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Helena College Launching Montana's Only Occupational Therapy Assistant Program
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:47
Helena College is about to enroll its first class of students into a new Occupational Therapy Assistant program — a credential that doesn't exist anywhere else in the Montana university system and that college leaders say addresses a genuine workforce gap across the state.
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CR Anderson Eighth Graders Test Soil and Pottery for Lead as Part of State Health Partnership
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:47
Students at CR Anderson Middle School are getting a hands-on introduction to environmental health this fall, learning to identify where lead exposure can occur in everyday life — from garden soil to glazed pottery sitting on a kitchen shelf. The project is a collaboration between the school and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, giving eighth graders a chance to do real-world testing rather than just read about the issue in a textbook.
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MSU-Northern Lands $2.5 Million Federal Grant for Student Advising and Career Support
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:46
Montana State University-Northern is planning to expand its advising and career support services after securing approximately $2.5 million in federal funding spread over five years. The grant comes through the U.S. Department of Education's Strengthening Institutions program, which targets colleges serving students who need additional academic and professional scaffolding to reach graduation and employment.
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Miles City High School Splits Principal Role Between Two Administrators After Late Vacancies
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:47
Custer County District High School in Miles City is heading into the school year with an unusual leadership arrangement: two principals sharing the job instead of one. The situation arose after both the head principal and assistant principal positions came open late in the hiring cycle, leaving the district scrambling to fill the roles before students returned to class.
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Montana WILD Hosts Spooky Species Storytime for Pre-K Kids Every Wednesday in October
1 source · helenaevents.com · 06:47
Montana WILD at 2668 Broadwater Ave is running a free wildlife storytime series for pre-K children and younger every Wednesday in October, with sessions on October 7, 14, 21, and 28 from 9:00 to 9:45 a.m.
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Decades After the Smelter Closed, East Helena's Cleanup Is Reshaping What the Town Can Become
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:47
The 16-million-ton slag pile at the edge of East Helena is hard to miss and harder to forget. It is what a century of lead smelting leaves behind — and for the community that grew up in the smelter's shadow, it has defined both the challenge and, increasingly, the opportunity of the past several decades of environmental remediation work.
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East Helena Schools Take a Hard Look at Four-Day Week
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:47
East Helena Public Schools is in the early stages of exploring whether a four-day school week could work for its district, joining a conversation that a growing number of Montana school systems have already had — and in some cases acted on.
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Northwest Montana Apple Season Peaks Near Flathead Lake — But Helena Shoppers May Feel the Benefit
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:47
Apple harvest season is in full swing near Flathead Lake, with growers like O'Farrell Orchards south of Bigfork seeing strong production across multiple varieties. Owner David O'Farrell, who has operated the orchard for close to three decades, said Macintosh remains the top seller of the season.
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No. 3 Montana Rolls Past Northern Colorado 36-14, Stays Perfect in Big Sky Play
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:47
Third-ranked Montana showed no signs of a hangover Saturday at Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, rolling past Northern Colorado 36-14 to stay undefeated in Big Sky Conference play. The Grizzlies are now 5-1 overall and 3-0 in conference — a start that has them sitting among the top programs in the Football Championship Subdivision.
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Helena School Board Holds Full Board Meeting in September
edition · 06:46
The Helena School District held a full board meeting on September 8, 2026. Agenda details and specific items taken up by the board were not available in the source materials.
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Montana FWP Defends Decision to Euthanize 14 Food-Conditioned Bears Near Bozeman
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:47
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks euthanized 14 bears near Bozeman after determining the animals had become food-conditioned and habituated to humans — a combination that wildlife managers consider one of the most dangerous and irreversible outcomes in bear management. The agency has defended the decision publicly, with information officer Morgan Jacobsen calling it a regrettable but necessary outcome.
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Broadwater Elementary Adds Fencing and Visual Barriers After Armed Man Spotted Nearby
edition · 06:47
Broadwater Elementary School in Helena has installed cyclone fencing and visual barriers around its campus after school administrators spotted a man armed with a gun outside his home across from the school last Friday. The changes are now visible to parents and students arriving on campus each morning.
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FWP Pheasant Releases Aim to Put Young Hunters in the Field This Fall
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:47
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is releasing pheasants on public lands across the state this fall as part of its Roosters for Recruitment program, an effort to give younger and newer hunters a better chance at a successful first season.
