HELENA — Football players from Montana and Montana State are among those honored by the Big Sky Conference this week. Montana linebacker Brock Coyle received defensive honors while Montana State punter Rory Perez earned special teams honors. Coyle, a senior from Bozeman, had 15 tackles and the game-clinching interception in overtime as Montana rallied for […]

HELENA — The Montana State football team is ranked fifth and Montana is 10th in this week’s polls of Football Championship Subdivision coaches and media. North Dakota State is ranked first and Eastern Illinois second in both the coaches’ and The Sports Network polls. Eastern Washington is ranked third by The Sports Network and fourth […]

JACKSON, Wyo. — Wolf-watchers say they’re concerned that hunters participating in Wyoming’s second annual wolf hunt may have killed five members of the Lamar Canyon Pack, a well-known wolf pack whose territory includes part of Yellowstone National Park. Officials with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department say it’s impossible to determine if the two male […]

The arrival of October certainly marks the official kickoff of fall, but for me it’s even more than that – it’s the start of pumpkin season! I love all things pumpkin, but it’s one of those ingredients we don’t seem to bake with until the weather becomes cooler. I don’t know why I wait until […]

So much for witnessing the brilliance of autumn in the high country of Glacier National Park for the first time in years. Regardless of what happens in D.C. this week, access along the west side of the Going-to-the-Sun Road was already scheduled to end Oct. 20, which means the iconic thoroughfare and its scenic surroundings […]

With the federal shutdown over and the Affordable Care Act moving forward unchanged, a local business group gave a presentation to business owners about the ACA, including a discussion with Rep. Scott Reichner, R-Bigfork, and his plans for health care reform at the state level. Flathead Business Group, a local networking organization, held an update […]

I really don’t care what party you claim to belong. Have you seen the latest news as to what has happened because of the government shutdown? If I recall correctly when the Republicans were running for seats in the House, their main cry was jobs, jobs and jobs. I didn’t know they were going to […]

It’s been a shade longer than 11 years since Nomad Global Communications Solutions opened in Columbia Falls, and in that time, the company has established itself as a mobile communications platform manufacturer in local and state markets. The last few years have proved Nomad can compete in the national arena as well, and now, Nomad […]

A man accused of stealing expensive equipment from a local stone company pleaded not guilty to felony theft, as well as other felonies related to drugs allegedly found at his residence. Christopher Hogard pleaded not guilty to four felonies – theft, two counts of criminal possession of dangerous drugs, and the operation of an unlawful […]

COLUMBIA FALLS – Habitat For Humanity’s Executive Director Christine Morris was able to see her nonprofit’s work come full circle this week. While two families moved into their new homes on Mitchell Way in Columbia Falls, two more families broke ground on their new homes just a few doors down. “It’s extremely moving to not […]

WASHINGTON — In withering day-after criticism, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that the 16-day partial government shutdown was a Republican-provoked spectacle that “encouraged our enemies” around the world. Elsewhere in Washington, and around the country, federal employees simply streamed back to their jobs. National parks reopened. The popular panda cam at the National Zoo came […]

BILLINGS — Disruptions to some services for elderly American Indians and other needy residents of reservations could linger despite the end of the government shutdown, tribal officials said Thursday. It could take days or even weeks to get backed-up funds flowing to tribal programs that are under contract with the federal government, officials said. And […]

The chairman of the Blackfeet Tribe personally suspended two councilors on Thursday morning, including an embattled state senator charged with drunken driving. Willie Sharp Jr., council chairman of the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council, took action into his own hands and suspended Browning Sen. Shannon Augare and councilor Leonard Guardipee. The tribe’s governing body, consisting of […]

The first time Luke Walrath and Betsi Morrison held auditions for the Alpine Kids! Theatre Project, 120 children walked through the door in Whitefish. “Betsi turned to me and said, ‘We’ve got to keep them all,’” Luke recalled. The popularity of the Alpine Theatre Project’s children’s program has not diminished in the five years since […]

POLSON – A 34-year-old Polson woman has denied charges that she stabbed her mother during an argument last month. KERR-AM reports Emilie Yellowowl pleaded not guilty in District Court Thursday to aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. Her mother, Carol Mitchell, was stabbed in the back several times early on Sept. 1. Court records […]