The Great Falls Rescue Mission is among 3 Montana Employers named semifinalists for the 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. This Freedom Award is the Department of Defense's highest honor for EMPLOYERS that provide extraordinary support to their Guard & Reserve employees. Th
Not very...in Kevin today (Wednesday). The town of Kevin will have NO bulk water today or tomorrow (Thursday) because of necessary repairs taking place on the system. The good news is, that they DO expect to have it back up on Friday
This morning, I received the latest precipitation report for the month of April from the Knees. Living here in the Golden Triangle & north central Montana, I don't have to tell you where the Knees is! The Knees, not to be confused with the Big Arm over in the Flathead Valley. 1.
It's all here in this fictional story with FACTUAL events about a cop & his relationships with "famous inhabitants". It's D.C. Murphy's new potboiler, "Rooster-A Badge, Gun & Heartache". The "Rooster" is Sean Patrick Murphy, a cop torn between loyalty & justice, & his passion to become a country singer. Now, I'm not s
It may be too windy to drive over to Glacier these days, but it's NOT too windy to drive up to the Marias Heritage Center this evening to read about Glacier! I'll be there at 6 tonight to read more "Montana History" as we continue reading our great Glacier Park book, "Glacier-From the Inside Out" (Best stories from The Inside Trail) edited by Ray Djuff & Chris Morrison. Ac
The pie is over in East Glacier at the East Glacier Community Hall this Wednesday night. They're having their infamous "May Day Pie Social" on Wednesday evening beginning at 5:30 & EVERYONE is welcome. Wh
I'm not talking about one of Gary Gollehon's crops, but rather the book that I'll be giving away this afternoon (Monday) at 4:30 on "Puffman Musical Trivia" at 4:30. "Deadly Harvest" is the new tome from author Michael Stanley as he revisits Detective Kubu with this 4th installment in the Detective Kubu series
I'm happy to report that the Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a transportation service to the VA Medical Centers including the Community Outpatient Clinics. This is welcome news indeed for our local veterans &, in my opinion, a much needed service. If
"Tall" Todd, the customer harvester fellow reports today that his 1st cutting job will be Billings, Montana! Todd says he was only to take a couple of machines down to Billings, but thinks the crops (what there is of them!) will be ready at one time, so everybody will need a machine
I'm not making reference to a recent remark from Montana senator Max Baucus. This pertains to my Sports Trivia contest tomorrow morning, Saturday, at 7:30 on the Puffman Show. It's going to be a baseball "trivia" question & the 1st person in at 434 5241 with the correct answer to my trivia question will WIN the new Matthew Dunn thriller, "Sling Shot"- It's a spycatcher novel about one of Europe's most accomplished assassins set loose after an unknown target & only CIA/M16 Intelligence Officer Will Cochrane can stop him in this action-packed, follow-up to "Sentinel". Writer
That's one of the things that the Gabby Cabby, Peter Franklin-the New York City cab driver from the streets of New York will be gabbing about this afternoon (Thursday) when he joins me on the Puffman Show at 4:30
Amtrak ridership has hit RECORD levels! Good news for our Empire Builder indeed. Amtrak ridership increased in the 1st 6 months of this year, with ridership in March setting a record as the SINGLE BEST MONTH in AMTRAK's history! Ridership GREW 0