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Free Little Library Project suffers setback after workshop damage
BOZEMAN, Mont. — The Free Little Library Project creates community bookshelves in an effort to spread art and literacy. There are currently 25 little libraries across the state and a lengthy waitlist of requests to bring them to other communities, but the project slowed down after a burst water main destroyed the workshop where the shelves are created.
Venture West Development Underway on 196-Acre Mixed-Use Project Near Bozeman, Montana
Belgrade, Mont. — Venture West Development is underway on Jackrabbit Crossing, a 196-acre mixed-use project in Belgrade, roughly 11 miles outside Bozeman. Rosauers Supermarkets, which recently signed a long-term lease, will anchor the property. Plans for the development, which is located three miles from the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport, also include a proposed 53,000-square-foot Amazon distribution center.
MSU Celebrates groundbreaking for new Kennedy-Stark Athletic Center
Montana State University’s new indoor athletic center is scheduled to open in less than a year. Alongside Bobcat Stadium, the Kennedy-Stark Athletic Center will feature a 300 meter track, built-in permanent field event venues and a turf field. “The indoor athletic center [will provide] the tools and resources necessary...
Heritage in Hysham: Yucca Theater and museum help preserve local history
HYSHAM — In the small town of Hysham Montana with a population of 273, lies something out of the ordinary, the Yucca Theatre. The white, southwestern-style building cannot be missed: it stands two stories tall with eight dome pillars in the front. Outside of it, Lewis, Clark, and Sacajawea statues are being watched by a saber-toothed tiger and woolly mammoth.
New Contemporary Art Gallery in Downtown Bozeman
LeeAnn Ramey Art, now in its sixth year, has moved to 27 North Tracy Avenue in Downtown Bozeman. The new location boasts a 1200+ SF gallery, artists studios, and a designated classroom area. The Gallery features Contemporary Western Artwork in a variety of mediums and styles. Featured artists include: Beth...
Missoula reaches semifinals of Little League Senior League Softball West Region tourney
MISSOULA — The Missoula Zootown team has reached the semifinal round in the Little League Senior League Softball West Region tourney at the Dale Clawson Complex. Zootown will play Northern California for a spot in the championship on Tuesday at 11 a.m. Hawaii will battle Nevada for the other spot at the same time.
Rory Feek Marries Daughter’s Teacher 8 Years After Wife’s Tragic Death
Rory Feek has remarried eight years after the tragic death of his wife, Joey. The 59-year-old country singer shared news of his marriage to Rebecca in a touching blog post he aptly titled, “The Wedding Singer.” The newly married couple were wed on July 14, “under a beautiful timber-frame pavilion” in Greycliff, Montana. Rory and Joey’s 10-year-old daughter, Indiana, even played matchmaker for her dad and his new wife. “Indiana only saw Rebecca as ‘Miss Rebecca’ her schoolteacher and our friend,” Feek wrote. “And although she had become much more than that to me, I was very careful to let Indy ‘figure it out’ on her own.”
From FiDi to Big Sky
Seeds Sown in Confrontation Blossom as Inspiration. Four decades after she made history in a vast expanse of empty landfill in Lower Manhattan, ecological artist Agnes Denes is reprising her signature installation in a similarly vacant tract in Montana. In May 1982, Ms. Denes and a squad of volunteers (sponsored...
UM receives grant to expand Family Medicine Residence Program
MISSOULA, Mont. — The University of Montana's Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana received a $750,000 grant to expand training sites. The grant was funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The three-years of funding will support training sites...
Harlem schools break ground on two new projects.
(Harlem) Harlem schools held a ground breaking ceremony this passed Thursday for two new projects in the district. The first is for an expansion to Harlem’s Junior High / High Schools Cafeteria, which will also overhaul and replace their current kitchen facilities. The elementary school is starting construction on...
Bozeman's Carter Ash ends Montana State basketball career with lifelong memories
BOZEMAN — It was Carter Ash’s final act of hometown heroism. On March 4 inside Worthington Arena, he subbed into Montana State’s regular season finale against Weber State with 39 seconds remaining. Shortly after, the ball found him with the shot clock winding down. Ash attacked from...
Northstars Sweep Regular Season Finale
The Havre Northstars finished the 2024 regular season on a high note, avenging two previous losses to the Tri-County Cardinals by beating them, (1-0) and (7-3) on Sunday afternoon. Game one was a pitcher’s dual, which Northstars starter Tanner Delarosa pitched. He went seven strong innings, striking out seven Cardinals,...
Froid's Roger Britton, 88, has been a Big Sky State Games track competitor since 1997
BILLINGS — Roger Britton can’t get enough of the Big Sky State Games. The 88-year-old Froid resident, who has been running in the State Games since 1997 and involved in the event since 1993, was back in the Magic City at Lockwood High School on Sunday, where he won individual gold medals in the 60- and 100-meter dash in the 85-plus age division.
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