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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?” ...
True Crime Montana Style! UM Launches New Criminology Degree
The bad guys have one more thing to really worry about now that the Griz are on the case!. Okay, way overdid that one. Still, UM News Service tells us that judging by the amount of interested applicants already, it appears a new degree is taking the campus by storm. Faculty modernized the curriculum and built criminology into a stand-alone Bachelor of Arts degree.
Tracking flights at Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport
United, American and Delta Airlines flights nationwide are grounded this morning, as internet outages nationwide disrupt operations. Internet outage latest | Airlines, businesses, border crossings hit by global tech disruption. Businesses and governments worldwide experienced hours-long disruptions as a widespread technology outage affected services across industries. Flights were grounded and...
Women in Sports: Montana State Women's Head Basketball Coach Tricia Binford
BOZEMAN- I sat down with Tricia Binford to talk about the growth of the WNBA, her experience as a professional, and what she is doing to grow the game in the Gallatin Valley. BOZEMAN- I sat down with Tricia Binford to talk about the growth of the WNBA, her experience as a professional, and what she is doing to grow the game in the Gallatin Valley.
The Billings Flying Service helps protect communities across the globe
BILLINGS, Mont. --For 35 years Billings Flying Service has been flying and maintaining helicopters for use in aerial firefighting and heavy lift services. They started in the ag world but have grown to become a solutions provider for the aviation industry. Owner, Al Blain said since 1997 they've maintained and...
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...
Big Sky PBR returns for 13th year
Event organizers celebrate 10 consecutive years as PBR ‘Event of the Year’. Editor’s note: Outlaw Partners is the publisher of Explore Big Sky and is the producer of Big Sky PBR. Every July, the Big Sky PBR sets its roots deeper into Big Sky dirt as cowboys and...
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...
Attorney offers clarification on City of Glendive administrative leave policy
Despite a commonly believed notion that administrative leave for employees of the City of Glendive is limited to two weeks, the municipality’s employee policy manual includes two different provisions for the option with contrasting purposes. After Chief of Police Jeremy Swisher was placed on paid administrative leave by order...
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...
Helping Elk and Trout at the Same Time
Practically every Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation habitat project benefits elk but can such efforts support and sustain fish at the same time? The truth is a myriad of RMEF conservation projects do exactly that. This is one of them. First, some background. A landowner generously donated 3,450 acres of wildlife...
Former Bobcat Basketball Coach Stu Starner passes away at 81
BOZEMAN, Montana – Former Montana State men's basketball coach Stu Starner, who revived Bobcat basketball's tradition of success by leading the Cats to NCAA Tournament and National Invitation Tournament berths in the 1980s, passed away in Bozeman on July 17. He was 81. Born Stuart John Starner in on...
Loggers close home schedule with two wins
With his senior season coming to an end, Libby Loggers American Legion player Cy Williams is finishing it with a flourish.Williams got the win after throwing five innings and allowing just one run Monday evening at Lee Gehring Field against the Flathead As in a 11-7 win.Williams was honored at Senior Night festivities during Monday's game.The Loggers (7-28) led 9-1 when he exited for Tanner Wolfe. Williams also had a run-scoring triple. Brody Gilmore, Ian Thom and Isaac Lamere also threw for Libby.July 11, the Loggers hosted the South Valley Screwballs and won a slugfest, 13-12.According to the Daily Inter Lake,...
New Housing Development Underway Near ZooMontana
A new housing project is underway on Billings' West End. Perhaps you've noticed the heavy equipment moving dirt for infrastructure at the south end of Shiloh Drive, near ZooMontana. I stopped to grab a couple of quick pictures last week, pondering what the development might be. "It's probably another shopping...
City may lower the penalty for some municipal code violations
(Missoula Current) The Missoula City Council could reduce the penalty for certain code violations from a criminal misdemeanor to a civic infraction in cases where a penalty isn’t already specifically under municipal law. Council member Daniel Carlino this week introduced a measure that would address violations of the city’s...
Emergency plane landing in Cameron
CAMERON, Mont. — A pilot and two passengers are uninjured after a Saturday morning emergency plane landing in Cameron. Madison County emergency service officials responded around 9 a.m. to an emergency landing on U.S. Highway 287, according to Jennifer Martens, the county's public information officer. The pilot of the...
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