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Berry pickers reunited by search and rescue after one went missing in Lolo
LOLO, Mont. - Two berry pickers were reunited with help from Missoula County Search and Rescue and a Lifeflight helicopter after one person reported the other missing on Saturday night. According to the Missoula County Sheriff's Office, two people were out picking berries when after a few hours, one person...
Horse racing is uniquely one of the Great Things in Great Falls in late July
GREAT FALLS, Mont. - Did you know Great Falls is one of two places in Montana where you can still watch horse races? Find out where to go and more of the great things to do in Great Falls this week with Shannon Newth. Great Falls Turf Club horse races.
Flathead Electric Co-op approves grants to support local nonprofits
KALISPELL, Mont. — Flathead Electric Co-op approves grants to support local nonprofits. Flathead Electric Cooperative approved $19,688 in grants to support community safety projects proposed by local nonprofit organizations. The funding is through the cooperative's Roundup for Safety program. Organizers allocated $2,400 to purchase dashboard cameras for eight traffic...
Butte 100 mountain bike race sees redemption, hometown heroes, landmark achievements
BUTTE, Mont. -- There's nothing quite like the Butte 100. As the name implies, the Butte 100 is a hundred miles aboard a bicycle through some of Southwest Montana's trickiest terrain, often labeled as the single most difficult mountain bike race in the country. And this year's Butte 100 came...
Former NFL QB Brock Osweiler gives back to Flathead community with football camp
KALISPELL — It was a special day at Legends Stadium as former NFL quarterback and Flathead High School alum Brock Osweiler hosted his second annual football camp. “The memory of the youth football camp in the valley is just so fond, I wanted to come back and do a similar thing,” said Osweiler.
Great American Championship Motorcycle Hill Climb July 26-27 in Billings
BILLINGS — The 106th Great American Championship Motorcycle Hill Climb is July 26-27 at the Billings Motorcycle Club in the South Hills. The Rockwell Pro Hillclimb Series event will run from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. both days. Pro racing, side-by-side racing, and racing under the lights will be...
Missoula planning board backs ‘town center’ subdivision at Wye
(Missoula Current) A mixed-use development planned for the Wye received an enthusiastic and unanimous recommendation for approval by members of the Consolidated Planning Board on Tuesday night. Grass Valley Gardens, which consists of 187 acres south of Highway 10, is proposed as a Planned Unit Development that looks to create...
Montana Grizzlies finalize kick times, TV details 2024 football schedule
SPOKANE, Wash. — Kickoff times and broadcast details for the coming Montana Grizzly football season were announced by the Big Sky Conference on Saturday. For the first time in over a decade the majority of Montana’s games — both home and away, in conference and out — will be televised by a single broadcaster with Scripps Sports and the Montana Television Network securing nearly all of UM’s broadcast rights.
Missoula group seeking plastic ban fundraising for signature gathering
(Missoula Current) A push to place a proposed ban on single-use plastics before Missoula voters this November must raise more than 8,400 signatures over the coming weeks. To do that, Plastic Free Missoula is looking to raise money to pay a team of signature gatherers. This week, it launched a GoFundMe account to raise $20,000. As of Tuesday morning, the effort had netted $1,775.
Venture West Development Announces Rosauers Supermarkets to Anchor Jackrabbit Crossing, a 196-Acre Mixed-Use Development in Belgrade, Montana
– Venture West Development announced that Rosauers Supermarkets has signed a long-term lease at the new Jackrabbit Crossing development in Belgrade, located within Montana’s Gallatin Valley, near Bozeman. This 196-acre, master-planned, mixed-use development, anchored by Rosauers, is designed to be a true live/work/shop community. Jackrabbit Crossing is strategically positioned...
Justice (?) for 4 Montana Women; Lame Deer Man Gets 21 Years
Warning: Subject is about sexual assault and abuse, with disturbing details. Reader discretion is advised. Fathers and Mothers, watch over your daughters. Sisters and cousins, have each other's backs. Out here there be monsters. And they walk among you. Theo Summers Buffalo Bulltail received 21 years in prison for the...
Bozeman’s Recent Crime Trends: Should Resident’s Be Worried?
I realize that I might catch some heat on this, but sometimes in life, we have the "tough talks". We all know that Bozeman is growing, in fact, at one point it was one of the fastest-growing cities in America. People from all over are coming to Bozeman, whether it be for work or pleasure. As with any growth, it seems that we're experiencing some "growing pains" which is causing alarm among the city's residents.
Toston’s J.R. Harrell earns No. 2 bull riding score as high school rodeo finals near end
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — Toston's J.R. Harrell came up with the second-best bull ride of the week Friday night, fashioning an 82.5 in his second go-round to move into 10th place in the average at the National High School Finals Rodeo with his single ride at the Sweetwater Events Complex. Harrell did not earn a score in his first go-round ride. Browning's Tahj Wells is right behind in 11th with his single score of 82 points. Harrell's ride is topped only by an 86-point effort by Sutton Schrunk of Valentine, Nebraska. Among other Montanans as the NHSFR entered its final...
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