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Whitefish's Maggie Voisin drops into new career
How about retiring only to dive whole-heartedly into a few new careers? That’s just what Whitefish’s Maggie Voisin is doing. The three-time Olympian and X Games champion announced her retirement last month from a 10-year career as an elite slopestyle and big air skier – but the 25-year-old is not nearly ready to pick up knitting or golf.Rather, she’s jumping into the next chapter of her career – from a helicopter.Voisin is taking her skills from the park to the wild mountains, most recently, to the Chilkat range in Haines, Alaska. Skiing the big mountains presents a “circle of emotions” to...
City mulls potential use of open space funding to conserve ranch
(Missoula Current) While questions remain, members of the Missoula City Council on Wednesday set a public hearing on whether to apply funding from the open space bond to conserve more than 1,600 acres of private land northwest of the city. The Inderland Ranch is comprised of both grasslands and forest...
Operation Next program provides free career training for veterans at Highlands College
MISSOULA, Mont. — Operation Next, a program that provides free career training in welding and CNC precision machining to veterans and their families, is accepting applications for Fall 2024. Operation Next has trained 63 veterans or veteran family members since January 2023. Classes meet on the weekends, after online...
1 person seriously injured, three grizzlies euthanized after attack on Trans Canada Trail
MISSOULA, Mont. — One person has been seriously injured and three grizzly bears have been euthanized after an incident on the Trans Canada Trail. According to Yukon Conservation Officer Services, a person was jogging with the leashed dog on a trail connecting Pine Lake to Haines Junction around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 30.
‘Maple’ is Sweet, Silly, and Ready to Adopt in Billings
After a week's hiatus, Wet Nose Wednesday returned to the airwaves this week at Townsquare Media - Billings, and our featured adoptable pet from Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter is a bundle of joy. Meet Maple, a Pointer mix. Maple arrived at YVAS as a stray. She's a six-year-old Pointer mix...
Billings Public Schools invites community to tour Daylis Stadium
BILLINGS, Mont. – Billings Public Schools trustees and administrators invite the community to a High School Solutions Committee meeting, which will include a tour of Daylis Stadium. After the tour, there will be an opportunity for public comment and discussion of the stadium’s maintenance needs. The meeting will begin on Tuesday, July 9, at 5:30 p.m. in the library of Billings Senior High School, 425 Grand Avenue., Billings.
Missoula animal shelter project requests city funding commitment
MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula’s animal shelter capital improvement project is seeking funding assurance from the city. Missoula Public Health is asking City Council to bond more than $142,000 annually starting fiscal year 2026. The city would split the $3.5 million total cost with Missoula County. The project would...
Mission Mountain Rodeo draws good crowd
Audience members flocked to the Mission Mountain Rodeo on Friday and Saturday nights. Attendance was up, according to Polson Fairgrounds Inc. secretary Una Rose Graham. PFI produces the annual event. “The weather was perfect, not too hot, not too cold,” Graham said, adding that lots of people showed up to watch the youth events at 6 p.m. Youth events were mutton bustin’, mini bull riding and pony mini-buckers.According to Jodi Seifert, who organizes the mutton bustin’, “All the kids events were full. Everybody did great. We had very large crowds each night, too.”As rodeo fans trailed in to find their seats,...
Ronan man admits to felony assault
A Ronan admitted to threatening the mother of his children with a knife. Darius Sosep Parker, 25, entered a plea of guilty in District Court in Polson June 26 to felony assault with a weapon.According to court records, on April 19, 2023, a deputy with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office was in the Ronan area when he was flagged down by a woman. She told the deputy that Parker confronted her and was arguing with her before he pulled out a knife and said he was “f***ing serious.”He then put the knife away and struck her on her forehead above her eye. She told the deputy that they were in a three-year relationship, share two children, but are no longer a couple.Judge Molly Owen set a sentencing date of Aug. 14. Parker remains in the Lake County Jail with bond totaling $160,000.
Let’s Meet For A Burger In Bynum
The Bynum Summer Social's coming up this Saturday, celebrating the Bynum community & bringing good friends & neighbors together. From 11 until 5, They'll have burgers & a bake sale in the civic park, & along with Corn Hole, & other games too! The Community Band will perform at 11, Saturday morning. You'll also want to make sure to check out all the "special" offers & activities at the Bynum businesses. **BTW**...if you or a family member have lived in Bynum, or have any photos, slides or other artifacts from the good old bygone days why not bring those along to the school for their History-a-Thon, while all the fun's going on. Happy 4th of July, during Summer '24, in the Big Sky!
Everybody Loves a Yard Sale!
Yard Sale/Garage Sale: a sale of used household or personal articles (such as furniture, tools, or clothing) held on the seller's own premises. The long-anticipated 40-Mile Yard Sale that is becoming an annual favorite, finally arrived this Friday, along with an unexpected cool and wet front that threatened to put a damper on things. But these are hearty Montanans, and what's a little weather?! The 3-day event again featured garage sales from Wolf Creek to Ulm and places in between; and the weather did finally cooperate. Everybody's already planning for next year. Bring on the snow!
Glacier Park home on market for $15 million
By CHRIS PETERSONHungry Horse NewsA home on Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park has hit the open market. While other properties in Glacier have been sold in the past few years, none have had the expansive views afforded by the Graff family estate, a modest home at the foot of the lake.The home is what’s known as an “inholding” meaning it was private property before the creation of Glacier in 1910. Lake McDonald has numerous private inholdings along its shorelines at the foot and the head of the lake.The home is listed at $15 million, Realtor Angie Killian of Berkshire...
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