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Montana FOI Coalition Honors Journalist and Attorney for Public Records Work
1 source · daily montanan · 06:49
The Montana Freedom of Information Coalition recognized two Montanans last Thursday for work they say has advanced the public's right to access government records and information. Missoula broadcast journalist Anna Rau and Bozeman attorney Kyle Nelson each received the organization's John Kuglin Award at a ceremony marking their contributions to open government in Montana.
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MSU's Pink Out Tradition Fills Bobcat Stadium for Seventh Year Running
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:48
Montana State University fans turned Bobcat Stadium into a sea of pink Saturday, continuing a breast cancer awareness tradition that has become one of the more distinctive game-day rituals in the program's calendar. The Pink Out, now in its seventh year since launching in 2018, preceded the Bobcats' home matchup against Central Connecticut State.
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Eli Gillman Breaks Montana Rushing Record, but Grizzlies Fall to Oregon State
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:47
University of Montana senior running back Eli Gillman wrote his name into Griz history Saturday night in Corvallis, surpassing a 25-year-old school record for career rushing yards that had belonged to Yohance Humphery. The milestone, though, was overshadowed by the scoreboard: No. 3-ranked Montana couldn't keep pace with Oregon State's offense and dropped the game to the Pac-12 Beavers.
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Capital High School Breaks Ground on Long-Awaited Renovation Project
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:47
Dozens of students, staff, and community members gathered at Capital High School Thursday for a groundbreaking ceremony marking the official start of a major renovation project at the Helena school. The event drew a crowd that reflected how long the community has been waiting for the upgrade — and how much is riding on getting it right.
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Montana Fruit Growers Report Decimated Harvests After Year of Extreme Weather
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:47
Montana fruit growers are coming to the end of a difficult season, and the reasons aren't hard to trace: an unforgiving stretch of drought, hard freezes, and erratic spring temperatures that hit orchards and berry farms at exactly the wrong times. Christie Walsh, who operates Township Road Farm in Worden, told MTN that the combination of summer drought and winter-to-spring temperature swings killed a significant portion of her fruit crop — including haskap berries and raspberries that didn't survive the stress.
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Two Years In, Montana Schools Say Narcan Kits Are Saving Lives
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:47
State officials say Narcan kits placed in Montana high schools and middle schools two years ago are successfully reversing opioid overdoses — a milestone that began with a single kit installed at Billings Senior High School in September 2024.
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Montana Troopers Remind Helena Drivers: Stop for School Buses or Face Consequences
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:46
With the new school year underway, Montana Highway Patrol troopers are stepping up enforcement around school bus stops and asking drivers across the Helena area to remember the law: when the red lights flash, you stop.
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No. 1 Montana State Opens Title Defense with 54-0 Rout of Utah Tech
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:48
Montana State opened its national championship defense the way Bobcat fans have come to expect — with a lopsided shutout of a Big Sky Conference opponent on the road. Quarterback Justin Lamson accounted for three touchdowns and receiver Dane Steel put together a career performance as MSU blanked Big Sky newcomer Utah Tech 54-0 Saturday at Greater Zion Stadium in St. George, Utah.
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Gianforte, HUD Secretary Meet in Bozeman on Foster Youth Housing Challenges
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:48
Gov. Greg Gianforte joined U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner at Montana State University in Bozeman Thursday for a roundtable discussion focused on youth who are aging out of the foster care system — a population that faces some of the steepest odds of housing instability and homelessness of any group in the country.
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Indian Education for All Settlement Draws Praise from Tribal Nations and Montana Schools Chief
1 source · daily montanan · 06:48
A settlement in the Indian Education for All lawsuit has been welcomed by tribal nations, parents, and the Office of Public Instruction, offering what advocates say is a meaningful step toward fulfilling a constitutional mandate that Montana schools have long struggled to meet consistently.
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Hardin High Students Premiere Film Spoken Almost Entirely in the Crow Language
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:49
Approximately 20 Hardin High School students are premiering a film Thursday night that they spent the spring and summer creating — and nearly every word of dialogue is spoken in the Crow language.
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Diocese Cancels St. Patrick's Academy Days Before School Year, Leaving Families Scrambling
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:48
The Catholic Diocese of Great Falls-Billings announced Friday that St. Patrick's Academy High School will not open for the 2026-27 school year, notifying families days before the new school year was set to begin. Bishop Jeffrey Fleming sent a letter to families explaining that the diocese was unable to hire a full-time principal and qualified faculty — a staffing failure that left enrolled students without a school to attend.
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Montana Ag and Industrial Arts Teachers Learn Knife Making in Summer Professional Development Course
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:47
Agriculture and industrial arts teachers from across Montana spent two days this summer learning how to make knives at Cascade High School — a hands-on professional development course organized by the Montana Office of Public Instruction designed to sharpen both craft skills and classroom confidence.
