HELENA (AP) – The Carroll College football team advanced to the NAIA national championship game for the fifth time in six years with a 23-7 victory over St. Francis Saturday. Carroll trailed by a touchdown early and had to settle for three field goals in the first half, but moved the ball on the frozen […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – The new head of a troubled juvenile center in Maryland’s Frederick County once led a Montana youth academy that closed amid allegations of mistreatment, state officials said. However, Department of Juvenile Services Secretary Donald W. DeVore said Montana authorities cleared Chris Perkins of all allegations of child abuse or neglect last […]

With most of the league’s big names returning and a bumper crop of young stars emerging, coaches think Northwest A is as good this season as it’s been in years. Columbia Falls is always a force to be reckoned with under the guidance of head coach Cary Finberg. The Wildcats have won three out of […]

Coach Fred Febach has had some good teams in his five years at the helm of Flathead’s boys basketball team. But he thinks this year’s team could be the best. The Braves lost only three seniors to graduation and two underclassmen to Glacier High School from last year’s 14-10 state tournament team. So this year […]

BOZEMAN (AP) – Carlos Taylor scored 30 points to help Montana State to a 95-89 win over Pepperdine in the championship game of the GranTree Inn Classic tournament Saturday night. Mecklen Davis added 17 points, including nine free throws, and Branden Johnson came off the bench to add 13 points. The Bobcats (4-3) trailed 45-35 […]

Carroll College is back in familiar territory: the NAIA national championship game. After beating St. Francis 23-7 on Saturday, Carroll will play the winner of today’s semifinal match-up between defending national champion Sioux Falls and Missouri Valley. Carroll won four straight national championships between 2002 and 2005. In other college news, Montana State’s men’s basketball […]

I have never been one of the “cool kids.” I can’t blame it on anything in particular. Something in my disposition has drawn me to hobbies and actions that are typically just not cool. As a little Italian boy growing up in Missoula, while most of my friends were putting on their first pair of […]

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Nicky Wieben scored 16 points to help put Iowa State past Montana State 76-50 Friday night. Heather Ezell added 15 points, including four 3-pointers, while Kelsey Bolte had 12 points for the Cyclones (4-1). Amanda Nisleit led Iowa State with 12 rebounds. The Cyclones took an early 16-1 lead and went […]

MISSOULA (AP) – Frank Robinson scored 30 points and Josh Akognon added 26 to help lead Cal State-Fullerton to a 100-91 victory against Montana on Friday night. The Titans (4-1) led 57-54 midway through the second half before hitting 3-pointers on four straight possessions, three of those by Akognon. Cal State-Fullerton, which was 8-for-10 from […]

BOZEMAN (AP) – Adrian Zamora scored a career-high 16 points to help lead Montana State to an 83-57 win against Alcorn State in the first round of the GranTree Inn Classic tournament on Friday. Carlos Taylor added 13 points, while Casey Durham and Mecklen Davis had 12 points apiece for Montana State (3-3). The Bobcats […]

BILLINGS (AP) – A Bigfork agriculture company announced Friday it intends to build an oilseed crushing plant and biodiesel refinery in eastern Montana starting next year and then quickly ramp up production by 2011. The announcement comes on the heels of another major biodiesel project unveiled last week. With grain farmers already enjoying high prices, […]

BIGFORK (AP) – A Bigfork excavation company has been fined $76,000 for failing to meet workplace safety standards after an employee was buried when the trench he was working in collapsed. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration began investigating Zavala Excavating and Orchard, Inc., after the October accident. Abel Morillon was installing a sewer line […]

Three Montana State University students dressed in jail garb at the ‘Cat-Griz game earlier this month held a sign that read, “Put us in Hauck. We broke out” – a reference to University of Montana head football coach Bobby Hauck’s spotty coaching record. Not his win-loss record, which is pretty good and much more important, […]

The Kalispell Police and Flathead County Sheriff’s reports for Thursday included the following: 7:01 a.m. A Kila resident called in because he suspects his medication was stolen. 7:58 a.m. An out-of-control male inmate disturbed the peace of the detention center when he tried to beat up a metal door. 8:35 a.m. A woman who couldn’t […]

Good morning and an extra happy “Stay Home Because You’re Well Day.” I hope you faked an illness and got this cold, gloomy Friday off work. On the Beacon today contributor Becky Lomax writes about Christmas trees arriving at the Pin and Cue parking lot in Whitefish. Sen. Jon Tester is visiting Iraq and said, […]