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Nine months after Owl Bar slayings in Anaconda, bar owner still baffled as to motive

ANACONDA — David Gwerder said he remains mystified about what led Michael Paul Brown to enter the Owl Bar on the morning of Aug. 1 and, as alleged, shoot and kill the bartender and three patrons. By all accounts, Brown knew the victims. But Gwerder, who has owned the Owl Bar

Butte math whiz hopes to attend summer STEM program in Denver

Third-grader Arikson Boyd paused before answering. He had been asked whether he’s the family’s smartest member. “I don’t know about square roots, like my family does,” he said. “I don’t even know how to multiply fractions.” Yet Boyd, 9, a student at Whittier Elementary School

Butte economic board wrestles with 'elephants in the room' on business park development

Todd Tregidga called the REC Silicon and Sabey Data Centers agenda items “the elephants in the room.” There was practically a herd. News broke this week that REC Silicon had alerted Butte-Silver Bow County earlier this month of the company’s plans to buy land in the Montana Connections

Butte laments the loss of Pekin Noodle Parlor, a symbol of the city's Chinese history

The Pekin Noodle Parlor was the talk of the town on Thursday. Word spread quickly when Jerry Tam, owner of the Pekin Noodle Parlor, announced early in the afternoon on Facebook that the restaurant had closed. In a released statement, Tam explained family and people just stopped coming, while even

REC Silicon opts to buy land once slated for Sabey Data Center in Butte business park

The Sabey Data Center proposed for a business park west of Butte faces the prospect of a significant obstacle — losing land the company anticipated using for the sprawling facility. REC Advanced Silicon Materials LLC, a current tenant of the Montana Connections Business Development Park, seems poised to acquire property potentially

Keith Miller focused on 'what's best for kids' as he readies to lead Butte School District

Keith Miller’s mother grew up on a cattle ranch near Drummond, and Miller enjoyed time there with his grandfather. Decades later, Miller admits his abundant boyhood energy sometimes rattled his grandfather. “My grandpa was a really slow, methodical kind of guy, and I needed to have a foot nailed

Gianforte: Leveraging the support from Trump, other Republicans for Montana mining is key

Critical minerals supply a true 'crisis' in the U.S. or overstated?