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Camp Bright Horizons Gives Kids With Incarcerated Parents a Week at Carroll College
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:46
Children from across Lewis and Clark County whose parents are incarcerated gathered at Carroll College this summer for Camp Bright Horizons, a program designed to give kids a shared space where their specific experience — one that can carry stigma and isolation — is understood rather than explained.
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Helena Schools Begin Preparations for 2026-2027 Academic Year
1 source · helena public schools · 06:48
Helena's public schools are moving into the planning phase for the 2026-2027 academic year, with back-to-school preparations underway for students, families, and staff across the district.
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State Hiring Business Education Specialist for Office of Public Instruction
1 source · montana state jobs · 06:47
The Montana Office of Public Instruction is accepting applications for a Business Education Specialist position, according to a job posting listed by the state. The position is open at multiple locations and sits within OPI's curriculum and instructional support division, which works with K-12 schools across Montana on content-area standards, teacher resources, and career and technical education programs.
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EPA Resumes Yard Excavations in East Helena to Remove Lead-Contaminated Soil
1 source · montana free press · 06:47
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it will excavate additional residential properties in East Helena this week as part of the long-running cleanup of the former ASARCO smelter site, one of Montana's most complex Superfund cases. The work targets yards where soil lead levels exceed the agency's safety threshold, and the EPA said any property inside the East Helena Superfund boundaries that tests above that threshold qualifies for remediation at no cost to the homeowner.
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Fourth Annual Farm-to-Table Festival Draws 300-Plus to Bodhi Farms
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:46
More than 300 people turned out for the fourth annual Farm-to-Table Food Festival at Bodhi Farms, where 10 chefs and local food businesses prepared dishes built around Montana-grown ingredients. The event brought together farmers, cooks, and eaters for a celebration of the state's agricultural supply chain, from the ranches and fields that produce the raw ingredients to the kitchens that turn them into finished food.
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Salish Filmmaker Roy Bigcrane Leaves Behind Decades of Storytelling and an Irreplaceable Archive
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:46
Roy Bigcrane, a Salish filmmaker whose documentary work stretched across more than three decades, has died, leaving behind a body of work that captured the struggles and resilience of his people in a way that no outside journalist could have replicated. As the great-great-grandson of Atatice — the legendary Salish leader credited with helping save the bison — Bigcrane carried an inheritance that shaped both what he chose to film and how he chose to show it.
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Great Falls College MSU Picks Insider to Lead Institution After Nationwide Search
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:46
Great Falls College MSU has named Dr. Leanne Frost as its new CEO and Dean following a nationwide search that ended, as these searches sometimes do, with the best candidate already in the building.
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Helena School Board Holds Work Session
1 source · helena public schools · 06:47
The Helena School District board held a work session on July 15, 2026. Work sessions are used by the board to review policy questions, receive staff presentations, and discuss upcoming agenda items outside of the formal action meeting structure. No votes are taken during work sessions.
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State Office of Public Instruction Seeks Special Education Parent Liaison in Helena
1 source · montana state jobs · 06:47
The Montana Office of Public Instruction is recruiting for a Special Education Parent Liaison position based in Helena, according to a state job posting. The position, listed under job number 03013, is housed within OPI's Helena offices and focuses on supporting families navigating the state's special education system.
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Forsyth's 118-Degree Weekend Reading Won't Stand as Montana Record, NWS Says
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:47
A temperature reading from Forsyth that briefly circulated as a potential all-time Montana heat record this past weekend will not be certified, the National Weather Service said. The gauge recorded 118 degrees during Eastern Montana's weekend heat wave — a number that, if valid, would have rewritten the state record books. Forecasters reviewed the reading and declined to validate it.
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Janicki Industries Breaks Ground on $800M Manufacturing Campus in Great Falls
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:48
Janicki Industries officially broke ground Friday on what the company says will become its largest manufacturing campus, a 180-acre development at Great Falls' AgriTech Park representing an estimated $800 million investment. The project is expected to bring more than 2,000 jobs to Great Falls, making it one of the largest single economic development announcements in Montana in recent memory.
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Bitterroot Valley Nonprofit Connects Local Farms to Families Across the Region
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:47
Since 2015, the OHara Commons & Sustainability Center in the Bitterroot Valley has been working to strengthen the web of relationships between local farms, ranches, gardens, and the families who want to buy from them — a decade-long effort to make locally grown food more than a farmers market transaction.
