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MISSOULA – The Montana football team may have signed just one player as part of Wednesday’s National Signing Day, but the Grizzlies were granted two more on Thursday. Two 2022 starters, offensive lineman Chris Walker and kicker Nico Ramos, had waivers approved by the NCAA for an additional year of eligibility. They’ll now enter the upcoming season as seventh-year seniors.

BOZEMAN — Tricia Binford hasn’t suffered many Big Sky Conference losses in her 17 seasons as Montana State head women’s basketball coach. She barely knows how it feels to suffer a blowout defeat to a Big Sky team. Thursday’s game at Northern Arizona provided a painful reminder...

BOZEMAN — Last week, Montana State announced the hiring of Al Johnson to be its new offensive line coach. The Bobcats’ newest assistant football coach made his first media appearance on Thursday. Johnson, 44, came to MSU after one season as the running backs coach at Wisconsin, where...

BOZEMAN — Former Montana State head volleyball coach Daniel Jones is now an assistant coach at UNLV, the school announced Thursday. Jones, who spent the previous five years as MSU's head coach, is the first staff addition for UNLV's new head coach Malia Shoji. "Excited to get to work...

MISSOULA — Aanen Moody scored a career-high 26 points, Josh Bannan nearly had a triple-double and Montana collected its first two-game winning streak in Big Sky play with a 69-67 home win over Northern Colorado on Thursday. The Griz improved to 5-6 in conference play, while the Bears dropped...

MISSOULA — Montana football Director of Recruiting, Keaton Johnson, tweeted an emoji of a shark on Monday afternoon. Nineteen new off-season signees later, most fans have come to know what that signifies — another player has made his commitment to the Griz. Something else the team’s followers have...

BILLINGS- Lockwood boys basketball earned a big win on Tuesday night, running past Billings Central 58-41. You could make the argument it was the program's biggest win in its history, as they moved into first place in Southeastern A, and a new rivalry could be brewing in Yellowstone County. "That...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Thousands of frustrated Texans shivered in homes without power for a second day Thursday, most of them around booming Austin, and fading hopes of a quick fix stirred grim memories of a deadly 2021 blackout after an icy winter storm across the southern U.S. The...

BILLINGS, MT- Another Chinese balloon is being reported over Latin America. An object seen floating over the Billings area Wednesday has been confirmed to be an intelligence-gathering balloon, most certainly launched by the People's Republic of China. Late Friday a woman in Billings posted a video to Twitter of what...

Montana Senate discusses restrictions for sober living houses. Today the Montana State Senate held a second hearing considering a bill seeking to place new restrictions on housing intended for rehab and recovery.

BILLINGS, Mt: Right before the information was released about the suspected Chinese spy balloon hovering over the northern U.S. Wednesday afternoon, there was rampant speculation about what the item could have been. Several people in Montana, where the high-altitude balloon was first seen, reported that the object looked like a...

BILLINGS, Mont. - An object seen floating over the Billings area Wednesday has been confirmed to be an intelligence-gathering balloon, most certainly launched by the People's Republic of China. On Wednesday, the Billings Logan International Airport was shut down for roughly two hours around the same time many Montanans were...

The closure of I-90 between Big Timber to Livingston was lifted Wednesday afternoon. According to the Montana Department of Transportation, the high wind detour will stay in place through Livingston while strong winds and drifting snow are present. While the closure has been lifted, they are still warning residents to...