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The Mining City felt Mother Nature’s wrath in a big way in 1970.
Revisiting ghosts of Halloweens past is a time-honored tradition
BROWNING — A note from Browning's mayor to the town’s citizens is taped to the front door of City Hall.
The Butte Central Maroons turned in their strongest defensive effort of the season, Saturday afternoon against visiting Corvallis.
Whoever bought a winning $90,000 Hot Lotto ticket at the Cenex Zip Trip, 2801 Harrison Ave., still remains a mystery.
A person chops at an icicle attached to the fire escape of the Napton Apartments, 25 E. Granite St., Friday afternoon. The season's consistent warming and freezing pattern has led to ice dams in gutters and interesting icicles all over…
The Butte High wrestling team looked much better in its rematch against Bozeman High but still came out on the short end of a 37-31 tally, in a Class AA dual Tuesday at Butte High School.
The armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon, with calls by Ammon Bundy and his followers to turn federal land over to local and private control, has renewed a contentious debate played out in the last Montana…
An estimated 250 people move their bodies to the Easy Does It workout taught by Colleen Klobucar on Saturday morning, Jan. 9, at the Butte Plaza Mall. The class marked the kick-off of the sixth annual Lighten Your Load Community…
Overseers of the sprawling Clark Chateau have turned one of its nooks into a gift shop where visitors can buy jewelry, pottery, photos and other works from Butte artists and creators.
In three days last week, the Montana Lottery took in $2.4 million in Powerball sales alone — almost 10 times what it normally does.
When Montana Democrats gather at Fairmont Hot Springs next month for a “caucus retreat,” a tally of names on the attendance sheet will dictate whether the meeting is open to the public. Either way, the topics of discussion – preparing…
HELENA — On Monday, Gov. Steve Bullock announced plans to move 21 people from the Montana Developmental Center in Boulder to group homes around the state run by the nonprofit AWARE.
Elizabeth Warren — not the Senator from Massachusetts, but the namesake of the street in Butte — was born about 1891. When she was 21 in 1912, she married Wallace McClintock White in San Francisco, and the couple moved to…
MISSOULA — Charlie Ann Wyrick didn't spend Christmas with her family.
During Butte's horseshoe heydays, pitching the irons was a hot club sport.
GREAT FALLS — A Havre teenager who went to work at an orphanage for special-needs children in India as part of her Make-A-Wish request is back home and feeling the glow of her trip.
The senior-living facility formerly called Marquis Vintage Suites at 300 Mount Highland Drive in Butte is operating under new ownership.
LINCOLN — The snow began falling just after sunrise on Dec. 22, the first full day of winter.
Longtime owner sells Maverick Mountain ski area
A mule deer buck stands atop the slag wall off South Montana Street in Butte recently. A passer-by in a vehicle, Peggy Poling Sharkey, who lives near Boise, Idaho, snapped this photo and emailed it to The Standard. Poling said…
HELENA — Though the buzz in Colstrip last week was over the uncertainty facing the town’s coal-fired power plant posed to it by a federal mandate that Montana cut its carbon dioxide emissions almost in half by 2030, other forces…
One stretch of play was the difference between Montana Tech and Rocky Mountain College, Saturday night.
You could call it a step backward for the Butte High boys’ basketball team.
The Butte Central Maroons couldn’t seem to buy a basket on Saturday afternoon against the Park Rangers.
ANACONDA – In a back-and-forth battle for 32 minutes, it was the Florence Falcons who hit the big shots down the stretch in a 52-47 win over the hosting Anaconda girls basketball team on Friday night.
TWIN BRIDGES – Braden Larsen scored 21 points and Max Feight hit some key free throws down the stretch as the Whitehall boys’ basketball team held off a second-half rally to beat Twin Bridges, 59-51, Friday night at Twin Bridges…
One visual way of communicating a new idea or a fresh insight is with the sudden appearance of a light-bulb above the head. Obviously, a 100-watt glass bulb with a tungsten filament doesn’t literally appear, but it does communicate a…
New standard-sized trash containers have only trickled into Butte so far under citywide changes for handling household garbage collection, but the transition should accelerate in the coming weeks.
Darren James Thomer — the first baby born in Silver Bow County in 2016 — gives the camera a sleepy smile while getting his photograph taken early Friday morning at the Regional Medical Arts Pavilion in Butte. Darren's parents are…
Proposed raises come at a time UM is dealing with a projected budget shortfall of $10 million to $12 million
DILLON – Quick starts turned out to be crucial for the Dillon High boys’ basketball team as well as the girls’ basketball team from Butte Central.
Montana Western women's basketball coach Lindsay Woolley wanted to limit Montana Tech's shooters from behind the 3-point line in Thursday night's contest.
Anaconda school trustees will ask taxpayers in March to approve two separate ballot bond issues totaling $34 million.
The Acrobats of China will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, at the Mother Lode Theater.
DISH Network subscribers in Montana are without a few of their TV stations after a contract dispute failed to be resolved.
It's not often a high school athlete is recruited to play in college, but instead opts to focus on academics.
Montana Texans
Nearly 20 percent of Silver Bow County residents — or 6,700 people — are living below the federal poverty level, the executive director of the local Human Resources Council said Wednesday.
Montana Tech added 12 players to its football roster, head coach Chuck Morrell announced on Wednesday.
Butte transforms into a gung-ho festival land every summer. But what do everyday folks do in the winter besides shovel snow from their driveway?
Still, state resists federal ID rules through newly designed licenses
COLSTRIP — In the shadow of one of the West's largest coal-fired power plants, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced Tuesday the members of an advisory council that will help shape the way the state plans to meet cuts in carbon…
DEER LODGE – Ugly victories count just as much as the pretty ones – especially in conference play.
Evelyn Graham admires one of the handmade religious icons Tuesday that makes up the "Butte Serbian Culture and Orthodox Church" exhibit on display in the Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives, 17 W. Quartz. The extensive exhibit will be on display through…
Signups for the Butte Family YMCA’s sixth annual “Lighten Your Load” weight-loss program continues from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, when weigh-ins for the contest will happen at…
The new American Legion baseball field at the Copper Mountain Sports Complex should be all lit up by this spring, adding a bright new beacon to Butte and the Summit Valley.
A 32-year-old Butte woman who allegedly used a baseball bat to break into a residence has been charged with felony aggravated burglary and misdemeanor criminal mischief.