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From River to Runway: Montana Style Goes Viral
So, this is real. Strangers across the country are dressing up like they are about to throw a hopper on Georgetown Lake… and then not fish. It’s called Anglercore, and it’s basically fly fishing cosplay. Bucket hats, rubber boots, cargo vests? All...

This Montana-based outdoor retailer is opening its second location in Brookfield
Good news for the outdoor enthusiasts of Brookfield and southeastern Wisconsin. MeatEater, an outdoor lifestyle shop specializing in hunting, fishing, cooking and camping, is opening a second location, the first in Wisconsin, at The Corners of...

Montana State Bobcats football kickoff times announced for 2025 season
Montana State will play at least nine of its 12 football games in daylight hours, the Big Sky Conference announced in a release Wednesday. MSU’s home-opening Gold Rush game against perennial national championship contender South Dakota State...

What To Eat And Do At The Montana Folk Festival In Butte
The Montana Folk Festival is one of the biggest events in Montana this summer and certainly a great reason to head to Butte for a wonderful weekend. While there is no doubt the festival itself offers more than enough to keep you and your family...

New Jersey Sportsbooks Banned From Public College Partnerships, Sweeps Bill Remains
Posted on: July 10, 2025, 12:10h. Last updated on: July 10, 2025, 12:27h. Public colleges and universities in New Jersey can no longer partner with sportsbooks NJ Gov. Phil Murphy signed the sports betting marketing ban into law on July 8 Murphy...
Scripps Sports Sets Broadcast Teams For Big Sky Conference Football Coverage
Scripps Sports today announced the on-air talent lineup for its coverage of the Montana Grizzlies and the Montana State Bobcats this fall. In the booth for the Montana Grizzlies this season will be play-by-play announcer Trey Bender and former...
Taylor Swift traded Rhode Island for Montana this Fourth of July weekend
Over this past weekend, Rhode Island hosted many Fourth of July parades, parties and fireworks shows to celebrate the stars and the stripes, but one star was missing – Rhode Island's celebrity homeowner, Taylor Swift. In Swift's 12 years of owning...

Sci-Fi Comic Cancelled Before Release Lands Movie With Sin City Producer
A title that Dark Horse Comics once cancelled has been given a new lease on life… and a movie. The Hollywood Reporter announced on Wednesday that Solipsist Films has secured film rights to Top Secret Service from writer Zack Keller and artist...

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift enjoy secret getaway to Montana for 4th of July celebrations: Report
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift kept their Fourth of July holiday celebration out of the spotlight this year. Up until last year, the Grammy winning singer held a star-studded party at her home in Rhode Island each year in celebration of...

Montana High School Rodeo Association 2025 national qualifiers
MISSOULA — The 2025 National High School Finals Rodeo is next week in Wyoming, and nearly 50 Montanans will be vying for championship gold. The Montana season wrapped up with the state finals in Kalispell last month, where Huntley siblings AJ and...

Senators seek to protect rural stations amid push to claw back public media funds
Washington — The Senate is expected to vote next week on a request from the White House to claw back funding for international aid and public broadcasting. But the funding for rural radio and television stations — sometimes an area's sole source...

What TikToker's Data Reveals About Montana Housing Costs
Lately my social media feeds have been filled with content about Montana. Some of it has been pretty cool, like the British vacationers who spent some time in Montana, and the local musician Chloe Gendrow, who is working to make a career in music....

Idaho football locks in times for 2025 schedule with two national TV games
MOSCOW (Idaho Statesman) — Kickoff times are now set for all but one of the University of Idaho’s football games for the 2025 season. And all 12 regular-season games will either be televised or available for online streaming, including two games...

Appalling Deer Poaching Bust Near The Idaho-Montana Border
From a called-in tip to heads being found to an investigation to charges being filed. Kudos from Montana to our neighbors in the Idaho Fish and Game, who followed the trail of leads through the Idaho panhandle. And that could take us to what most...

A Grip on Sports: It's hard to believe but it's been 100 years since the guy who taught me about baseball – and life – was born
A GRIP ON SPORTS • July 10 has always been an important day in the Grippi household. It was, after all, my father’s birthday. But this year’s July 10 is even more special. It would have been my dad’s 100th. I am sure, if he were still with us,...

More ‘musical chairs’ as Washington state newspaper closes press
Brier Dudley / The Seattle Times (TNS) Over the fading rumble of The Spokesman-Review's production facility, Pete Negrola waxed philosophical about the loss of another newspaper press. Negrola, 63, began printing at 15 and is now the facility's...

Montana Is Great, But Residents Want One Thing Gone
The One Thing Montanans Say They’d Kick Out Of The State Big Sky Country, The Last Best Place, and the Treasure State are all nicknames for the greatest state in America. Montana is amazing, but it isn't perfect, not at least to its residents, who...

Morning Sports: July 10, 2025
Sheridan WYO Rodeo: Last night was the first rodeo performance of the Sheridan WYO Rodeo as the rough stock part of the competition got underway. In the bareback riding, Owen Brouillette of Louisiana, had the high score with 85 ½ points riding...

Movie Based on Action-Comedy Comic ‘Top Secret Service’ in the Works (Exclusive)
In a preemptive deal, Solipsist Films has taken the film rights to Top Secret Service, an upcoming action-comedy comic book from writer Zack Keller and illustrator Giovanna La Pietra. The high-concept comic is described as in the spirit of...

Montana's Public Restroom Accessibility Ranks Second In America
I don't have to tell you that Montana rules. I mean, look where we are. What I like to find is where we are the indisputable champion for something and then exploit it. (I will say I don't need to exploit the number one for drunk driving thing....