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Missoula police trying to ID person regarding incident at local business July 8
MISSOULA, Mont. - Missoula police are trying to identify a person regarding an incident that happened July 8 at a local business. Anyone who recognizes the person or has information is asked to call Officer McGregor at the Missoula Police Department (MPD) by calling (406) 552-6300. People may report anonymously...
New Housing Development Underway Near ZooMontana
A new housing project is underway on Billings' West End. Perhaps you've noticed the heavy equipment moving dirt for infrastructure at the south end of Shiloh Drive, near ZooMontana. I stopped to grab a couple of quick pictures last week, pondering what the development might be. "It's probably another shopping...
UM Library makes historic aerial photos available online
Some of the state’s earliest known aerial photography now is available online courtesy of the University of Montana Mansfield Library.The images are part of an extensive collection of aerial photography taken by the U.S. Forest Service and held in the library’s Archives and Special Collections department.“The Forest Service collection we received has tens of thousands of aerial images dating from the 1930s to the 1970s,” said Professor Donna McCrea, the head of archives. “We are focusing on the imagery from the 1930s. So far we’ve created an online index map that indicates the latitude and longitude of about 35,000 images,...
Q2 Billings Area Weather: Continued smoky Thursday; scattered PM thunderstorms
Smoke continued to move over Montana and Wyoming on Wednesday, and that won't end anytime soon. A wave of energy will deliver scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms on Thursday.
Chris Peterson: 10 Class AA football games to look forward to this fall
HELENA — The Fourth of July is a great holiday. To me, it also serves as a milestone. Once it comes and goes, I know football is coming. July is the last month without football and that's a comforting thought for high school football fans from the Treasure State who had to go eight months without it.
Woman drowns in Yellowstone River near Laurel Sunday
LAUREL, Mont. - A Laurel woman drowned in the Yellowstone River near Sportsman Park on Sunday afternoon, July 14, 2024. According to Yellowstone County Sheriff's Deputy Coroner Valerie Juhl, the victim of the drowning was Nichole R. Blumenshine. She was 38-years-old. Her cause of death is drowning, and the manner...
Bill Zadick voted the GOAT for Great Falls athletics
The fan vote is in for the Greatest of All-Time (GOAT) for Great Falls athletics. Great Falls High’s Bill Zadick has been named the winner by the voters after three rounds of voting, starting with a selected top 10 for both former Bison and C.M. Russell High greats, and down to a top three from each school.
Montana Athletics expands NIL opportunities for student athletes through licensing agreement
MISSOULA, Mont. – University of Montana Athletics and The Brandr Group (TBG) have established a group licensing agreement for the university's student-athletes covering all 15 Grizzly varsity sports. This partnership will enable these student-athletes to profit off their Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) through a number of opportunities that will be co-branded with Montana's official trademarks and logos.
Bozeman Bucks bats boom in sweeping to Legion tournament title
BOZEMAN — After securing an 8-5 win on Thursday, thanks to a sixth-inning comeback against the Casper Oilers, the Bozeman Bucks were seemingly in control for the rest of the weekend at their home tournament. The Bucks followed that win with four more over the next three days, finishing...
Will it Really be This Scorching Hot in Montana?
Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - Although a change may be coming next week, Western Montana's forecast looks like we could be heading for the hottest weekend so far this summer, with most locations seeing triple-digit temperatures. Some of those readings will come close to record temperatures but aren't forecast to...
Montana judge: Signatures of inactive voters count for initiatives, including 1 to protect abortion
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge said Tuesday that the Secretary of State’s Office erred in changing the rules governing whose signatures should count on petitions for three constitutional initiatives — including one to protect abortion rights — after officials tried to omit the signatures of inactive voters.
Holland earns Top Range Hand at 48th Montana Range Days
Faye Holland, like her dad Koy in 1988, won the prestigious honor of Top Range Hand at the annual Montana Range Days. Holland, a junior at BCHS and a member of the Beaverhead FFA Chapter, attended the 48th Annual Montana Range Days held June 24-26 in Miles City. Montana Range...
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