Central Montana hunters see success on the opening weekend

Many hunters saw success in south-central Montana for the open weekend of general elk and deer. Region 3 saw 2,480 hunters stop at game check stations and collectively saw 148 elk, 40 mule deer, and 10 white-tailed deer harvested. Here locally,...

Montana nonprofit expands efforts to help runaway and missing youth

BILLINGS — A Billings nonprofit is expanding its help for missing and runaway youth with the help of federal funding. This month, the nonprofit was awarded a federal Basic Center Grant, which allows it to expand services for minors and provide a...

Obituary: LaVon Floyd Walston

LaVon Floyd Walston passed away on November 1st, 2025. He was born on January 14, 1934 at his grandparents’ home in Washington, Utah. He moved with his family to Conrad, Montana when he was a young boy. They moved to the current family farm on...

Bozeman Square Plans Take Shape: Developer Shares What’s Coming in 2026

BOZEMAN — What was once a sprawling concrete parking lot off 7th and Oak — a familiar spot for those parking at Applebee’s or remembering the old Kmart — is set for a massive transformation. From 2007 to 2025, the area has seen its share of...

Montana food banks brace for impact of SNAP funding lapse

STEVENSVILLE — The pain is becoming real for some people across the nation as the partial federal government shutdown continues. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will be cut...

As election day nears, ballot rejection rates remain high in Montana's largest counties

Residents have started to vote in the upcoming municipal elections taking place across Montana and the ballot rejection rates are higher than usual in some of the state's largest counties. The spike in ballot rejections is likely due to a new law...

UNC volleyball beats Montana State for season’s first sweep

The University of Northern Colorado volleyball team picked a good time for its first sweep of the season. The Bears defeated Big Sky Conference opponent Montana State 3-0 Thursday evening at Bank of Colorado Arena, maintaining a hold on second...

Montana Morning Headlines: Tuesday, October 28, 2025

WESTERN MONTANA — Here's a look at Western Montana's top news stories for Tuesday. As the government shutdown reaches four weeks today, 80,000 Montanans are facing cuts to their SNAP benefits on Nov. 1. While food banks brace for increased demand,...

Montana State Cross County Meet Results

Missoula, Oct. 25 Sidney Boys 12 - Carter Heggem 74 – Dyson Romo 104 - Rhys Larson 108 - Josh Pollari 136 - Jhonatan Delgado 140- Dawson Baltrusch 153 – Daxton Brower Sidney Girls 29 - Camryn Franck 31 - Kenzie Koch 64 - Morgan Kindopp 69 -Joael...

Butte police blotter: Officer finds woman hiding in bushes near highway

Unsuccessful endeavors An officer observed a woman traveling northbound on Harrison Avenue going upward of 60 miles an hour in a 45-mile speed limit. The driver then turned left on Waterline Road and turned into Lydia’s Supper Club. A short time...

Employee-sponsored childcare grants bridge gaps for Montana childcare challenges

HELENA — The state’s chief economist says that in 2024, the state had enough child care spots for only about half of the kids who needed them overall, and for just one-third of infants who needed care. A partnership between Zero to Five Montana...

"All these little things add up": Montana Celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day

Monday, October 13, 2025, marked the first time Montana legally commemorated Indigenous Peoples Day as a state holiday. In a statement about the new holiday in this newspaper, Senator Shane Morigeau stated, “As young people, when you know your...

Montanans Get Real About Life in Big Sky Country

Be honest. Have you ever stood in your driveway at 6 a.m., scraping your windshield with frozen fingers, muttering things you’d never say in church, and wondered… does everyone else hate this as much as I do? Or maybe you’ve been driving down a...

Ice cream bars sold in over 30 states recalled due to 'life-threatening' allergy risk

FDA commissioner Dr. Marty Makary outlines the issues associated with petroleum-based food dyes and the 'bigger issue' the agency aims to tackle on 'The Evening Edit.' Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream Inc. is recalling certain Häagen-Dazs ice cream bars...

Rally for Branson Market & Family Day

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The community is coming together this weekend to celebrate the life of Branson Blevins and support his family. The Rally for Branson Market & Family Day will take place this Saturday from 12–6 PM at Jordan Beech Farms & Venue...

Flashback: Movie has its premiere in Redmond in 1950

100 Years Ago Nov. 12, 1925 — Issue missing… 75 Years Ago Nov. 9, 1950 — Donald Sorenson Wins Chicago Trip 4-H’ers Field Crops Best in Oregon Don Sorenson, 18, of Eastern Star, state winner in the nationally sponsored 4-H crops contest, will...

Phyllis Gardner dies at 75

Phyllis Irene Gardner, MD, a professor of medicine and former senior associate dean for medical education at Stanford Medicine, died suddenly while on vacation on Martha’s Vineyard on Sept. 10. She was 75. “Phyllis was an outstanding...

Transalpine Redemptorists issue new statement as case heads to Vatican

News The Bishop of Aberdeen, Scotland, announced that he has been in touch with the Vatican to determine the group's canonical standing. (LifeSiteNews) — A little over a week after the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer issued a statement on October...

Making Up an Escape

Since her career began in the mid-1990s, Kelly Reichardt has directed nine feature films, all modest in scope and budget and often willfully disinterested in the norms and conventions of mainstream American filmmaking. Emphasizing compression,...

The 10 Best TV Relationships Of 2025 (So Far), Ranked

TVLine's look back at 2025 continues with the most delightfully dramatic part of any good TV year: the relationships! In the list below, we've identified 10 small-screen pairings that provided us with nonstop entertainment in their respective TV...