watering hole in the Bitterroot Valley, Montana. Sign up now for our News Alerts email! × You have run out of free stories. To continue reading, take advantage of our LOWEST offer yet! Loading&hellp; {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}} {{html}} {{action_button}} Read More…
Montana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.3% in August, a 10-year low. The state’s unemployment rate fell slightly from 3.4% in July. Sign up now for our News Alerts email! × You have run out of free stories. To continue reading, take advantage of our LOWEST offer yet! Loading&hellp; {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} Read More…
Montana health officials are reporting the state’s first case of a vaping-related illness, like those that have plagued states around the nation. A Yellowstone County resident with a history of vaping nicotine and THC was hospitalized in August, according to a press release from the Department of Health and Human Services and RiverStone Health. Vaping Read More…
POW-MIA Recognition Day ceremony this morning Veterans, military personnel and the general public are invited to participate in the 40th annual National Prisoner of War and Missing Action (POW-MIA) Recognition Day at the Lewis and Clark County Veterans Memorial, Memorial Park, 1203 N. Last Chance Gulch, at 8 a.m. today, Sept. 20. Those individuals who Read More…
A replica of a world-record bighorn sheep ram skull found in Montana was presented to Gov. Steve Bullock this week to display in the governor’s office permanently. The sculpture is based on the skull found on Wild Horse Island on Flathead Lake in November 2016. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials retrieved the skull, which Read More…
A replica of a world-record bighorn sheep ram skull found in Montana was presented to Gov. Steve Bullock this week to display in the governor’s office permanently. The sculpture is based on the skull found on Wild Horse Island on Flathead Lake in November 2016. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials retrieved the skull, which Read More…
When it comes to challenges facing the indigenous community and missing and murdered indigenous people, get involved, get educated, and be an advocate — especially if you’re not Native American. That’s the message panelists shared Thursday while discussing indigenous communities during the Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch’s day-long Communities in Crisis conference. The first question asked Read More…
Update: A Missing Endangered Person Advisory issued Thursday afternoon for two boys, ages 4 and 3, last seen in Billings has been canceled. The siblings have been found, according to the Montana Department of Justice. Anthony Andrew Salcido Jimenez Jr., 4, and Armando Slyvester Salcido Jimenez, 3, were last seen around 1:10 p.m. on Thursday. Read More…
The Shepherd School Board terminated its superintendent Thursday evening, a month after he took a breath alcohol test at school and blew almost three times over the legal limit. On Aug. 22, Scott Carter blew .227 after colleagues reported smelling alcohol on his breath, school board chair Carl Openshaw said at Carter’s termination hearing Thursday. Read More…
There are 57.4 million people with a disability in the United States of America. And until 1990 when the American Disabilities Act was signed into law, there were no federal protections for them. Because the law can be complicated, the Rocky Mountain ADA Center is putting on a series of workshops across the Mountain West Read More…
Fall festival season is upon us, and three different outdoor celebrations will take place around the Helena area this weekend. Here’s a run-down of those options. Starting on Friday afternoon at 4 p.m., Blackfoot will be putting on a block party and breaking open its Juniper IPA for the first time this year. Bethany Flint, Read More…
Shot primarily around Livingston and focused on a period of hardship in the life of one of Scotland’s most important historical figures, the 2019 movie “Robert The Bruce” will have its North American premiere Sunday at the Babcock Theater in downtown Billings. The movie screening will take place as part of the Montana International Film Read More…
Despite a very small decline overall, Helena’s ACT scores are holding steadily above the state average. “This is a completely different group of students,” said school district Superintendent Tyler Ream. “It’s kind of amazing to have that level of consistency.” The federally required exam was completed by the junior class of 2018-19 in the spring. Helena’s average Read More…
A Missing Endangered Person Advisory was issued Thursday afternoon for two children, ages 4 and 3, last seen in Billings. Anthony Andrew Salcido Jimenez Jr., 4, and Armando Slyvester Salcido Jimenez, 3, were last seen around 1:10 p.m. on Thursday. The siblings are described as Native American and both have brown eyes and black hair. Read More…
A quartet of mountain lions stop at a watering hole in the Bitterroot Valley, Montana. Sign up now for our Breaking News email! × You have run out of free stories. To continue reading, take advantage of our LOWEST offer yet! Loading&hellp; {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}} {{html}} {{action_button}} Thanks for being a subscriber. Read More…
KALISPELL — After 57 days, a Washington woman’s exhaustive search for her missing border collie ended in tears of happiness when the pair were reunited in a Kalispell subdivision. Carole King, of Deer Park, Washington, had traveled to Flathead County for a four-day getaway with her husband when the unthinkable happened. They arrived the night Read More…
Authorities are investigating a possible homicide after the body of a missing Helena man was found Wednesday near Canyon Ferry Lake. The man was reported missing by a family member on Monday, and his body was found in the area of Cave Gulch Road. According to the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Office, his death Read More…
Two citations were filed Thursday against the person suspected of starting the North Hills fire that burned more than 5,000 acres near Helena earlier this summer. U.S. Bureau of Land Management law enforcement cited the suspect with one count of causing a fire other than a campfire and one count of burning timber, trees, slash Read More…
