BILLINGS — The Montana High School Association executive board passed proposals for the MSHA to add girls wrestling and boys powerlifting as sanctioned sports during the MHSA’s annual meeting on Monday in Billings. The sports will be offered to member schools beginning with the 2020-21 school year. It was announced in late November that the Read More…
More than 100 years ago, Montana and many states erected legal walls against spending public money on private religious schools, but today school choice activists are seeking to bring down those barriers using a case from Montana. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit brought on behalf of Kendra Espinoza Read More…
HELENA, Mont. — An investment group from Billings has filed a lawsuit against the Montana Lottery over rules that require businesses wishing to offer sports gambling to have specific alcohol licenses. The lawsuit filed by Arete Group argues the legislation that authorized sports wagering did not include the alcohol license rule. The lawsuit seeks an injunction Read More…
Montana’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, Elsie Arntzen said on Thursday that she was proud to announce that graduation rates in state public schools have broken a record for the second year in a row. “This is improvement, this is growth,” said Arntzen. “For two years in a row our graduation rates have been the highest Read More…
An appeals court revived a lawsuit filed by an environmental law firm that challenged the U.S. government’s management of bison from Yellowstone National Park.
HELENA — A federal judge has ruled that Native American tribes, including the Fort Belknap Indian Community, can continue with a lawsuit over President Donald Trump’s approval of the Keystone XL pipeline project. U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris issued the ruling last Friday. The Fort Belknap and Rosebud Sioux tribes have claimed Trump exceeded Read More…
We’ve learned it’s a Georgia-based timberlands company that will be purchasing Weyerhaeuser’s Montana holdings, in a deal announced last week. Weyerhaeuser made headlines three years ago when it decided to close its Columbia Falls mill not long after buying Plum Creek Timber in an $8 billion deal. It cited a “continued shortage” of logs to Read More…
BOZEMAN — State parks across Montana will offer guided hikes on New Year’s Day as part of the “First Day Hikes” annual tradition across the U.S.
The video is from several years ago, but it is a good reminder to drive carefully out there.
We are reminded early on that just because a man is blind doesn’t make him a saint.
Rachel Cardiello returns to hometown Helena from Toronto for the Montana public debut of her band ZINNIA’s new album, “Sensations in Two Dot.”
For Helena’s city government, 2019 was marked by major and sometimes controversial changes that culminated with the election of two new city commissioners in the fall.
Periodically, we all pass through points in our lives when we take stock of where we’ve been and wonder where we’re headed.
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Another $1.5 billion has been added to a federal disaster aid package, which should benefit Montana farmers clobbered by bad fall weather.
Jen Mignard takes to sled dog racing with her huskies like others might to yoga or distance running — to bring calm to a busy mind.
Dec. 15 — 1:34 a.m., Choteau ambulance crew provided a lift assist at 424 Seventh Ave. N.W.
Get Fit Great Falls has several ways to help with your goals of being healthier, and the best part is they are easy, affordable and fun.
For the fifth year in a row, first- and second-graders from Washington and Daly elementary schools gave people candy canes with a little card attached with yarn.
It’s a safe bet to say that Helena soldier Kimberly Curtis will never forget her 21st birthday.
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Garfield Elementary kindergarten and first grade students answer the question of the season: “What do you want for Christmas?” Photos by Charlie DenisonBy: CHARLIE DENISON Senior ReporterMonday, December 23, 2019 Alyssa Vanek, 1st grade: I want an L.O.L winter house. It comes with a brother, a sister and a pet.” Chandler Martin, kindergarten: “I want a Read More…
As a small boy Ralph McQuarrie would watch the airplanes come and go from the Billings airport. Watching Billings’ skies, he became fascinated with aviation — a fascination that turned into a career drawing spacecraft and alien worlds.
Filing is now open for positions on the boards of the Bynum and Greenfields irrigation districts, the Teton County Fire Fee Service Area and the Teton County Hospital District.
