BILLINGS – Marijuana is legal in Yellowstone County but in June, voters will decide whether to continue to allow recreational sales. Around 30 pot supporters gathered on the Yellowstone County Courthouse lawn Saturday hoping to send a message aimed at keeping recreational marijuana legal in the county. Initiative 190 legalized marijuana for anyone 21 years … Read more
HELENA, Mont. – The Lewis and Clark Library has finished their renovations and is boasting a new and improved space. The library has been planning this remodel since 2016, and finally, the building was closed down, gutted and restored in March of 2020. It reopened in 2021, and as of April 1, the library has … Read more
GREAT FALLS – The MHP report says that alcohol and/or drugs may have been factors in a single vehicle crash in Glacier County on Friday [April 29] that claimed the life of Browning teen. According to the Montana Highway Patrol, the 17-year old lost control of her vehicle along 3 C Bar Road near Sharp … Read more
The Helena-grown Prickly Pear Land Trust’s annual Don’t Fence Me In trail run is making a post COVID return. The Land Trust had to host the race virtually the last couple of years, due to the virus, but it will be held in person on Saturday, May 7. An after-party will also be held in … Read more
A Lewis and Clark County district judge has ruled that Montana’s Attorney General and Secretary of State did their due diligence in vetting a proposed constitutional initiative, known as CI-121, that if passed would cap property taxes. The Montana Federation of Public Employees, two ranchers and a Helena realtor sued the two officials in January, … Read more
MISSOULA — Hellgate High School will be looking for a new football head coach for next season. Mick Morris announced on Wednesday afternoon that he is stepping down after six seasons leading the program. Morris is leaving Missoula for a job at Capital HS in Helena as an assistant principal after the conclusion of this … Read more
A jury found Robert Erickson, owner of a Helena Valley quarter-horse breeding operation, guilty of felony aggravated animal cruelty Wednesday in Lewis and Clark County District Court. Erickson and his two sons, ran a quarter-horse breeding operation that was raided by the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Office on June 1. Nearly 60 horses were … Read more
BUTTE – Nursing students at Montana Tech are getting some hands on experience to help them prepar for the future. A new Nursing Simulation Lab has opened at the Butte university and is set up like a hospital ward, with high-tech mannequins that students can use to apply the techniques they’ve learned in the classroom. … Read more
GREAT FALLS – Montana ranchers are being warned about crooks looking to make a quick buck. Attorney General Austin Knudsen said in a news release that the company, New Way Ag, reportedly promised grain hay, barley straw, and wheat straw at low prices and collected payments, but never delivered any products. One investigation is continuing, … Read more
HELENA – More than 100 people were gathered at the Montana State Capitol on Tuesday for a “Unity with Ukraine” gathering. Helena Mayor Wilmot Collins gave a speech retelling his own personal story of being a refugee in Liberia with his wife, saying that war for Americans can be shut off from a television but … Read more