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Montana VA shares holiday tips for veterans living with PTSD
NBC Montana
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HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Department of Veteran Affairs is urging the public to be mindful of veterans with PTSD during celebrations this Fourth of July weekend. Sudden loud noises and bright flashes associated with fireworks can be difficult...
Baxendale Schoolhouse continues to teach students through preservation
KTVH - Montana
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July 8, 2025
HELENA — The 130-year-old Baxendale Schoolhouse is continuing to teach students, but now as a lab for trade work in historic preservation. “For me, historic preservation is really about giving back to my community here in Montana,” said Dylan...
Montana Supreme Court won’t hear case challenging abortion amendment
KPVI - Idaho
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Signs supporting and opposing CI-128 in front of the Lewis and Clark County Fairgrounds polling location on Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Blair Miller, Daily Montanan) Tuesday marked the first day that Montanans can say that abortion — up to the point...
MSU Skier Oldham Named Academic All-America
BVM Sports
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July 8, 2025
Montana State ski standout Kate Oldham became the 56 th Bobcat to earn academic All-America honors as selected by College Sports Communicators on Tuesday. The native of Carbondale, Colo., was selected to the 2024-25 Academic All-America® Women's...
Montana Tax Alert: Counties With The Highest Property Taxes
94.5 Max Country - Montana
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July 2, 2025
Montana Homeowners: Your Property Value Likely Just Jumped Death and taxes are the only two things in life that are certain, according to Benjamin Franklin. After seeing what your new property tax bill is, you might wish for death, as it'll most...
Montana State names former Rutgers assistant Hailey Barrett new women's tennis head coach
406 Sports - Montana
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MSU Sports Information and Chronicle Staff Hailey Barrett, who recently completed her third season as an assistant at Rutgers University, has been named Montana State’s next women’s head tennis coach, MSU Director of Athletics Leon Costello...
Montana State Names Hailey Barrett New Women’s Tennis Coach
BVM Sports
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July 2, 2025
Hailey Barrett has been appointed as the new head women's tennis coach at Montana State University, succeeding a role at Rutgers University. MSU's Athletic Director, Leon Costello, praised Barrett's extensive experience, highlighting her work in...
Montana athletics changes course, opts into House settlement as new era begins
KPAX - Montana
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July 2, 2025
BILLINGS — The plan always was for the University of Montana to opt in to the House settlement — the landmark class-action antitrust lawsuit ushering sweeping changes to NCAA Division I athletics. The Grizzlies just didn't intend to take the...
Montana: From 75M years ago to today
KBZK Bozeman - Montana
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July 2, 2025
BOZEMAN — The Museum of the Rockies is preparing to highlight a significant gap in Montana's prehistoric history with its upcoming exhibit, "Cretaceous Crossroads." This exhibit aims to connect the dots between notable dinosaur species, such as...
Montana Man Sentenced For The Murder Of His Stepson
94.5 Max Country - Montana
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July 2, 2025
A 40 year old Montana man faces 80 years in prison for murdering his stepson Kristopher Michael Harasymczuk beat his 4 year old stepson then putting him in scalding hot water until he died The Abuse And Death of Jaxsynn Gatlin Happened In 2021 In...
Independence Day 2025 in Butte, Montana
KXLF 4 - Montana
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July 4, 2025
BUTTE — Thousands of people turned out to take in the sights and sounds of the annual Fourth of July Parade in Butte, Montana, as part of the Freedom Fest that kicked off on July 3rd with a fireworks display from the Big M. The annual parade is...
Montana Home Values Surge: Key Changes For Property Owners
KSEN - Montana
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July 2, 2025
Updated property valuations are in the mail to property owners in Montana You can appeal the valuation for 30 days Due to all the changes in Montana law and property values, all property owners are urged to look at the valuation Home Valuations...
Montana Ag Network: St. Mary Siphon repaired - what's next?
KRTV - Montana
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July 2, 2025
BABB — The reopening of the St. Mary diversion recently was more than a hundred years in the making. “It's big for the Milk River Project to have water back,” said Jennifer Patrick, Project Manager for the Milk River Joint Board of Control. As...
Montana Legal Employment And Government Accountability In Effect
Northern Broadcasting System - Montana
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July 2, 2025
Montana’s Legal Employment And Government Accountability Law Now In Effect The Montana Department of Labor and Industry announced Tuesday it will begin enforcing the new Legal Employment and Government Accountability Law. It requires employers to...
Shelley Vance, eight others protest GOP removal of voting rights
KPVI - Idaho
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Nine Republican state senators who were stripped of their ability to vote for GOP party leadership during a state convention last month have lodged a protest with the party, requesting the elections be nullified. In a continuation of a feud that...
Montana Viewpoint: Pat
The Sanders County Ledger - Montana
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Pat Williams has died. He was Montana’s longest serving Congressman, serving from 1979 to 1997. He had a sense of justice and values which he defended proudly and vigorously, often in the face of strong and outraged opposition. He was my political...
UM clinic preserves legal history of Montana's tribes
The Missoula Current - Montana
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July 4, 2025
Phil Stempin (UM News Service) It’s a tool to strengthen tribal sovereignty. The Margery Hunter Brown Indian Law Clinic at the University of Montana has embarked on an ambitious project to create the Indian Law Portal – a comprehensive digital...
High court stays out of scuffle over Montana abortion consent law
The Missoula Current - Montana
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July 4, 2025
Kelsey Reichmann WASHINGTON (CN) — Montana came up short at the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday in its bid to revive a parental consent law for abortion access, but some conservative justices suggested taking up the issue in a different case. The...
NorthWestern Energy adapts as demands evolve | Brian Bird
KPVI - Idaho
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For over 100 years, NorthWestern Energy, and its predecessor Montana Power, has been at the heart of Montana’s power infrastructure, providing reliable and affordable energy solutions to residents across the state. As the demands of energy...
Montana Cowboy Poet Wally McRae Passes at 89
Blaine County Journal News-Opinion - Montana
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July 2, 2025
Wallace McRae of Rosebud County died this past week. One of Montana’s great cowboy poets, McRae has received the Montana Book of the Year award, the Montana Governor’s Award for the Arts, was nominated by President Clinton to serve on the National...