BOZEMAN — Two graduate students at Montana State University recently gave presentations at an international conference on a unique carbon fiber composite that could one day reduce manufacturing and operational costs of airplanes, helicopters and other flying forms of transportation by making them significantly lighter without compromising their strength. Montana State University masters student Cooper Read More…
(The Center Square) – The Small Business Administration has established a Center for Faith as well as eliminated the Biden regulation that banned faith organizations from receiving disaster relief. The Small Business Administration (SBA) is a cabinet-level federal agency intended to provide “counseling, capital, and contracting expertise” for small businesses, according to its website. The Read More…
North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong joined former President Donald Trump at the White House today for the official signing of the HALT Fentanyl Act, landmark legislation aimed at cracking down on the trafficking of deadly fentanyl analogues. Armstrong, who co-sponsored an earlier version of the bill during his tenure in Congress, praised the measure for Read More…
The State of Idaho wrapped up its fiscal year on June 30 with a balanced budget and an impressive $345 million surplus, according to updated revenue figures released today by the Division of Financial Management. The report confirms the state’s continued streak of strong fiscal health, powered by conservative budgeting, steady economic expansion, and record Read More…
Mayor Eric Adams has diagnosed New York City with a chronic problem: too much recreational marijuana. The criticism is ostensibly fueled by frustration with the smell of marijuana stinking up the streets and public spaces. Still, it is also a swipe at former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who signed off on legislation legalizing recreational marijuana in Read More…
A graduate student who went missing in Wisconsin last weekend was found dead in the Mississippi River near Brownsville, Minnesota, Wednesday. People reported Eliotte Heinz, 22, a student at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin, missing after she failed to return home from a night out on the town. The La Crosse Police Department said Read More…
A small plane crashed late Wednesday into a building south of Helena Regional Airport, injuring two people. The Helena Fire Department responded to the 3100 block of Bozeman Avenue at 9:51 p.m. Two people, a male and female, were in the single-engine Beechcraft Aircraft. They suffered facial injuries and were transported to the hospital, Assistant Read More…
This story was originally published by the Associated Press and Montana Free Press. President Donald Trump’s social media posts calling for the NFL’s Washington Commanders to revert to their old name have revived the conversation about Native American imagery in sports. The team has indicated it has no plans to go back to a name Read More…
President Trump’s attempt to block the U.S. from recognizing birthright citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants runs afoul of the Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, becoming the highest court to reach that conclusion. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the 14th Amendment grants citizenship to “all persons born in the Read More…
NEW YORK — Columbia University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was canceled in the name of combating antisemitism on campus, the university announced Wednesday. Under the agreement, the Ivy League school will pay the $200 million Read More…
MINNEAPOLIS — A federal appeals court handed a victory Wednesday to Mike Lindell, ruling that the MyPillow founder doesn’t have to pay a $5 million award to a software engineer who disputed data that Lindell claims proves that China interfered in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an Read More…
A Missoula waste company is officially protesting Republic Service’s purchase of a family-run East Helena waste company. The reason? Monopoly concerns, Missoula-based Grizzly Disposal and Recycling claims. “When you control the landfill, you control the prices,” said Billy Fisher, Grizzly’s general manager. “We already dealt with this in Missoula.” Family business Tri-County Disposal has operated Read More…
A Missoula waste company is officially protesting Republic Service’s purchase of a family-run East Helena waste company. The reason? Monopoly concerns, Missoula-based Grizzly Disposal and Recycling claims. “When you control the landfill, you control the prices,” said Billy Fisher, Grizzly’s general manager. “We already dealt with this in Missoula.” Family business Tri-County Disposal has operated Read More…
DENVER — A longtime critic of voting machines and local government has been charged with arson for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail-like device into the office holding the voting equipment in his Colorado mountain community. William Wayne Bryant, in a brief court appearance Wednesday, was advised of the charges presented against him in the June Read More…
WASHINGTON — A House subcommittee on Wednesday voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein after Democrats successfully goaded GOP lawmakers to defy Trump and Republican leadership to support the action. Democrats on a subcommittee of the powerful House Committee on Oversight made a motion for Read More…
WASHINGTON — As the national intelligence director, Tulsi Gabbard is responsible for guarding America’s secrets and discovering threats from overseas. But when she made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room Wednesday, her targets were President Donald Trump’s political enemies. Escalating her attempts to undermine the long-settled conclusion that Russia tried to help Read More…
Author Ciara Ryan will sign copies of her new release “Henry Sieben and the Montana Story” at the Montana Book Company 6-7 p.m. Thursday. “Henry’s untold story expands our understanding of Montana’s history,” Ryan said. “He arrived in the territory a young immigrant, and his simple values of hard work and family helped shape this Read More…
Officials at a Columbia, South Carolina, children’s hospital confirmed Tuesday that a patient there recently died due to the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri. Prisma Health Children’s Hospital said the patient died from primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a brain infection caused by the amoeba, according to CBS News. No other details were provided regarding the victim’s identity Read More…
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey wants the Planned Parenthood Federation of America to pay at least $1.8 million for its promotion of the abortion pill, accusing the abortion giant of deceiving clients about the health risks to “cut costs and boost revenue.” The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Cole County Circuit Court said Planned Parenthood has Read More…
