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4 Former Montana Grizzlies Compete For NFL Roster Spot
Entering the 2024 season, 58 Montana Grizzlies have appeared in an NFL game. Griz in the pros dates back to 1920 when tackle Chris Bentz appeared in two games for the Detroit Heralds when the league was branded as the American Professional Football Association. Other notable Montana NFLers include Terry Dillon on the 1963 Minnesota Vikings, Brent Pease on the 1987-1988 Houston Oilers, Tim Hauck on 7 teams from 1990-2002 and Kroy Biermann on the 2008-2015 Atlanta Falcons.
Laurel Dodgers blow past Glendive Blue Devils in Eastern A District tournament
Gunnar Schultz drove in four runs on three hits to lead the Laurel Dodgers past the Glendive Blue Devils 15-5 on Thursday. Schultz singled in the seventh inning, scoring two runs, and singled in the first inning, scoring one. Laurel got on the board in the top of the first...
Local Display Encourages Registration For Voters
Recent Wolf Point High School graduate Lennoxx Lilley is one area resident that is looking forward to voting in this year’s general election. Lilley, who just turned 18 last week, wasn’t able to vote in this year’s primary election, so he’s even more anxious about casting a vote this November.
Manhattan's Ivan Roe makes Olympic debut in mixed team air rifle
In the opening event of the shooting program at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Manhattan's Ivan Roe made his debut in the 10 meter mixed team air rifle Saturday morning in Chateauroux, France. Roe competed with Sagen Maddalena on one of two U.S. squads entered in the event. Roe and...
Journey Emerson, former Lame Deer record-setting star, dies in car accident
BILLINGS — Former Lame Deer boys basketball star Journey Emerson, who set the state single-game scoring record to help make the Morning Stars one of the best stories in Montana sports in 2022, died Friday in a car accident on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, his former coach Tiger Scalpcane told The Billings Gazette and 406 MT Sports on Friday night.
California man takes the lead in the bull riding on the second night of the Last Chance Stampede
HELENA – Jordan Spears’ luck just turned the corner in Helena. The California bull rider turned in the high score of the Last Chance Stampede so far with an 88 point ride on the C5 Rodeo bull named Yahoo Buckaroo. He hadn’t seen the bull or been on...
Billings Police report two stabbings less than an hour apart Friday evening
BILLINGS, Mont. - Billings Police Department (BPD) says they have received reports of two separate stabbings incidents that occurred less than an hour apart on Friday evening. BPD responded to the first incident at 9:03 pm involving a 51-year-old man who had been stabbed in his arm in the 700 block of N 25th St.
Will Lyng breaks 48-year-old ERA record as Helena Senators secure No. 2 state seed
HELENA — Will Lyng stood on the edge of history, peering forward from Kindrick Legion Field's pitching rubber toward uncharted waters. No Helena Senators player before him had carried an ERA this low this deep into the regular-season. Ryder Murdock, the Billings Royals' lead-off base runner in the seventh...
Cleanup continues; meteorologists break down ‘perfect storm’
(Missoula Current) Chainsaws continued to roar on Friday and some areas remained without power two days after a powerful storm ripped through the Missoula Valley. Meteorologists on Friday described it as a “once-in-a-decade” event – the last being in 2015. Early estimates place the damage in the tens of millions of dollars with cars crushed, houses and infrastructure damaged, and the steep toll that hurricane-force winds took on the city's prized urban forest.
Chase in Montana Tops 130 MPH, 14 Vehicles Were Almost Hit
Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - On July 21, 2024, a Montana Highway Patrol Trooper observed a motor vehicle traveling southbound on US Highway 93 into Lolo. The trooper’s radar showed the vehicle traveling 72 MPH entering a 45 MPH zone. The trooper observed that the driver was a male and there was one female passenger.
Colorful Memories in the Falls About Holiday Village Mall
Colorful Memories in the Falls About Holiday Village Mall. As of late, it seems that our local mall has been in the headlines a few times for both good and not so great news. Recently the good news was that Great Falls would be keeping the Big Lots store located in Holiday Village Mall.
Lifelong friends bring a Canadian flair to Great American motorcycle hill climb
BILLINGS — In 2017, lifelong friends Ryan Wyatt and Aaron Pierson decided to give the Great American Championship Motorcycle Hill Climb a try. The two Canadian riders from the province of Alberta — the 43-year-old Wyatt is from Calgary and the 42-year-old Pierson is from Lethbridge — are sure glad they did.
Mann Gulch 75th Anniversary: Retracing the events of August 5, 1949
HELENA, Mont. — “So if you were up on that mountain, you would be looking down at Mann Gulch.”. For retired U.S. Forest Service employee and Mann Gulch Fire historian, David Turner, the view from his home in Helena is a tragedy he knows all too well. “I’ve...
Missoula Gyro Restaurant Up For Sale
The Missoula restaurant landscape seems to be constantly changing. New restaurants open, some close, and some restaurants combine forces under one roof. There is an opportunity for the right person to own a Missoula restaurant that has been around for decades. Acropolis Gyros at 117 South Ave. West, has announced that they are for sale. They shared the announcement via their Facebook page.
Miss Montana Volunteer program winners crowned
Last week was the 4th year that the Miss Montana Volunteer Program held its pageant in Glendive. A new Miss Montana Volunteer, Madelynn Hust; Miss Montana Teen Volunteer, MaKayla Sparks; Miss Montana Pre-Teen, Quinn Nemitz and Miss Montana Little Miss, Marcella Medearis were crowned. The organization awarded multiple scholarships to the contestants.
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