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...

$33 million heavy equipment rental business opens on northshore, part of ambitious LA expansion

The nation’s fastest-growing construction technology and heavy equipment rental company has opened a $33 million branch in Lacombe, part of a $187 million expansion in Louisiana that officials say will create around 120 new jobs. Economic...

Animations of Wildlife Tracking Data Help Explore Animal Movements

Newswise — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers have developed new software for exploring and communicating animal movements in the wild. This suite of open-source tools, called ECODATA, was designed to support the analysis and visualization of complex...

To plan or not to plan?

In the book, "Horse Plains-Montana Territory," the author M. Helterline noted, “About 1886, the government began a general survey of land around Horse Plains, which led to proving up on many homesteads." Today, communities write a growth policy as...

Bryanna Carroll joins KTBC Austin News

Bryanna Carroll has joined FOX 7 Austin as a reporter as of September 2025. Carroll arrived from NBC Montana (KECI Missoula, KCFW Kalispell, and KTVM Butte all simulcasting through KDBZ in Bozeman, Montana), where she had been a multimedia...

MSUN Hosted TekNoXpo

(MSUN) More than 400 high school students from across North Central Montana visited MSU-Northern last week for the annual TekNoXpo & ShowCASE event—a day designed to give future college students a firsthand look at the hands-on programs Northern...

Shutdown smokescreen? Public lands furloughs could become layoffs

Editor’s note: This story appeared in both the Mountain Journal and Montana Free Press. The federal shutdown that started Oct. 1 left large swaths of public land accessible but unstaffed as Congress fought over the 2026 budget. That temporary...

MSU Medical Wearable About To Be Made Available For Trials

A wearable device for people participating in medical trials, designed by researchers at Montana State University, is about to be made available. What are you talking about? I very briefly mentioned this device when I did an article talking about...

SCOTUStoday for Monday, October 13

Former President Herbert Hoover laid the cornerstone of the Supreme Court Building 93 years ago, on Oct. 13, 1932. Former Justice Anthony Kennedy recently wrote for The New York Times about his research into the building, including the source of...

With possible grizzly delisting on the horizon, FWP changes tone on bears

Christy Clark was stunned last December when Montana’s governor asked her to take the helm at one of the state’s most closely watched agencies, the Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks. She wasn’t a biologist, unlike many prior directors. And,...

Ep. 423: Worms, Wind Farms, and the Parks Department

00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Cow's Week in Review with Ryan cow cal I. Here's Cow. Regular listeners know that right now I'm up in Alaska on a bucket list hunt for grizzly bear. Very...

Industry Briefs 10-20-25

Company news information may be sent to brice.w@thecityjournals.com. COMMUNICATIONS • All West Communications, a Kamas-based Internet service provider, has changed its name to All West Fiber. The company said the change “reflects the company’s...

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....

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...

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...

Cameron Blevins: Rising Star Libero at Miles Community College

Cameron Blevins, a sophomore libero from Shelby, Montana, plays for the Miles Community College Volleyball Team while pursuing her Associate of Science degree in Biology. With aspirations to become a physical therapist, athletic trainer, or speech...

How Leftists Puppet Children For Climate Lawfare Schemes

An environmental lawfare group that represents children and uses tactics some critics argue amount to “brainwashing” and “indoctrination” has drawn scrutiny for the way it integrates activist talking points into educational training materials. Our...

Rhode Island continues to eye open sports betting market

Rhode Island regulators are weighing whether to end International Game Technology’s online sports betting monopoly as major operators signal interest in joining the market. Rhode Island regulators are exploring whether to end the state’s online...

Polytag Unlocks Real-Time Recycling Traceability with Zebra Machine Vision Software

13/10/2025 Zebra Technologies Zebra vision tools enable precise waste tracking, reduce costs and enhance accountability Zebra Technologies Corporation , a global leader in digitising and automating workflows to deliver intelligent operations,...

Talk at UM to feature nearly four decades of raptor programs

MISSOULA, Mont. — Tonight at the University of Montana, Kate Davis, the director of Raptors of the Rockies, will deliver a presentation. The talk is titled, "Almost Forty Years of Raptor Programs." The 7 p.m. event will be held in Room 110 of the...