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The upcoming Montana Warrior Run-Gallatin Valley in Three Forks will help raise for area veterans. The Montana Impact event is scheduled for August 28 and will feature a 10K/10K Ruck at 8:30 a.m., a 5K at 10 a.m., and one mile run at 11:30. According to one of the organizers and veteran Parker Taylor, the event mirrors other Warrior Run events around the state. Taylor is friends with Impact Montana's event coordinator, who asked him and another friend if they wanted to host one in the Gallatin V... Full story
After a cancellation in 2020, the Rockin' the Rivers is set to return this week with a packed three days of music to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the festival. The 2021 event at the "Bridge" near Three Forks will feature 30 live acts on two stages, onsite camping, three full bars, a shaded beer garden, and food and merchandise vendors. A busy three days on the Main Stage will kick off on August 12 with Jared Stewart. The Main Stage lineup for the rest of Thursday is John Cafferty and the...
This fall, Gallatin County voters will decide on a bond for a new courts facility. The Gallatin County Commission unanimously voted last week to put a $29 million bond on the general election ballot this November. According to county officials, the new facility would be safer, more efficient and serve all Gallatin County residents. The bond will be used to replace the current Law and Justice Center, located in Bozeman, with a new single-story, 57,000-square-foot building that will house the following: • District Courts (including an a... Full story
The City of Three Forks reported last week vandalism to two benches at Bellach Park. Officials reported that one bench was destroyed and the other was damaged and rebar is poking out at the end. After learning of the vandalism, Three Forks City Council member Gene Townsend said he was very upset about the benches that he said were donated by the Bellach family, made from travertine, and get a lot of use. "This is disheartening. Those cannot be replaced," he said. Anyone without information...
If you would have told Gene Townsend in February that sandblasting, and painting would be taking place this summer on both the steam engine at the Railroad and Trident Heritage Center and the old Milwaukee Railroad Caboose – he might not have believed you. A member of the Three Forks Area Historical Society, Townsend is thrilled that the work is well underway on both projects, with painting nearly complete on the steam engine and sandblasting started on the caboose. "It is all starting to c...
In Montana, private-land elk hunting is moving toward 11 weeks for people who can pay thousands of dollars for trophy bulls, while others are left to hunt cows in deep snows and bitter cold when they’re struggling to survive the winter. That’s the proposal of the Gianforte administration, a proposal that extends “elk shoulder seasons” through Feb. 15 each year and extends them onto your national forest in 19 hunting districts. This proposal is ill-conceived, premature and not in the interest of elk hunters, landowners and all Montanans who enj...
Although I have quite a few pet peeves, I try not to let many of them overtake my life daily. If this happened, I would either be so mad I could not function or so crazy that you could probably just put me in a padded cell with a straight jacket and throw away the key. The one thing that I can’t let slide is when people drive like maniacs on an Interstate or highway, which happens way more often than it should. It does not matter if it is in the middle of winter with a sheet of ice covering the road or in the summer when the roads in the G... Full story
How do we find out the secrets a cave is hiding? Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park will host a free talk entitled “Cave Science: What & Why?” on Friday, August 20, at 8 p.m. in the park’s campground amphitheater. Cavers are on the front lines of a new branch of geology, biology, physics and general science. In this talk from geologist Ethan Oleson, you will discover some state-of-the-art cave science, its future and who exactly is a cave scientist. This is the 13th presentation in Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park’s annual Friday Summer Speaker...
Firefighters working on the east shore of Flathead Lake thought they had the Boulder 2700 Fire in check as the sun set on Saturday afternoon. The fire started the night before - the cause is unknown but early indications are that it was started by humans - and throughout the day scooper planes hit the blaze with thousands of gallons of water. Then a warm wind from the north started blowing. The fire jumped Montana Highway 35 and made a run toward Finley Point, a thin finger of land that curves...
A dream season came to an end Tuesday for the Gallatin County Outlaws with a 4-0 loss in the championship game of the Northwest Class A Regional American Legion Baseball Tournament in Anchorage. The game was a rubber match between the Outlaws and Marsh Valley, Idaho. Gallatin Valley opened up the tournament with a 7-6 win over the Eagles. Gallatin Valley would win their next two games to advance to the championship before falling 6-1 Monday to force a second championship game. Gallatin Valley...
Final attendance numbers are in from the annual Big Sky Country State Fair held in Bozeman, MT July 21-25. The regional attraction, presented by Your Local Montana Ford Dealers, drew 57,203 people, up 40 percent over 2019. Three great nights of concerts brought in 8,962 people over three days, up 55 percent over 2019 concert attendance. The Big Sky Country State Fair started strong with record attendance on Wednesday July 21st bringing in over 14,500 people on opening day. "The Big Sky Country...
HELENA — Officials serving on a commission tasked with helping Gov. Greg Gianforte spend $150 million of the state’s COVID-19 relief money to bolster Montana’s post-pandemic economy agreed Wednesday to consider proposals sorted into four buckets: business innovation, value-added agriculture, workforce development and affordable housing. The Economic Transformation and Stabilization and Workforce Development Advisory Commission also heard from economists and public commenters about how worker, housing and childcare shortages are holding the s...
The Montana Department of Labor and Industry this week offered guidance to government agencies and private businesses on how to adhere to a new state law barring discriminating against people on the basis of vaccination status. The agency's guidelines also outline the complaint process for incidents involving such discrimination. "This guidance will help Montana employers and businesses stay in compliance with the law and help ensure that Montanans do not face discrimination due to their...
HELENA – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking public comment on a proposal to establish emergency haying and grazing leases on portions of 14 Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) in the state. The purpose of these late summer/fall 2021 leases is to improve wildlife habitat while making forage available for area agricultural producers. This proposal is in support of Gov. Greg Gianforte’s July 1 statewide drought emergency declaration and is a collaborative effort between FWP and the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. Drought con...
HELENA, Mont. – Governor Greg Gianforte recently announced that the state will invest federal funds to prevent child abuse, expand the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment and Training program, and provide early intervention services and supports for families with infants and toddlers with significant developmental delays or disabilities. Using funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the governor is dedicating more than $310,000 in supplemental funds to promote child safety and prevent child abuse through M...
