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Spirit Pick Up Win in During Season-Opening Doubleheader
GREAT FALLS, MONT. – The OUAZ women's volleyball team got its season started on Friday, playing a pair of matches at an invitational hosted by University of Providence. The Spirit defeated Evergreen in straight sets in the afternoon before battling hard with the host school in a four-set loss.
Butte preserved a mineyard — waste and all — to show the progress on its Superfund cleanup
At a scenic overlook on the top of the Butte Hill, Joe Griffin addresses a crowd. He stands in front of a tall fence that divides cleanup and contamination. Waste will be left here as a reminder of Butte’s past, even as more cleanup continues in the future. "I...
Montana Grizzlies break football season ticket record for second year in a row
MISSOULA — For the second-straight year, the Montana Grizzlies have set a new football season ticket record at Washington-Grizzly Stadium, with 18,816 packages sold and distributed as of Aug. 23, still a week away from kickoff. As the winningest FCS team this century, demand for Grizzly football is at...
Havre Golf Results – Browning Invite
The Havre golf teams closed out a busy week of tournaments with the finale in Shelby for the Browning Invite. After coming off wins on Thursday at the Havre Invite, the Blue Pony girls’ finished third at this event and the boys’ took fourth place. Here are the individual scores for both sets of teams:
Montana State cross country signs 11, including five from Montana
BOZEMAN — Ahead of a highly anticipated cross country season for Montana State, coach Lyle Weese announced the addition of 11 distance runners to the Bobcat cross country and track and field program on Thursday. "The program has been building momentum and that momentum is reflected in the quality...
Actor With Montana Roots Embraces Fame To Help Others
The popularity of the show Yellowstone has turned into big business for not only Montana but the stars of the series. As the original Yellowstone gets ready to enter the second part of its final season, there's no denying its impact on the state of Montana. According to a report from the University of Montana from 2023, the show is responsible for over 2 million visitors and over 700 million dollars in extra revenue.
Montana governor wants cell-phone ban in schools
(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Gianforte wants Montana’s schools to be cell-phone free schools. In a letter to school superintendents and school board trustees, Gianforte wrote about limiting learning distractions and improving academic performance, things Gianforte believes can be achieved by schools having no cell phone policies. “Students should be focused on learning,” the governor said. "Unfortunately, cell phones distract students and disrupt the learning environment, and according to...
Black bear swats, injures angler, Montana FWP says
An angler was injured in a black bear attack on the Stillwater River near Beehive on the afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. 21, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks said this week. The angler, an adult male, sustained non-life-threatening injuries, FWP said. FWP described the incident in a news release: The angler, an adult male, was fishing […]
Montana DUI Laws. Here Is What Happens
Drinking and driving in Montana is what I would personally consider out of control. It's seen weekly on the jail roster that there are numerous arrests for DUI's, most of which are caused by alcohol. With ride share companies such as Lyft and Uber available, it's hard to understand why...
Montana Entertainer Flint Rasmussen to Be Inducted into Hall of Fame
He has delighted the crowds from the dirt arena for decades. Soon he will shine in another hall of fame. Flint Rasmussen's resume would read like a TV star:. All this according to the press release from the hall of fame folks. Professional Bull Riders (PBR), Official Entertainer, 2006 to...
'Worst kind of Catch-22': Unraveling Montana's Section 8 woes
MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana housing authorities are feeling the squeeze, unable to use all their Section 8 housing vouchers. The troubling trend follows the rapid increase of rents in the state since the COVID-19 pandemic. “We were always at 99-100% of our vouchers are leased, and we had enough...
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