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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...

The Montana Veterans Representative based out of Great Falls will be heading down to Fort Benton THIS week! The representative will be "setting up shop" this Wednesday morning at the Human Services office in "Benton-Town." Hours will be Wednesday morning from 9 to noon...

That's the title of the new/next book we'll be sharing & reading during Montana History at the Heritage. I'll be there this evening (Tuesday,) & we'll be concluding our current read, "Stump Town to Ski Town: the Story of Whitefish, Montana." Then ...

We'll be flashing back to February 1911, tonight (Tuesday) during Montana History up at the Heritage Center. We're very close to wrapping up our current read, "Stump Town to Ski Town: The Story of Whitefish, Montana." Speaking of the Whitefish schools back in yesteryear,...

We're honoring Agriculture all this month & celebrating Agriculture. There are now some 257,454 millennial farmers in the country! Not only that, but more than 20% of ALL farmers are beginning farmers. More & more, Montana beginning & veteran farmers "network" on YouTube to help with production questions & mechanical fixes on the farm. It's working t...

Back in October of 1960, there were "solid rumors" over in Whitefish of a merger of the Great Northern with the Northern Pacific & Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. We'll be reading the "Story-Behind-The-Story" on that merger tonight (Tuesday) during Montana History up at the Marias Heritage Center. We're ...

Our late President, John F. Kennedy had a famous quote pertaining to farmers. President Kennedy submitted "Farmers are the only business people that buy retail, sell wholesale & pay for the shipping BOTH ways!" As we celebrate Agriculture this month & National Agricultural Day on Thursday, March 14, the late President Kennedy's words ring true today. I ofte...

Today's TUESDAY, & that means TONIGHT I'll be up at the Marias Heritage Center to read & share more Montana History. We're rounding 3rd & heading for home with our current Tuesday evening read, "Stump Town to Ski Town: the Story of Whitefish, Montana." Tonight, ...

I'll be up at the Marias Heritage Center here in Shelby this evening (Tuesday) to read & share more Montana History. We'll be plunging on with our current tome, "Stump Town to Ski Town: The Story of Whitefish, Montana," & learning about the war effort of Whitefish women during the second world war. The wo...