Anne James

BOZEMAN — When Madelyne Willis climbed into the capsule at NASA's Johnson Space Center, she knew she was saying goodbye to her familiar world for a long time. Soon the capsule rumbled and shook as the Earth receded in view through the small windows. Then...

BOZEMAN — A new study from a Montana State University researcher and his colleagues provides evidence that the labor market tightened for the nursing workforce throughout the first 15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a period marked by falling employment and rising wages across the industry. T...

The Golden Triangle Cropping Seminar is coming up thw week of January 10, 2022.  Each one starts at 8:30 am with registration and speakers begin at 9. Topics include management of wheat stem sawfly, forage management during drought, cereal grain varieties, drought management, and relationships between new and long-time Montana residents. Th ...

BOZEMAN — Middle school students from across the state of Montana are invited to register for a free online mathematics contest set for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20. The American Mathematics Competition 8 contest is part of the American Mathematics Competition series developed by the Mathematical Association of America. The ...

Marias River Livestock Association is hosting a Drought Management for Cattle workshop on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at the Marias Valley Golf Course Club house at 4:00 p.m. There will also be a burger bar available for those in attendance...

BOZEMAN — The effects of COVID-19 on college athletics were still being felt in 2021 with some seasons canceled, players missing time due to positive cases and scheduling conflicts for games and matches. The Montana State University men’s club rugby team felt the sting from COVID-19 in its own 2021 fall season. Opposing universitie...

MISSOULA – The University of Montana has hired Dr. Pardis Mahdavi to serve as its next provost and executive vice president, the University’s No. 2 administrator and chief academic officer. Mahdavi was chosen after a nationwide search, and she will begin the job in early summer 2022. “The Uni...

- By Maggie Toeckes, Teton Co. 4-H. On the morning of Thanksgiving, November 25, Justin Forseth and Maggie Toeckes boarded a plane to Atlanta, Georgia for National 4-H Congress. Both had won the opportunity at 4-H Congress in Bozeman back in July...

MISSOULA – Quinlan Roe remembers his first lecture in Missoula College’s new paramedic program. He said it was from the director of the program, Dave McEvoy, who shared a story about being handed a newborn baby struggling for breath. McEvoy told his...

BOZEMAN – When six architecture students graduate on Friday, they will do so knowing that they leave a legacy that will provide lasting beauty and shelter at Montana State University.  The six, all graduate students in the School of Architecture who were enrolled in a fabrication class led by teaching professor Bill Clinton, created a bike shelter design that will soon be replicated across campus.

BOZEMAN — When Josiah Green walks across the stage at Montana State University’s Brick Breeden Fieldhouse on Dec. 17 to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in business marketing and an entrepreneurship minor from the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship, he’ll do so having wrestled with the question of whether it’s worth it to invest in a college education – and, perhaps more important

MISSOULA – At first meeting, Mariah Omeasoo, a University of Montana senior, might seem like a normal college student trying to get through finals week. And for the most part, she is. But when she’s asked to reflect on her UM experience during the last four years, that’s when the tears come. “It was really hard,” O...