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Montana 4-H Foundation Announces Scholarship Recipients
BOZEMAN — The Montana 4-H Foundation recently announced that it has awarded nearly $40,000 in scholarships to 45 graduating 4-H members and alumni. The recipients, from 28 Montana counties and tribal areas, can use the scholarships for post-secondary education during the 2024-2025 academic year. Scholarship recipients were recognized July 11 at the 2024 Montana 4-H Congress held on the Montana State University campus in Bozeman.
New coach AJ Wilson primed to lead CMR football this fall
A.J. Wilson hasn’t yet taken the sidelines as the head coach of the C.M. Russell High football team, but he’s already feeling the hype. Often when he’s out and about in Great Falls donning Rustler gear, he gets the same questions. “Are you a football coach?” ...
Billings Outlaws win ArenaBowl championship with victory over Albany Firebirds
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Isaac Harker threw five touchdown passes — all to Duane Brown — and the Billings Outlaws won ArenaBowl XXXIII on Friday with a 46-41 victory over the Albany Firebirds at the American Dream Meadowlands. Harker and Brown connected on two touchdown passes in...
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...
Big Sky State Games names new torch lighter amid global tech snafu
BILLINGS — A technological snafu’s global impacts have trickled down to the Big Sky State Games, which on Friday named another past U.S. Olympic team member in place of the torch lighter who couldn’t make it. Mary Osborne Andrews, a Billings native and member of the 1980...
Great things happening in Great Falls the week of July 20
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.
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.
Horse Gulch Fire 80% contained
HELENA, Mont. — The Horse Gulch Fire continues to burn at more than 15,100 acres in size outside of Helena. The fire is five miles south of the unincorporated community of York and 80% contained, according to InciWeb. The human-caused blaze began July 9 as 392 personnel continue fighting...
“We’re accompanying the sunset”: 20th annual Symphony Under the Stars celebrates the music of Tina Turner
For this Friday episode of Front Row Center, host Lauren Korn sits down with MTPR Artist-in-Residence and Artistic Director of the Helena Symphony Allan R. Scott to talk about the 20th annual Symphony Under Stars, which will take place on Saturday, July 20 at 8:30 p.m. and will celebrate the music of Tina Turner.
Blacktail Canyon Fire evacuation warning remains
BUTTE, Mont. — The Blacktail Canyon Fire southeast of Butte is down to an estimated 68 acres , but an evacuation warning remains in place for nearby residents. Butte Silver-Bow law enforcement officials are asking residents on Blacktail Canyon Road southeast of Homestake Road and Homestake Road east of Blacktail Canyon Road to be prepared to evacuate. An evacuation order has not been issued.
Bozeman mayor defends city's affordable housing ordinance
BOZEMAN, Mont. — The city of Bozeman passed its affordable housing ordinance in 2022 in response to legislation revoking the city’s power to implement inclusionary zoning, which allowed the city to require that developers either have a portion of their project be affordable or pay a fee. The...
Darby's Austin Ward finishes fourth overall in national high school trapshooting competition
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — Darby's Austin Ward has finished fourth overall in trapshooting at the National High School Rodeo Finals at the Sweetwater Trap Club. Ward took first in the long go-round with a perfect score of 100 on Thursday and then landed fourth after the short go-ground Friday morning.
Montana Tech Hockey Announces First Commits
Montana Tech University (Tech) Hockey has announced its first group of commitments for the 2023-2024 American Collegiate Hockey Association season. Tech coaches and officials recently attended a showcase in Las Vegas this summer, which helped them increase visibility and attract prospects' attention. Sawyer Inman, Boise, Idaho. Inman, a prospect from...
Montana, Montana State football to air on ESPN 2
MISSOULA, Mt. — Both Montana-based Big Sky schools are on ESPN’s schedule for the upcoming football season. Montana State is set to host Idaho under the lights of Bobcat Stadium for an 8:15 p.m. kickoff on Oct. 12. It's a revenge game for the Bobcats, who lost on a missed field goal in Moscow last season.
Flat Track Racing Roars Back to Western Montana Fair!
It is FAIR WEEK in Missoula. Just the smell surrounding the fairgrounds brings back so many fond memories of summertime. The smell of funnel cakes cooking in hot oil. The smell of all the 4H livestock. But, how about the smell of high-octane gasoline and exhaust? That is one smell that always surfaces near the end of the week. Why? The fair's grand finale typically includes either a demolition derby or even the occasional monster truck. Now, the big energy-fueled event is some extreme flat-track motorcycle racing.
Horse Gulch Fire puts racing, first Montana 200 into perspective for York's Jason Kreth
POLSON — Jason Kreth leaned on his race car, hat in hand, head bowed, taking a peaceful moment among the last 48 hours from hell. His vision for this hand built hotrod, a red and white No. 46 Super Late Model Stock Car, was minutes from realization. Only that...
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