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Class Act: Joliet's Auston Schellig – perfect on PSAT, ACT – eyes XC title
JOLIET — Auston Schellig loves to challenge himself. "I'm just a pretty competitive person," Schellig recently told MTN Sports. It doesn’t matter whether he’s running underneath the fall colors decorating Main Street in Joliet, or challenging his...

Time to pivot: Site for expansion is the real threat to Flathead Lake
The recent op-ed by the Flathead Lake Biological Station is a valuable contribution to the ongoing conversation about protecting Flathead Lake. They correctly point out that the proposed wastewater treatment technology, which the Lakeside County...
Mapping Shopify’s Reach: Which States Have the Most Stores per Capita
If you shop online, chances are you’ve bought something from a Shopify store. The platform has quietly become the backbone of American e-commerce. Nearly one in three online stores in the U.S. now runs on Shopify, giving it a presence that’s hard...

Adrian Sutton, composer who wrote the music for War Horse, the classic National Theatre production
Adrian Sutton, who has died aged 58, wrote the poignant music for War Horse, the National Theatre’s celebrated 2007 play based on Michael Morpurgo’s emotionally charged novel about a young boy called Albert and his horse Joey set against the...

Lawsuit challenging Trump's energy policies dismissed
A federal judge in Montana has thrown out a lawsuit by youth activists seeking to block US President Donald Trump’s pro-fossil fuel energy policies, saying it asked the court to take on a sweeping role overseeing potentially hundreds of government...

Applied Materials and Arizona State University opening ‘materials-to-fab’ centre
$270 million research, development and prototyping facility inside the university’s MacroTechnology Works at ASU Applied Materials Inc. and Arizona State University (ASU) officially opened a Materials-to-Fab Centre, a shared world-class $270...

U.S. Rejects Lowball Bid for 167 Million Tons of Coal on Public Lands
Federal officials rejected a company’s bid to acquire 167 million tons of coal on public lands in Montana for less than a penny per ton, in what would have been the biggest U.S. government coal sale in more than a decade. The failed sale...

Pro/Con: Ban single-use plastics to solve pollution problems
Plastics are woven into every aspect of our lives, but what was once the poster child for convenience is fast becoming a pariah product. The era of single-use plastic must end; banning it is the only practical way forward. Some 430 million metric...

The Georgetown Wooden Boat Show tests amateur boat builders. It's not always smooth sailing.
GEORGETOWN – Something went wrong and it got worse. Father and son, Yang and Yang Scofano II, shrugged while inspecting their 12-foot Carolina Bateau rowing skiff they’d built in nearly four hours during the Georgetown Wooden Boat Show on Oct. 18....

Timberland Taxidermy Celebrates First Hunts For Young Hunters
The thrill of the hunt will return across Montana with the general rifle season opener next weekend. But youth hunters have a special opportunity to get into the field early one week earlier with the annual youth hunt. Being able to keep the...

Study: Fishing a billion-plus industry
Trout might as well be gold. Fishing is big business, a recent study by the University of Montana, Bureau of Business and Economic Research and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks found. In 2024 more than 450,000 resident and nonresident anglers...

How to Balance Management and Leadership as a Principal
Growing up in Montana, Erica Schnee spent countless hours at her parents’ shoe store, watching how they managed a business and also acted as “leaders in their community,” Schnee said. Now the principal of Gallatin High School in Bozeman, Montana,...

COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Lamanna breaks 40-year-old school record, runs fastest time in NWAC at LC State Invitational
Brayden Lamanna, Treasure Valley CC Cross Country A 2025 graduate of Priest River High, Brayden ran to a new personal best 8,000-meter time of 24 minutes, 51 seconds (4:59 per mile) to finish 22nd out of 96 runners at the LC State Invitational,...

Views from ALA Queen Creek football team practice
The billions of dollars will be invested in steel barriers, waterborne barriers, patrol roads, lights, cameras and advanced detection technology. Of the $4.5 billion being invested in Southern border security, nearly $807 million will be invested...

Casper Girl Scout earns prestigious Gold Award
Casper, Wyo. - Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming proudly recognize Olivia Conner for earning the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest honor a Girl Scout can achieve. Her project, titled, An Infinity for Learning, provides an accessible online...
Opinion: Bombing Iowa: Some ‘Balloon Bombs,“ launched by Japan, fell in Iowa
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa was bombed by Japan. How is it possible? Iowa is an inland state, 1,500 miles from the coast. How could a Japanese plane get that far and not be...

Holiday Travelers, Here's What You Can Expect for This Year's Thanksgiving Forecast
'The Old Farmer's Almanac,' a resource for long-range weather predictions, recently released this year's Thanksgiving forecast. The outlet anticipates a mixed bag of weather across much of the country. Highlights of the holiday forecast include...

Jamison named Hilleman Scholar
BOZEMAN — For Haylee Nay, attending college felt impossible. She couldn’t afford it. The Montana State University freshman from East Helena lived on the poverty line for most of her life and would enter college as a first-generation student. Then,...

U.S. rejects Navajo company's bid to buy 167 million tons of coal on public lands
Federal officials rejected a company's bid to acquire 167 million tons of coal on public lands in Montana for less than a penny per ton, in what would have been the biggest U.S. government coal sale in more than a decade. The Department of...

D/B school board discusses tax levies
The Dutton/Brady Public Schools board discussed potential general fund and technology fund levies with Superintendent Jeremy Locke at the Sept. 15 meeting. Locke presented a preliminary levy proposal that would provide revenue for the general...