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Glacier County authorities on Wednesday identified the Ohio woman killed in a two-vehicle crash outside Glacier National Park as Mary Beth Sauer. Sauer was 62, according to Glacier County Deputy Sheriff and Coroner Tom Evans. Sign up now for our Breaking News email! × You have run out of free stories. To continue reading, take Read More…
A group of Plein Air artists who brave the wild Montana outdoors to make art will exhibit their works at The Myrna Loy Jailhouse Gallery, 15 N. Ewing, Sept. 23 – Nov. 4. An artist reception will be Thursday, Sept. 26, 5:30-7 p.m. The exhibit, entitled “En Plein Air,” features works by Barbara Rusmore, Carlton Read More…
Gold Leaf Fine Art Gallery is opening across from The Hub Coffee on Last Chance Gulch and is showcasing the collection of a lifetime. That lifetime is of artist Patrick Kelly who has traveled the world painting and collecting art for over 40 years. Kelly is opening the Gold Leaf Gallery soon and its contents Read More…
Local talent showcase: Solid 15 The next Solid 15 is 7:30 pm. Friday, Sept. 20, at Free Ceramics, 650 Logan St. Solid 15 is a monthly singer/songwriter event that showcases local talent giving songwriters 15 minutes a piece to show their songs. This is a free event for the community and songwriters that gives you Read More…
Firefighters with the Missoula Ranger District have been conducting burns this week in the Marshall Woods area roughly three miles northeast of Missoula and east of the upper Rattlesnake, according to the Lolo National Forest. The Lolo National Forest also plans to carry out prescribed burns on up to 19,000 acres over the next few weeks Read More…
If Billings wants affordable housing in more neighborhoods, it’s going to have to look at changing zoning laws, an official from the federal department of Housing and Urban Development said Wednesday. Anna Maria Farías arrived in Billings this week to review affordable housing in the Montana. She wasn’t the only visitor from Washington, D.C., this Read More…
The mountain of beets outside Western Sugar’s Billings factory casts a long shadow on State Avenue, but the inventory is anything but static. The hot, mid-September sun draws steam from the pile, raising concerns of spoilage as factory workers fire up the boilers for the start of six months of sugar making. “We try to Read More…
While the size of Carroll College‘s total student body decreased again this semester, enrollment among new first-year students has reached its highest point in three years. Total enrollment at Carroll was 1,373 in 2016, 1,354 in 2017, 1,353 in 2018, and 1,290 this semester. Chato Hazelbaker, vice president of enrollment, said the class of 2019 was Read More…
Fall is a great time to trek to Bighorn Reservoir to boat in the rocky canyon, and maybe take along enough gear for an overnight outing. With the lake surrounded by the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, the National Park Service has produced a Waterway Trail Guide that details campsites along the 71-mile-long lake. Paddlers Read More…
For decades, Sidney Sugars has fired its boilers in late September with coal from Savage Mine. That first wisp of steam trailing from the factory’s stacks is as a reliable a sign of summer’s end as the yellowing of the cottonwoods. The 874-acre, single-pit mine could soon be closing. Power plant owner Montana Dakota Utilities Read More…
Both the University of Montana and Missoula County Public Schools plan to accommodate students participating in a weeklong climate change protest set to begin Friday. The Missoula Climate Strike will begin Sept. 20 and run through the 27th and include rallies, discussions and educational events on climate change on campus and around the city. It’s Read More…
Karl Puckett, Great Falls Tribune Published 4:54 p.m. MT Sept. 18, 2019 CLOSE Steffen Janiula, trails coordinator for Great Falls Park and Recreation, installs a new bike repair station at the Caboose trailhead. (Photo: Courtesy photo) A new bike repair station has been installed at the Caboose trailhead along the River’s Edge Trail in Great Falls, giving bikers Read More…
Fish Wildlife and Parks spokesman Morgan Jacobsen said authorities were still trying to determine if the attacks involved the same bear. FILE – This July 6, 2011, file photo shows a grizzly bear roaming near Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. (Photo: Jim Urquhart, AP) They occurred Monday within a mile of one another in Read More…
The 30th annual Shadows of the Past art auction certainly made its milestone anniversary memorable on Sept. 14, with 112 pieces sold for a grand total of $55,805 to be divided among artists and the Benefis Teton Medical Center Foundation. The BTMC Foundation is dedicating this year’s proceeds to purchase a replacement walk-in freezer and Read More…
A handful of local folks offered their insights into what the Rocky Mountain Front is all about on Sept. 14, leaving a small but interested audience with nuggets of information on what one of the speakers called a “world class landscape.” The University of Montana and the Choteau Area Port Authority sponsored the two-day event, Read More…
Choteau’s Patti Blauer is sharing her teapot collection and love of tea by being a hostess at the Choteau Senior Citizens Center tea party on Sept. 21. The second annual tea party starts at noon and includes a luncheon, style show, prizes, goodie bags and of course a variety of tea. Tickets for the senior Read More…
Candidates running for Choteau mayor and City Council positions will take part in a forum sponsored by the Choteau Acantha, Tuesday, Sept. 24, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Choteau Pavilion. The candidates will answer questions from a moderator and from the audience and will give closing remarks. There is no cost to attend the Read More…
Sept. 8 — 4:26 p.m., Choteau resident spoke with a deputy regarding a situation he is having. — 8:34 p.m., Choteau resident reported hitting a deer on U.S. Highway 287, doing damage to their vehicle. Sept. 10 — 12:05 p.m., Fairfield resident reported a possible assault on a minor while attending the football game in Read More…
A Helena Municipal Judge candidate who was censured by the Montana Supreme Court in two separate cases acknowledged Tuesday that he has “faltered professionally.” Jack Morris filed as a candidate for Helena Municipal Judge earlier this summer. Morris, a Helena-based attorney, deals with criminal cases, according to a letter published in the Independent Record in Read More…