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NUANEZ: Top 10 Big Sky Conference women’s hoopers of last decade
Editor’s Note: This year of 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of Skyline Sports. In celebration, Colter & Brooks Nuanez along with Andrew Houghton will compile a variety of Top 10 lists of players, teams, coaches and moments from the last decade throughout the Big Sky Conference. This installment ranks...
Indian Health Service Director visits Eagle Seeker Community Center in Billings
BILLINGS, Mont. - Today, the Eagle Seeker Community Center here in Billings was visited by the director of the Indian Health Service (IHS) a federal agency which helps provides health care services for Native populations across the country. The Billings Urban Indian Health and Wellness Center (BUIHWC), which operates from...
The new East Helena rodeo grounds is ready for its weekend, despite "doubters"
The East Helena Rodeo kicks off on Friday at its new rodeo grounds, and the East Helena Rodeo Association, businesses and volunteers have been hard at work getting it ready for their debut weekend.
With signings of Gabe Wurtz, others, Billings Mustangs trying to repeat second-half magic
BILLINGS — On June 12, Gabe Wurtz was in a ballpark in Charleston, West Virginia, trying to make the grade with a new team in a new phase of his baseball career. A week and about 30 hours of driving later, Wurtz marked his return to the Billings Mustangs — the team he played 181 games with over the prior two seasons — with a two-RBI night in his second game back at Dehler Park in a win over the Pioneer Baseball League first-half champion Missoula PaddleHeads.
Parade Goers Talk about the 2024 WYO Rodeo Parade
The extreme heat, later in the day it was over 100 degrees, couldn’t stop a good crowd from attending the 2024 WYO Rodeo Parade on Friday, July 12. Josh Philips and his wife were some of the attendees from out-of-state. They were from Cave Creek, Arizona. This is their first time at the parade, but they said the loved to come to Sheridan.
Lander school board to discuss staff, student ‘transgender consideration’ policies at July 16 meeting
(Lander, WY) – The Fremont County School District (FCSD) #1 school board is set to convene for a regular meeting on Tuesday, July 16, at the district offices located at 863 Sweetwater Street. The meeting will commence immediately after the Public Hearing on the proposed 2024/25 budget for FCSD...
Montana’s Most Famous Burger Is Available This Weekend Only
It's that time of year again. It's Rodeo season in Montana and one of the oldest rodeos in the state wraps up this weekend, but it's not just the rodeo that makes this weekend special, it's also the fact that there's a certain burger available at the rodeo that people drive miles for.
Be Careful, Huge Fire Shows Growing Danger in Montana
Firefighters battling the largest wildfire in Montana this year are bracing for hot, dry weather that's now led to "red flag" warnings this weekend. And with the Horse Gulch Fire near Helena now well over 10,000 acres, there's concern this first major fire of the 2024 season could be a harbinger of things to come, with nothing but hot weather in the extended forecast.
Four Measures of How Safe Montana Is Compared to Other States
Recently we learned that Montana is one of the most dangerous places to be during the 4th of July because that holiday is one where many people travel, and Montana is known for having may fatal car accidents during that holiday weekend and fatal accidents of different kinds. But Montanans...
Why has Montana’s energy fallen behind?
State Sen. Barry Usher, R-Billings, made some great points in his recent editorial, as he pointed out that Montana isn’t ready for electric vehicles. Sen. Usher is correct that Montana’s electricity system has fallen behind, leaving us unprepared for modern technologies. Usher noted that Montana’s power grid is strained. I suppose one solution would be […] The post Why has Montana’s energy fallen behind? appeared first on Daily Montanan.
State hospital shuffles top leadership, again
Roughly six months before its goal of applying for federal certification of the Montana State Hospital, the state health department is again juggling turnover in key leadership positions at the state’s only public adult psychiatric facility. The Warm Springs facility, a cornerstone of the state’s overall mental health system,...
Lawsuit filed after Montana’s secretary of state changed signature rules for citizen initiatives
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two organizations that gathered voter signatures to qualify proposed constitutional amendments for the Montana ballot have filed a lawsuit alleging that the secretary of state changed the rules about whose signatures may be accepted after the signatures were gathered and while county election officials were verifying them.
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