Once-In-A-Lifetime Sky Show: Meteors, Rare Comets And Aurora On Monday

Topline The Orionid meteor shower is set to impress skywatchers overnight on Monday, Oct. 20 through Tuesday, Oct. 21, through. With a new moon on Oct. 21, the night sky will be completely free of moonlight, offering some of the best viewing...

Ep. 376: Backwoods University - Should Grizzlies Exist?

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to Backwoods University, a place where we focus on wildlife, wild places and the people who dedicate their lives to conserving both. Big shout out to Onyx Hunt for their support of this podcast. I'm your host, Lake...

Optimism of Andy Feury

City Councilor Andy Feury attended Flathead High School along with the late County Commissioner Joe Brenneman. They took American history class together back when school kids read printed newspapers like the Christian Science Monitor on Fridays....

Students at MSU Billings push for answers after professors placed on leave

BILLINGS — After two professors were unexpectedly placed on leave at the start of the fall semester, students at Montana State University Billings say their academic progress and graduation plans have been severely disrupted. Listen to MSU...

Hamilton: As buyout mania swells, FSU can only blame itself ... and Nick Saban

Disclaimer: Bandwagoning is not a ranking of the best or worst teams, the biggest wins or worst losses. It’s instead an inexact assessment of the emotions experienced by various fan bases following their most recent game. There is nothing...

US rejects bid to buy 167 million tons of coal on public lands for less than penny per ton

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — 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....

Woodford Folk Festival 2025-26 Line-Up

The 2025-26 Woodford Folk Festival will be the 38th edition of the event, with more than 1,500 opportunities to take part. Woodford invites festival goers to embark on a six-day journey of participation, creativity, and connection. Nestled on 500...

Ultimate guide to buying a combine 2026

Those buying new combines usually upgrade to additional capacity, and there has been a strong move towards rotary and hybrid models replacing traditional straw walker machines – except where gentle straw handling is the priority for baling. See...

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...

UM alum, Vietnam vet developed bear spray

FLORENCE – Before bear spray, encounters between people and bears often ended in bullets. That changed when graduate student Carrie Hunt developed the life-saving deterrent at the University of Montana in the 1980s. Over 40 years later, bear spray...

October Arts Calendar 2025

Pierce College Puyallup Fine Arts Gallery exhibition: ‘Metaphorical Landscape’ by artist Juliet Shen, opens September 29 and runs through December 4, 2025. Visual Arts Etsuko Ichikawa’s show is entitled “Homecoming” and features new work on paper...

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...

New Mexico ranks high for gun suicide deaths among elderly

New Mexico is among U.S. states with the highest rate of gun suicides by those 70 and older, and more common in rural areas where rates of gun ownership are higher. Researchers said the issue has remained out of the spotlight even as health...

US rejects bid to buy 167M tons of coal on public lands for less than a penny per ton

BILLINGS, Mont. -- BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — 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...

U.S. rejects bid to buy 167 million tons of coal on public lands for less than a penny per ton

BILLINGS, Mont. — 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...

US rejects bid to buy 167 million tons of coal on public lands for less than a penny per ton

By MATTHEW BROWN, Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — 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...

Not All Movie Remakes Are Bad—These Are The Ones I Love

Remakes tend to get a bad rap for being seen as lazy and/or safe retreads of the familiar. If you’ve already seen a story, what’s the point of seeing it again with different forces trying to make the same movie? While plenty of remakes undoubtedly...

Get Lunch & Give Love To Local Animals In Need, Oct. 18

Prairie to Peaks Animal Assistance Foundation (PPAAF) is helping animals in need, but they need you. The organization was founded July 2021, by Cynthia Misner, and provides assistance to animals from Eastern Montana to North-Central North Dakota....

Pocatello museum unveiling skull recreation of ‘dinosaur-eating’ crocodile this Saturday

POCATELLO – A local museum will soon have a skull recreation on display of an ancient creature that hasn’t even been officially named yet. The Idaho Museum of Natural History will hold “Croc-n-Roll: Fall Fossil Fest 2025” at its location on the...

FWP experts discuss common misconceptions about bears

HELENA – There’s lots of reasons to be outside this time of year – hunting, fishing, hiking, fall colors, mountain biking and more. Keep in mind that bears are out there, too. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks bear specialists Danielle Oyler and...