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Butte Mai Wah Society honors Chinese ancestors at Qingming Festival

BUTTE, Mont. — The Mai Wah Society held a traditional Chinese Tomb Sweeping Day observance on Sunday afternoon at the local cemetery. The event marked the commencement of the Qingming Festival, a tradition centered on remembering ancestors and celebrating spring. Participants swept historic graves connected to Butte’s Chinese community and

Bride stuns guests by traveling to her wedding by train

Bride stuns guests by traveling to her wedding by train

By Lauren Beavis A bride stunned her guests by traveling to her wedding on a public train. Bethan Thomas, 37, turned heads when she arrived for her big day on a Transport for Wales (TfW) service - wearing her full wedding dress and bouquet. The Welsh bride-to-be and her

'Unique in our people and our purpose': Montana Tech celebrates graduates at commencement

Students donning graduation caps and hard hats filed into the HPER Saturday morning as Montana Technological University celebrated its graduating students. “Montana Tech is unique because of our people and our purpose,” said Johnny MacLean, Montana Tech’s chancellor. “We show up with dirty boots and calloused hands, and we

'Be proud': Carroll College celebrates graduates at 116th commencement ceremony

Carroll College celebrated 281 graduates on Saturday with speeches about faculty's goals for them, personal mementos and memories and heartfelt sendoffs. The 116th Carroll College commencement ceremony saw a crowded Valley Bank Field at Nelson Stadium packed with friends and family of graduates who cheered them on throughout

‘Getting f-cked up by 12 o’clock’: St. Patrick's Day in Butte continues to draw college crowds

‘Getting f-cked up by 12 o’clock’: St. Patrick's Day in Butte continues to draw college crowds

A mass of people wearing every imaginable shade of green gathered in the streets of Butte last week to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Parade attendees wore beaded necklaces and carried lagers as they embodied the jolly Irish spirit. “We’re here for St. Patty’s Day to celebrate the

Mattioli, Wayne

Wayne Louis Mattioli January 17, 1939 - March 15, 2026 Wayne Louis Mattioli, 87, died March 15, 2026, in his home, of natural causes. A great lover of nature, kids, and the Butte Kiwanis Sunshine Camp, he fundraised for them for decades. Dad is lying in a beautiful field of grass,

Wayne Louis Mattioli

January 17, 1939 - March 15, 2026 Wayne Louis Mattioli, 87, died March 15, 2026, in his home, of natural causes. A great lover of nature, kids, and the Butte Kiwanis Sunshine Camp, he fundraised for them for decades. Dad is lying in a beautiful field of grass, looking at the