After a long struggle to fill a vacant position, the nonprofit Center for Mental Health (CMH) is welcoming a licensed addiction counselor to the Conrad/Choteau area. Lydia Zilkoski is offering in-person addiction counseling services in the Teton County Courthouse on…
The Choteau High School wrestlers are on break this week after competing at the 60-team All-Class C.M. Russell High School Holiday Classic on Dec. 20 and 21.
A small group of happy Power residents on Dec. 19 attended the opening of their new post office, munched on cookies and thanked the U.S. Postal Service for restoring a post office to the 59468 ZIP code.
The schools of Teton County are coming together to address the issue of teen vaping head-on.
The Farm in the Dell Rocky Mountain Front is planning a New Year’s Eve celebration dance.
Opening a Montana medical care savings account by Dec. 31 to help with medical expenses not covered by a health insurance policy or flexible spending account can help individuals save on their state taxes, according to Marsha Goetting, a family…
The last big batch of test results from animals harvested during Montana’s general hunting season and sampled for chronic wasting disease has turned up 16 new positives mostly in areas where the disease is already known to exist.
The cold weather, which is here to stay, brings on many people’s favorite season — grizzly bear hibernation.
The Montana Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association is offering 2020 calendars featuring “glamour shots” of sheriffs from across the Treasure State to raise funds for charity. The Association said on Facebook calendars are $10 each and available by contacting local sheriff’s offices. Gallatin County Sheriff Brian Gootkin started the “Sheriff Glamour Shot Challenge” in September, Read More…
Using Berkeley Pit water to help power Los Angeles with renewable energy? A global leader in power systems is talking with state and local officials about doing just that. Mitsubishi Hitachi Power System America Inc. has met with Montana Resources, Atlantic Richfield, NorthWestern Energy and Butte-Silver Bow officials in recent months. Last week, the company Read More…
The Little Shell Tribe has been fighting for federal recognition for more than a century and as of Friday, their fight is over. On Friday, the National Defense Authorization act for 2020 was signed by the president, making the federal recognition of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians officially become law. The bill was Read More…
All Valley County high school seniors are eligible to apply for substantial college scholarships that will be awarded in February by the Hi-Line Sportsmen. Scholarship winners will be announced at the conservation group’s annual fundraising banquet, scheduled for Leap Day, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, at St. Raphael’s Catholic Church’s parish hall in Glasgow. Over the Read More…
Merry Christmas! Due to the holiday falling on “going to press” day, this column is being written very shortly after last week’s piece. I’m sure next week’s will be due early, as well. Strange thing about New Years always following Christmas by exactly one week, huh? It’s kind of like my very-young-at-the-time niece being amazed Read More…
Dear Editor, I am a resident of Nemont Manor and would like to express my gratitude and appreciation of the staff of same. I moved in about a year and a half ago to the Middle of Nowhere and was welcomed by a few of the other residents that live here. I was having a Read More…
Valley County Search and Rescue is once again partnering with local wrecker companies and fire departments with support from the DUI Task Force to provide rides on New Year’s Eve. The annual program is offered free-of-charge to anyone who is unable to drive home on the holiday. Rides will be available beginning at 4 p.m Read More…
“To be quite honest, I’m blown away by it.” Those were the grateful words from Pat Hallett who volunteers at the Valley County Emergency Food Bank regarding the $3,000 donated by the Knights of Columbus. “They did that so we could buy meat for December and January. Awesome, just awesome.” Jon Bengochea, of the Knights Read More…
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) announced on Dec. 13 it will begin enforcing Emergency Rules that temporarily restrict the sale of flavored e-cigarette products in Montana. The enforcement of these rules went into effect on Dec. 18, and include the sale of all flavored e-cigarette products, including flavored nicotine, THC Read More…
This Christmas season, Zerbe Bros. is asking the community to consider adding one more gift to their list. There won’t be any need for more shopping though. Owner Galen Zerbe, at the suggestion of his bookkeeper McKenzie Kalinski, set up a drop-off container at his business for Provision International’s Share A Pair program. The Billings-based Read More…