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Bounty bulls pay big during Friday night PBR
Editor’s note: Outlaw Partners is the publisher of Explore Big Sky and is the producer of Big Sky PBR. Night two of the Big Sky PBR kicked off in style on Friday with Montana State University’s rodeo team galloping into the arena to one of the loudest cheers of the night and kicking up a storm of dust. However, the evening ended on an even higher note. After two hours of bucking bulls, mutton bustin’, the Murdoch’s dance-off contest and antics between announcer Matt West and entertainer Flint Rasmussen, two cowboys faced off on two bounty bull rides for a dramatic finale.
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.
Photos: Range Riders Hand PaddleHeads First Loss in Second Half
Photos from a Pioneer League baseball game between the Missoula PaddleHeads and the Glacier Range Riders at Ogren-Allegiance Field on Saturday, July 20. 2024. The Range Riders used a six-run seventh inning to propel themselves to a 12-3 victory.
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...
Muzzleloading brings tradition, camaraderie to Big Sky State Games
Black powder. Flint. Lead. The athletes competing in Muzzleloading take pride in the history and technique of loading and firing Revolutionary and Civil War era weapons, which they were eager to explain and teach. Black powder. Flint. Lead. The athletes competing in Muzzleloading take pride in the history and technique...
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.
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...
Emmy-winning actor & writer Jeff Kober guides Billings through meditation & "Embracing Bliss"
BILLINGS, Mont. - It's a shared experience that we all go through on a regular basis. Every day we all fight to retain positivity in the midst of the struggles we face, whether we’re talking finances, relationships, or even our own inner turmoil. . But something that's important to know...
Montana town’s economy withers due to lack of affordable housing
A slice of paradise in Montana is suffering economic disruption, but it isn’t a result of any political battles or environmental change. Instead, Seeley Lake’s problem lies in its lack of a centralized sewer system. The Missoula County community’s reluctance to come up with a plan to replace its septic system means no affordable housing can be built for working people. While high-end septic systems can service multi-family dwellings, local officials explain that they’re not cost effective for the type of housing developers would seek to build in the area. The solution? Only a sewer system will do. That lack of accommodation means Seeley Lake’s biggest employer -- Pyramid Mountain Lumber -- can’t attract enough workers to continue, and is closing the family-owned business which has been operating for 75 years. "To make the announcement to the crew was probably the toughest thing; I've got friends, family, you know, generations, good friends that work here. I had to tell them we're going to shut the doors," Todd Johnson, a third-generation lumber mill worker whose grandfather started the mill in 1948, told ABC News.
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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