News Staff Flathead County commissioners are criticizing homeless services organizations and calling upon residents to deny homeless people help or support. In a letter to county residents, three commissioners argue that shelters are causing homeless people to migrate to the area, though they offered no evidence to support the claim. The letter follows the closure of the … Read more
HELENA – The Montana High School Association has amended its rules for co-ops, announcing Thursday that any schools whose combined enrollment exceeds the maximum limit for a class will compete in the next class up. The decision was made at the MHSA’s annual meeting Monday in Missoula, following an MHSA vote to allow the Drummond … Read more
A 22-year-old Helena man is facing multiple charges for sexual abuse of a child. Following a Helena Police Department investigation, John Caleb Fredrick is believed to have violated a judge-issued order of protection prohibiting Fredrick from being within 1,500 feet of or contacting the victim by any means. Investigators uncovered 183 phone calls between Fredrick … Read more
Heroes and Horses is a non-profit in Belgrade that helps combat veterans find purpose through non-traditional ways. The non-profit received a $500,000 grant and is looking to build facilities for veterans at their ranch in Virginia City to be able to use year-round. -0-
BILLINGS – More passengers are illegally packing firearms at Montana airports. New numbers released Wednesday by the Transportation Security Administration are showing all-time records for guns found in carry-on luggage in Montana. Statewide, travelers through Billings Logan International Airport were the biggest culprits. In Montana, the TSA found 50 firearms, with 17 of those in … Read more
BOZEMAN – A ban on Tik Tok has students at MSU up in arms. Starting today [January 20], all campuses in the Montana University System will be blocked from having access to the social media app while using the university’s Wi-Fi. Governor Greg Gianforte issued an order to restrict the app on state-owned devices and … Read more
HELENA – A bill that could change the way votes are tallied in local, state, and federal elections was introduced during the House State Administration Hearing. A Republican from Missoula, sponsored House Bill 196 to bring back a portion of a 2019 law that allows vote counting to be paused overnight and resume the next … Read more
The Lewis and Clark County/City of Helena 911 Dispatch Center saw more emergency calls last year. According to updates provided by the Helena Police Department, over 63,900 calls were taken in 2022, a 5.3% increase from the year before. -0-
Some Helena teachers could be getting a pay raise. East Helena Public Schools and the East Helena Education Support Association (EHESA) signed a memorandum of agreement to raise the basic compensation rate for classified staff. East Helena participates in a budget survey with other Class A schools of similar size around Montana to compare their … Read more
HELENA – Advocates say Montana has made important steps in addressing the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous people, thanks in part to a state task force. Now they want that task force’s work to continue. On Wednesday, state lawmakers held a hearing on a bill that would extend and expand the Montana Missing Indigenous … Read more