Video: Scenes from the 2026 St. Patrick's Day parade in Uptown Butte Hundreds of people took to Butte's Uptown on Tuesday for the annual St. Patrick's Day parade.
From Ireland to Butte: Author embarks on a journey into her Irish grandmother’s past Like so many of Butte’s Irish descendants, Debbie Bowman Shea, a Butte author, has ancestral ties to Ireland’s Beara Peninsula. It is estimated more than 2,000 people migrated to Butte from the Beara, including Shea’s grandparents, Abigail “Bina” Harrington Healy, who hailed from Allihies, and Michael
Federal appeals court upholds decision blocking Montana law restricting drag performances A federal appeals panel last week blocked a Montana law prohibiting drag performances in public places, marking another win for the groups who took the first-of-its kind policy to court. House Bill 359 garnered national headlines when it passed the 2023 Legislature, controlled by a Republican supermajority, and
Aaron Flint debuts Montana congressional campaign before Republican group Aaron Flint, the Republican candidate handpicked by U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke to replace him, debuted his campaign before a local GOP group in Missoula on Friday. "This fight, this seat, this race right here in western Montana is critical to whether we remain a free Republic for another
As dementia cases climb in the Bitterroot, a new community initiative offers support, hope The first time Star Jameson joined the Ravalli County Council on Aging’s support group, she did nothing but listen. It was 2019. Four years earlier, Jameson’s husband, Brian, had received an Alzheimer's diagnosis. At the time, she felt lost. Navigating the complicated maze of homecare, funding
Critics warn of a ‘slippery slope’ as housing plan moves to Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem As threats to divest and develop public lands from the federal government are ramping up, public lands supporters are on edge. Now, a new plan to use federal land in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to house private-sector workers is at the center of hot-button issues around extreme economic
Critics warn of a ‘slippery slope’ as housing plan moves to Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem As threats to divest and develop public lands from the federal government are ramping up, public lands supporters are on edge. Now, a new plan to use federal land in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to house private-sector workers is at the center of hot-button issues around extreme economic