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Montana Tech Chaplain Father Patrick Beretta to deliver commencement address
BUTTE, Mont. — Father Patrick Beretta, parish priest at St. Patrick and Immaculate Conception Church and chaplain at Montana Technological University, will deliver the commencement address at Montana Tech's fall commencement ceremony Saturday, Dec. 12, 2026. Beretta will address graduates during the 10 a.m. ceremony in the university's Health,...
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Special Olympics basketball tournament returns to Butte
BUTTE, Mont. — It’s a big weekend for Montanans living with disabilities, as the Special Olympics’ state basketball tournament is set to get underway in Butte from Thursday, Nov. 12 to Saturday, Nov. 14. The three-day event will see basketball competitions at eight different venues across Butte, with over a hundred teams and over a thousand athletes representing all corners of the Treasure State. The host site for the tournament being in Butte this year is notable, as Butte’s East Middle School earned Special Olympics Montana’s Unified Champion of the Year award on Wednesday morning. “East Middle School is one of our leading inclusive schools across the state of Montana,” said Special Olympics Montana senior director Terri Norman. “We currently have nine national banner recognition schools. It’s very exciting. It is so cool to see how the Butte communities and schools have come together to be unified.” In Montana, at least one in ten people live with a mental or physical disability, totaling over 100,000 residents in the Treasure State. Special Olympics organizers say these events provide people living with disabilities representation, showing that anyone can shine, even in athletic feats. “It is just a good feeling for them,” Norman
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Veterans honored at ceremony in Butte
BUTTE, Mont. — Dozens of people made their way to the Butte Civic Center on Wednesday morning for the city-county’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony. Hosted by the Butte-Silver Bow United Veterans Council, the event included an honor guard, a moment of silence for fallen veterans, and music from the Silver Bow Singers.