Big Sky News

University of Montana sophomore Sarah Ena was named the Big Sky Conference player of the week Tuesday by the league office Tuesday.

MISSOULA - Two authors, history professors at Arkansas State University, will present a lecture about the life and exploits of a memorable Montana pioneer Tuesday night at the University of Montana.

HAVRE - A Havre fourth-grader's creative Christmas ornament design earned him a trip to Washington, D.C., to light the Capitol Christmas tree.

DUTTON - The Dutton/Brady School District Board recently wrestled with several issues resulting from its decision to close the Brady campus and move all students to Dutton.

HELENA - The condition of a 24-year-old Townsend man who was shot in the face while hunting has improved.

Doesn't seem like it ... at least to me, the Persian Gulf War was seventeen years ago.

BILLINGS - A Montana Highway Patrol trooper has cited two Pryor men with drunken driving in one traffic stop.

In the wake of The Yellowstone Club filing for Chapter 11 protection this week, many Big Sky residents are no doubt left with questions about the future of the club and its effect on others in the community.

LEWISTOWN - Despite hopes that economic development in Fergus County would bring new families to town, Lewistown Public Schools is reporting enrollment is down 44 students this year.

"At Yellowstone Club," proclaims the publicity for the exclusive Montana ski resort, a discreet winter wonderland for the likes of Bill Gates, "it's all about Private Powder." But with the economic downturn ...

HELENA - A special ceremony at Fort Harrison honoring Helena native, artist and veteran Bill Reynolds has been postponed indefinitely.

HELENA - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana has asked to be heard in a lawsuit that seeks to prevent the Helena Regional Airport from leasing 9 acres to the insurance company for a new office building.

TOWNSEND - A Butte teenager who pleaded guilty to negligent homicide for a car crash that killed a 15-year-old girl received a six-year deferred sentence Friday.

BILLINGS - A 59-year-old woman died this week in a mobile home fire west of Ryegate.

Two Montana State University organizations were recently awarded $57,000 from the Big Sky Resort Tax Fund to explore the educational needs of people who live and work in Big Sky.

For the students in Dave Neal's fifth grade classroom at Ophir School, the election Tuesday wasn't just for grown-ups. After months of examining U.S. politics, creating its own government and running political ...

WEST GLACIER - Officials at Glacier National Park announced Monday that the National Park Service has adopted a record of decision on the avalanche hazard reduction by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in ...

Eliza Wiley, IR photo editor - Jessica Solberg, author of 'First Dog: Unleashed in the State Capitol,' won a gold-prize award for Best First Book in the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards.

BUTTE - The ghost town of Coolidge is now recognized on the National Register of Historic Places.

I am sick of these negative campaigns circulating the state. I have never understood why petty people persist in mudslinging.