WIC The Teton County Health Department offers the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) on July 28-31, with in-person appointments in Choteau and some remote and hybrid options available. For additional information or to schedule an appointment, contact Mandy Naylor at 406-466-2562. SUNDAY, JULY 27 TASGA The Teton Antique Steam and Read More…
Philipsburg solo artist Sterling Drake will perform at the July 24 Get Your Kicks at 6 concert in the Choteau City Park. Get Your Kicks at 6 is a series of free concerts performed at the City Park band shell on the east side of the Choteau Pavilion. Those planning to attend are encouraged to Read More…
The Montana Farmers Union Foundation has awarded more than $43,000 to 22 projects that create new opportunities and contribute to the growth and enhancement of Montana agriculture and rural communities. “MFU Foundation’s grant program has been a huge success so far,” MFU Chief of Staff Matt Rains said. “This year, we were excited to see Read More…
You probably don’t think of pollinators very often. You might appreciate it when a butterfly flitters by or when a group of moths circle around a bright light or when a bumble bee is perched on a bright flower. But do you know so many of the things you enjoy in the outdoors need these Read More…
In Montana, grizzly bear populations have expanded in both number and in distribution along both sides of the Continental Divide and in the Greater Yellowstone area. In many instances, grizzly bears are expanding into areas they haven’t been in more than a century. With this expansion comes an increased focus by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Read More…
Recently a Montana poet among us crossed the great divide to greener pastures. I’m speaking of Wallace McRae, and I borrowed the title of this week’s column from one of his poems. I’d like to think he’d be pleased that these stories I’m about to share with you evoked that particular turn of phrase. My Read More…
The Choteau Elementary and High School combined boards will hold a special meeting on July 23 at 6 p.m.in the high school library. Agenda items include administrative reports and action on hiring Julienne Gramm as a part-time early literacy teacher, approval of the elementary and high school student handbooks for the 2025-26 school year and Read More…
Work began July 7 at the Falls Creek Recreation Site on the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest. With the presence and activity of heavy machinery, the project requires a temporary closure to ensure safety for the public and workers. The closure for Falls Creek Recreation Site will be effect July 7-21 for the north parking Read More…
The Front Range Art Association’s second “Old North Trail Art Rendezvous” — a gathering of artists on the Rocky Mountain Front — is set for July 30-Aug. 2 at the Stage Stop Inn Rocky Mountain Convention Center in Choteau. The art-centric event includes activities for 15 registered artists and for the public, geared to give Read More…
The short film, “The Deed,” written and directed by Annie Flowers and filmed in Choteau in January, will debut at the Roxy Theatre in Choteau with a special screening of the film and a behind-the-scenes video on July 30 at 7 p.m. Tickets will be $8 at the door and concessions will be available. Flowers, Read More…
The Choteau Juice Box, which opened in mid-April, is a combination shop, selling a wide variety of disposable vape products and smoke accessories on one half of the store and selling liquidation items at bargain prices on the other half. Caine and Shanda Gray are operating the shop at 25 Third St. NE in the Read More…
A Walnut Grove, California, hotel says that someone took dozens of peacocks and peahens that normally wander its grounds. The missing birds are worth thousands of dollars. A customer told staff at the Ryde Hotel Sunday that they saw two men putting one of the birds into a cage and onto the bed of a Read More…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service along with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department are looking for information to help solve a grizzly bear mortality that occurred in Park County.
Christian Litton, 36, of Cody, was arrested last Sunday afternoon on the Powell Highway after allegedly causing an accident, which seriously injured two individuals and killed a dog.
A black bear that scaled a pole to get human food and later crushed an empty tent at a backcountry campsite was killed by Yellowstone National Park staff on July 11.
Cody Mayor Lee Ann Reiter’s jury trial for a DUI charge has been scheduled for December 11.
A new filing by the defense of Wendy Coe could prevent her court case from being heard at the Park County District Court next week.
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon visited Park County to see conservation efforts by local landowners last week.
A gun injury sent a 5-year-old child to the hospital, following a negligent discharge at a downtown Cody gas station Tuesday.
A federal judge said Wednesday she lacks the authority to grant the Trump administration’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts related to investigations of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in South Florida in 2005 and 2007. Judge Robin Rosenberg for the Southern District of Florida said that under a precedent set by the 11th U.S. Circuit Read More…
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a “Maryland man” before he was arrested and deported in March, and a federal judge Wednesday ordered that he must become a Maryland man again once he is released from pretrial detention. Judge Paula Xinis, an Obama appointee to the court in Maryland, said she feared the Department of Homeland Security Read More…
A 1-year-old girl suffered minor injuries after her uncle allegedly tossed her down a garbage chute inside a Staten Island apartment building, the New York Police Department said. Police allege that Aaron Henderson, 39, an autistic man, put the baby into the chute at around 3:15 p.m. Monday, according to the Staten Island Advance. The Read More…
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — More than 100 charity and human rights groups said Wednesday that Israel’s blockade and ongoing military offensive are pushing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip toward starvation, as Israeli strikes killed another 29 people overnight, according to local health officials. Meanwhile, the Trump administration’s Mideast envoy, Steve Witkoff, was set to Read More…
LOS ANGELES — California’s top prosecutor said Wednesday he has asked a court to give the state control of Los Angeles County’s troubled juvenile detention facilities because incarcerated young people are enduring unsafe conditions, including violence and rampant drug abuse. Attorney General Rob Bonta said he wants the county to hand over administration of the Read More…
NEW YORK — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine admitted Wednesday that he violated the conditions of his supervised release from prison by possessing drugs, marking his latest run-in with the law since he completed a federal prison sentence on racketeering and conspiracy charges. The 29-year-old performer, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, told a Manhattan federal judge Read More…