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And that means I'll be reading & sharing more Montana History up at the Marias Heritage Center! I'll be there at 6 o'clock SHARP to read (out loud) more of W.J. Yenne's tome, "Switchback; Fifty Years in Glacier & the West." W.J. last name rhymes with "penny" in case you're wondering. The Pu...

I'll be asking that question tomorrow (Saturday) morning on Puffman Sports Trivia. Up for grabs Saturday morning is the thought provoking book, "Big Medicine: The Cost of Corporate Control and How Doctors and Patients Working Together Can Rebuild a Better System"...

You'll have an opportunity this Thursday, as the Noxious Weed Management Advisory Council will be meeting down in Great Falls. Thursday morning's meeting will commence at 8:30 SHARP at the Cascade Public Works Building IN Great Falls. Good, sound management of these NOXIOUS weeds makes good sense & makes for good neighbors!...

The 7/10 Hemp Advisory Committee will be meeting this afternoon (Wednesday) at 1. Today's meeting is a "location change"...they'll be meeting in the Snowy Mountain Room down at the Yogo Inn in Lewistown. I wouldn't be all that surprised if our Grover Gopher turns up at this afternoon's meeting...

The service officer for the Veterans Affairs Division is on the way to our Golden Triangle! The Montana Veterans Affairs representative will be here in Shelby tomorrow (Wednesday) morning from 9:30 to 11:30 up at the Toole County Courthouse, Cut Bank tomorrow afternoon from 1:30 to 3:30 at the Glacier County Extension Office, & Browning on Thursday morning from 9 to 11 o'clock at the Eagle Shi

It's in Valier! The First Baptist Church IN Valier will have their Food Pantry OPEN the 1st & 3rd Mondays of the month. Hours at the Valier First Baptist Food Pantry are from 9 to 11 in the mornings on the 1st & 3rd Mondays. To quote the late Paul Wellstone, "We all do better when we all do better."...

I'm jacking my jaws about the BUFFALO Bills! I've come up with a sports trivia question for tomorrow (Saturday) morning ON the Buffalo Bills, & the first person to call in to 434 5241 with the correct sports trivia answer will WIN #1 New York Times Bestselling author Susan Wiggs latest novel. He...

I'll be stopping by the Marias Heritage Center tonight (Tuesday) to read & share more Montana History. We're currently reading the "story-behind-the-story of the Otter Creek sheep slaughter. At a mere 112 pages, "Slaughter on the Otter" is a quick read, & a most interesting insight into a nearly unknown chapter of our early history on the wild & woolly Montana & Wyom

Good news to report this morning... Montana 49, Looking Glass Road at the junction with U.S. 2 & 89 is now OPEN. Memorial Day is the OFFICIAL start of summer too. We hope you'll take time this weekend to observe this holiday & to remember its real meaning. We liv...

We ask you to pause & reflect this Memorial Day weekend as we remember our American men AND women who have been called upon to defend freedom around the world. Hundreds of thousands have paid the ultimate price, & our American Legion Memorial Day programs get underway this weekend. There'...

The cattle guys will be wearing their masks tonight (Tuesday) as we continue to read & share more Montana History at the Heritage Center. We'll be commencing chapter 7, in our current read, "Slaughter on the Otter." This is the "story-behind-the-story" on the infamous Kendrick Sheep Raid in early day Montana & Wyoming. On an ...

That's what we'll be reading about tonight (Tuesday) during Montana History at the Heritage. I'll be there this evening to commence our new read, "Slaughter on the Otter: The Kendrick Sheep Raid." On an early December morning back in 1900, a tenacious & determined group of cattle guys led by a future Wyoming governor & U.S. sena...