Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer retired Monday afternoon after an eight-year career. Trooper Palmer is taking a medical retirement after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds to the face, head, and neck while searching for a suspect in March of 2019. His survival after such critical injuries has been called miraculous. On Monday, Palmer, accompanied by Read More…

PRAIRIE GROVE, ARK. — Columbia Falls bull rider Matt Triplett hit a home run aboard Louisville Slugger in the second round Saturday night at the Professional Bull Riders Buckin’ at the Ranch stop here.   Triplett unleashed a 92-point effort to seal the Touring Pro Division victory and $10,000. He also had an 86.5-point ride Read More…

KALISPELL, Mont. — The Kalispell Public Schools Board of Trustees had a meeting Tuesday night to talk about their back-to-school plans. The superintendent went over phases and what school might look like. In phase two, the governor’s order requires group sizes not to exceed 50 people. READ FULL STORY

The Gallatin County sheriff said he is looking into the history of a yellow patch on both arms of Gallatin County deputies’ uniforms in the wake of national movements to get rid of imagery offensive to Indigenous people.   In the center of the patch is a depiction of a Native American with long hair Read More…

Two employees at two different state health offices in Billings have tested positive for COVID-19. The positive cases came from the Office of Public Assistance (OPA) and Child and Family Services Division (CFSD). The CFSD employee tested positive last week and the OAF employee tested positive this week, according Jon Ebelt, public information officer for Read More…

The Helena City Commission heard testimony Thursday for and against keeping uniformed police officers in Helena public schools. The city held the first meeting in a planned review of the Helena Police Department’s operations, announced in the wake of nationwide calls for police reform after the death of George Floyd. City leaders decided to focus Read More…

There is no dearth of extravagant homes in America. Celebrities and prominent personalities in different fields of work are often seen indulging in big-budget real estate deals to own some of the fanciest homes on earth. If you are on the lookout for a home that you wish left you astonished, we have just the Read More…

A Montana Technological University student whose personal experiences inspire her dream of being an engineer has been named a 2020 Barry Goldwater Scholar, one of the nation’s top accolades for STEM students.   Kathryn Bozer, a junior from North Liberty, Iowa, will receive up to $7,500 from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Read More…

At the Black Lives Matter rally this month in Bozeman’s Bogert Park, Shane Doyle stood on the stage before the large crowd, beat a hand-held rawhide drum and sang a Crow Indian honor song.   The moment felt hopeful to Doyle, 48, a member of the Apsaalooke or Crow Tribe.   Native Americans are Montana’s Read More…

MISSOULA — One Salish and Blackfeet musical artist is joining the Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribe in their campaign to create awareness about COVID-19 for Flathead Reservation youth. “I think I was inspired by the Navajo Nation because I didn’t want my people to go through the same thing,” said Shadow Devereaux. Devereaux is a Salish Read More…

KALISPELL, Mont. — There is a new billboard on Highway 93 in South Kalispell near Murdoch’s. It reads “I can’t breathe,” in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. READ FULL STORY

He was a strong backer of the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) as Montana’s congressman. And he got the ball rolling on historic conservation and infrastructure investments as President Trump’s Secretary of the Interior. Needless to say, former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was very pleased to see passage of the Great American Outdoors Act in the Read More…

BOZEMAN- As the state reopens Governor Steve Bullock will visit a Bozeman business that is re-opening with support from the state. The governor will visit Café M which received a $10,000 business stabilization grant from the state to cover expenses to reopen safely. He’s hoping to hear how the business is utilizing the $10,000 business Read More…

There are some additional openings and services available at Glacier National Park. The west entrance gate will no longer close at 4:30 p.m. and Going-to-the-Sun Road is open to Avalanche and the campground is available for day-use parking. The restroom at the shuttle stop is also now available. Camas Road is now open and the Read More…

Tyler Stosich’s wheelchair is controlled by a straw. Normally, he doesn’t think twice about it. But COVID-19 turned normal on its head, so Stosich decided to innovate. “I was just sitting in the shower where my best ideas come to me, and I was like, man, I’m just going to route a piece of tubing Read More…

HELENA, Mont. — The Department of Labor and Industry says Montana has paid out more than $10 million in potentially fraudulent unemployment claims during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also says it has stopped more than $220 million in fraudulent claims since late April. READ FULL STORY

The coronavirus pandemic could be a disaster or a blessing for Montana State University.    It would be a disaster if hundreds of Montana students don’t show up for the fall semester, figuring they’d rather take a gap year than online classes. Even worse would be if hundreds of out-of-state students – on whom MSU Read More…

MISSOULA — For the Class of 2020, their families and friends, this year has been surreal. So it seems fitting to add another special memory to an unexpected end to their school careers. All this week, the University of Montana has been paying tribute to the graduates of all five of Missoula’s urban high schools, Read More…

BILLINGS- Eight female inmates at the Yellowstone County Detention Facility have tested positive for COVID-19. Sheriff Mike Linder says RiverStone Health tested 43 inmates and 41 jail staff for the coronavirus on Friday, May 29, and results of those tests came back Saturday, May 30. Only one inmate has been hospitalized and is currently recovering. Read More…