Class AA playoffs: Semifinals set with Billings West, Gallatin, Kalispell Glacier, Missoula Big Sky

Here is a roundup of scores and highlights from Class AA football action across Montana on Friday night.

NBC MT Today: AP calls race for Forstag, record-breaking business filings, breezy weekend

Gallatin rides early lead to 24-13 win over Sentinel

The 3E Gallatin Raptors travelled to 2W Sentinel to take on the Spartans and they used a fast start to hold on and advance to the state semifinal round. It was an inauspicious start for the Raptors as on the first play of the game Luke Vigen's pass was picked off by Mason Crews.

Flathead Food Bank opens new Hungry Horse location

As demand increases, the food bank is working to better serve rural communities in the Flathead by opening a new location in Hungry Horse.

Lady Griz set for 2026-27 season

The University of Montana women’s basketball program is ready to begin its new season after a disappointing 2025-26 campaign. The Lady Griz were picked to finish second in the preseason Big Sky Conference polls last year, but finished eighth. This year, the team was picked sixth, and second-year head coach Nate Harris said the team spent the offseason trying to find an identity.

Big Sky Breakdown: Jordan Tripp on Montana’s new-look defense, Portland State & the Griz playoff picture

Skyline Sports analyst and former NFL linebacker Jordan Tripp joins Colter Nuanez to break down the defensive adjustments behind Montana’s win at Eastern Washington and whether that aggressive approach is sustainable. They talk about how an explosive Griz offense changes the way the defense can play, staying focused with...

A lifetime of giving back: Jean Schurman receives Laurel Award

For Jean Schurman, volunteering has never been something she had to make time for. It has simply been part of her life for as long as she can remember. From 4-H and local schools to the Ravalli County Fairgrounds, community fundraisers and local businesses, Schurman has spent decades finding ways to support the people and organizations around her. Now, that commitment has earned her one of the Bitterroot Valley Chamber of Commerce’s notable community honors: the Laurel Award.

KPAX Missoula Area Weather: Plenty of unseasonably mild weather coming next week

Saturday was a bright, breezy & mild day for Montana & Wyoming with highs well above average. An approaching cold front on Sunday will bring stronger wind and even warmer highs before Monday cooling.

Big Sky beats CMR 38-21 for the second straight year in the quarterfinals

GREAT FALLS — The Big Sky Eagles (9-2) out-dueled the CMR Rustlers (7-3), 38-21, after building a 28-0 lead early in the third quarter at Memorial Stadium on Friday night in Great Falls. Eagles senior quarterback and Montana Griz commit Eli Kasberg accounted for four total touchdowns (three passing,...

Missoula nonprofit seeks to bridge the gap after federal funding loss

The Climate Catalyst Fund provides gap funding for projects that lower carbon pollution. A small crowd gathered in the outdoor lot at Home ReSource on a chilly October morning. Standing between pallets of repurposed lumber, stacks of lawn chairs, planter boxes, and rolls of fencing at the materials reuse store, the group’s eyes were drawn upward to a ground-mounted 115-panel solar array casting a long shadow across the yard.

Big Sky Breakdown: Brooks & Colter on the Griz win at Eastern, Brooks Davis & the Cats’ rout of Cal Poly

Big Sky Conference expert Brooks Nuanez joins Colter Nuanez for the Monday edition of Big Sky Breakdown. The brothers debate whose win was more impressive and more important heading into the stretch run: Montana’s win at Eastern Washington or Montana State’s 61-7 rout of Cal Poly. They dig...

Kalispell Man Charged in 2024 Fatal Crash Near Bigfork Pleads Not Guilty

A 42-year-old Kalispell man accused of killing a passenger in a November 2024 head-on collision on Montana Highway 35 near Bigfork while he had alcohol and THC in his system has pleaded not guilty to a count of felony vehicular homicide while under the influence. John Hunter Speier entered the...