Seven graduates of Montana State University Billings or its predecessor, Eastern Montana College, were presented with Outstanding Alumni Awards Thursday afternoon. (more…) Continue Reading →
7, plus 1, honored by MSU Billings Alumni Association
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Montana’s Juneau will lead Seattle Public Schools
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Denise Juneau, for two terms Montana’s superintendent of public instruction, will be the next superintendent of Seattle Public Schools. School board members there voted unanimously Wednesday night to negotiate a contract with Juneau, who will be the city’s first Native American school superintendent. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, News, Denise Juneau, Seattle Public Schools
Gazette bought by Last Best News, will go to print-only
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In a move sure to set heads spinning in the newspaper industry, Last Best News has purchased the Billings Gazette, it was announced shortly after midnight today, Sunday, April 1. Widely seen as a plucky upstart with questionable prospects when it launched as an online-only newspaper just four and a half years ago, Last Best News now finds itself owning the largest daily newspaper in Montana. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, Billings Gazette, David Crisp, Ed Kemmick, Last Best News, Lee Enterprises, Mike Gulledge
Glendive among cities to receive famed airtanker
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The old warhorses of Neptune Aviation’s aerial firefighting fleet will emerge from retirement this year for display at museums and airports nationwide. The Missoula-based firm retired its World War II-era P2V airtankers last fall — after 24 fire seasons — when the U.S. Forest Service said the vintage planes would no longer be contracted for firefighting missions. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, Neptune Aviation, U.S. Forest Service
GOP Senate candidates appear at Missoula forum
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Four Republicans vying to win Montana’s seat in the U.S. Senate praised President Donald Trump during a candidate forum in Missoula on Wednesday, and they made their case for being the conservative most likely to unseat incumbent Sen. Jon Tester this November. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, Al Olszewski, Jon Tester, Matt Rosendale, Russell Fagg, Senate race, Troy Downing
Fact Check: Senate candidate’s Tweet misses the mark
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Editor’s note: This is the first offering, from the Montana Free Press, of what will likely be many reports fact-checking the claims and statements of candidates, campaigns and third-party political groups in the run-up to the 2018 midterm elections. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, 2018 elections, Jon Tester, Troy Downing
Fledgling newspaper union gets MEA-MFT support
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Efforts by staffers at the Missoula Independent to organize under Lee Enterprises gained the support of the state’s largest labor union on Tuesday, with the MEA-MFT saying it is watching the process closely. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, Eric Feaver, Lee Enterprises, Matt Gibson, MEA-MFT, Missoula Independent
600 inches of snow later, Sperry Chalet doing well
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Sperry Chalet is filling with snow, but its talus-stone skeleton remains intact, an overflight of the historic Glacier National Park dormitory showed last week. Photographs taken from a helicopter revealed a noticeably deeper accumulation of snow inside the burned-out lodge than did similar photos taken during a February flight. Other buildings at the site, which were not burned, appeared to be nearly buried in the snow. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, Glacier National Park, National Park Service, Sperry Park Chalet
Lee Metcalf, Montana senator, national progressive leader
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This is Part 2 of a two-day package of stories marking the 40th anniversary of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. Yesterday we looked at how the wilderness came into being. For Montanans, there’s not much question about the importance of Lee Metcalf’s legacy. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, Lee Metcalf, Mike Mansfield, U.S. House, U.S. Senate
‘Magnificent’ AB Wilderness turns 40 this week
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This is Part 1 of a two-day package of stories marking the 40th anniversary of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. Tomorrow we look at the larger legacy of the late Sen. Lee Metcalf, who introduced the bill creating the wilderness. In describing the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, a vast, high plateau in southwestern Montana encompassing nearly 1 million acres, people tend to employ lofty terms. (more…) Continue Reading →
