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Neighborhood council meetings July 25-26
Two neighborhood councils meet next week. Neighborhood Council 3 is holding a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. July 26 in room #5 at Corpus Christi Church, 410 22nd Ave. N.E. The meeting will also be streamed live on the council’s Facebook page. Agenda items include Skyline and Valley View...
Mary Osborne Andrews to light BSSG torch after global tech outage causes travel troubles
BILLINGS, Mont. - Olympic Swimmer Katie Hoff will not be able to make it to Billings to light the Big Sky State Games torch on Friday night after a global tech outage stranded her flight in Salt Lake City. "Big Sky State Games regrets to announce that Hoff will be...
18th annual Butte 100 to test elite mountain bikers
BUTTE, Mont. — The state’s most grueling mountain bike competition is back for its 18th year. A total of 500 competitors are set to take on either the Butte 100, Butte 50 or Sorini 25 competition Saturday morning along the Continental Divide. Competitors from 27 different states and...
City may lower the penalty for some municipal code violations
(Missoula Current) The Missoula City Council could reduce the penalty for certain code violations from a criminal misdemeanor to a civic infraction in cases where a penalty isn’t already specifically under municipal law. Council member Daniel Carlino this week introduced a measure that would address violations of the city’s...
Groups ask judge to order state officials respond to climate petition
Environmental advocates are asking state officials to consider climate change when regulating how utilities source the energy that keeps the lights on. The agency didn’t answer their requests, so now a judge will weigh in. At the district courthouse in Missoula, lawyers for the Public Service Commission and the...
Attorney offers clarification on City of Glendive administrative leave policy
Despite a commonly believed notion that administrative leave for employees of the City of Glendive is limited to two weeks, the municipality’s employee policy manual includes two different provisions for the option with contrasting purposes. After Chief of Police Jeremy Swisher was placed on paid administrative leave by order...
Helping Elk and Trout at the Same Time
Practically every Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation habitat project benefits elk but can such efforts support and sustain fish at the same time? The truth is a myriad of RMEF conservation projects do exactly that. This is one of them. First, some background. A landowner generously donated 3,450 acres of wildlife...
Emergency plane landing in Cameron
CAMERON, Mont. — A pilot and two passengers are uninjured after a Saturday morning emergency plane landing in Cameron. Madison County emergency service officials responded around 9 a.m. to an emergency landing on U.S. Highway 287, according to Jennifer Martens, the county's public information officer. The pilot of the...
Isolated thunderstorms across central & east MT, Excessive Heat Advisories remain in the west
MONTANA - Isolated thunderstorms are scattered across central Montana and the eastern plains this afternoon bringing gusts to 30 mph, rain showers, and lightning strikes. These storms are expected to diminish this evening. Excessive heat remains at the forefront of western Montana weather with very dry, hazy conditions. Our Weather...
Farmer Finishers: Hot, Hot, Hot
When someone tells you to be cool, they're not kidding. In Farmer Finishers this week, a word of caution: anything and everything will start a fire. I responded to one this week at the shooting range north of Billings. Anything could trigger a blaze that we could end up fighting for months. They are starting to get a handle on some of the largest fires in Montana. In the Lewis and Clark Forest, they have one about 25% contained, and the same with the one in Rosebud County. They did open the Tongue Reservoir but are advising it’s smoky, as you can imagine.
Rory Feek Marries His Daughter’s Teacher, Surprises Her With Special ‘I Do’ Song at Wedding
Congratulations are in order for Rory Feek, who married his 10-year-old daughter Indiana’s teacher, Rebecca — who is also a longtime family friend — in a romantic ceremony on July 14.Tye Tribbett, Jekalyn Carr Win Big at 2024 Stellar Gospel Music Awards The country star opened up about the ceremony on his blog, noting that the duo tied the knot under a “timber-frame pavilion here in Greycliff, Montana,” adding that his daughter played a major role in getting the two married. “We knew marriage was a possibility,” Feek shared in his post, “it wasn’t something that either of us felt like we...
Stunt show hosted Big Sky Country State Fair inspires kids out of their shells in Bozeman
BOZEMAN, Mont. - The Big Sky State Fair is continuing in Bozeman and bringing a slew of talented performers from across the state and country to the Gallatin Valley. One of those groups is bringing their stunt show from Las Vegas. Off Axis tours all around the world bringing high flying tricks, flips and spins to different communities and trying to incorporate kids into the show, too.
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...
Former Bobcat Basketball Coach Stu Starner passes away at 81
BOZEMAN, Montana – Former Montana State men's basketball coach Stu Starner, who revived Bobcat basketball's tradition of success by leading the Cats to NCAA Tournament and National Invitation Tournament berths in the 1980s, passed away in Bozeman on July 17. He was 81. Born Stuart John Starner in on...
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