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Office of Public Instruction Posts Data Specialist Job in Helena
1 source · montana state jobs · 06:47
Montana's Office of Public Instruction is hiring a Future Ready Data Specialist, according to a posting captured from the state jobs board June 18. The position is based in Helena, where OPI's central offices are located in the state Capitol complex.
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Schools and Stadiums: Helena's $280 Million Education Bet Moves to Dirt
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Nine months ago, Helena voters said yes to a $280 million school construction bond package — and this week, that 'yes' became a bulldozer. Ground broke on the new Helena High School, turning a ballot result into an actual construction site. It's the kind of milestone that tends to quiet skeptics and energize supporters simultaneously, and for families with kids currently navigating aging facilities, it's the news they've been waiting for. Separately, Carroll College men's basketball players were out this week restriping parking lots around town — a fundraising and community-service effort that puts the program squarely in the Helena fabric in the off-season. Carroll basketball isn't just playing games here; it's painting lines at your local business. Capital High School appeared 17 times in this week's coverage, suggesting the new high school project is already generating sustained reporting attention that will likely continue for years as construction progresses.
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Carroll Basketball Players Restripe Parking Lots to Fund Program, Give Back to Helena
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:48
Carroll College men's basketball players have spent part of their summer on their knees with paint rollers, restriping parking lots around Helena as a way to earn money for the program and stay connected to the community during the off-season. Head coach Dan Pearson came up with the idea, and the players — nicknamed the "painting saints" — have been taking on lots across the area.
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Ground Breaks on New Helena High School as $280 Million Bond Program Moves from Ballot to Bulldozers
1 source · montana free press · 06:46
Nine months after Helena voters approved more than $280 million in school construction bonds, the project that anchored the campaign is moving from planning tables to actual ground. A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Helena High School is scheduled for Tuesday evening, marking the formal start of construction on the most expensive school building project in the district's history.
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Great Northwest Challenge Draws 2,000 High School Rugby Players to Bozeman From Across the Country
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:47
More than 2,000 high school rugby players representing 35 states converged on Bozeman this weekend for the Great Northwest Challenge, turning the city into what may be the largest concentration of youth rugby talent assembled in Montana in recent memory.
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Helena Schools Are at a Crossroads — and Not Just One
edition · 09:01
The Helena school district showed up in multiple education stories this week, and the picture they paint together is one of an institution managing change from several directions at once. More than 200 Helena High seniors crossed the stage at Carroll College's Nelson Stadium — a milestone worth celebrating. Jim Darcy Elementary marked more than two decades of its agriculture education program, a quiet success story. But Hawthorne Elementary's future is uncertain as the district weighs what to do with a century-old building in the westside mansion district, and the school board held a work session at Central Elementary that residents may not even know happened. Meanwhile, just down the highway in Anaconda, the local paper that would have covered stories like these for 55 years printed its final edition this week. That last point matters to Helena too: a community's ability to hold its school board accountable depends partly on whether anyone is watching. The Hawthorne question will require public input. Residents should find out when that conversation is happening.
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Anaconda Leader Closes After 55 Years, Another Montana Community Loses Its Local Paper
1 source · montana free press · 06:47
The Anaconda Leader, which had published twice a week for more than half a century in the small southwest Montana city of Anaconda, printed its last edition Friday and announced its closure Monday. Editor James Rosien and owner Van Neitz confirmed the shutdown, citing conditions that have eroded local news operations across the country.
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Jim Darcy Elementary Marks More Than Two Decades of Hands-On Agriculture Education
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:04
For more than twenty years, Jim Darcy Elementary School on Helena's east side has been bringing agriculture into the classroom — not as a unit in a textbook, but as a hands-on experience meant to connect students with the work that defines Montana's economy and landscape. The program has become a fixture of the school's identity, outlasting individual teachers and administrators to become something the building is known for.
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More Than 200 Helena High Seniors Cross the Stage at Carroll College
1 source · google news (helena) · 06:04
Helena High School graduated more than 200 students Saturday at Valley Bank Field at Nelson Stadium on the Carroll College campus, closing out a school year that saw the senior class navigate its way to a ceremony that, by all accounts, landed with the weight the occasion deserved. Smiles and tears were both on display as the Class of 2026 collected their diplomas under the open sky.
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Helena School Board Holds Work Session at Central Elementary
1 source · helena public schools · 06:04
The Helena Public Schools Board of Trustees held a work session at Central Elementary on May 26. Work sessions are used by school boards to discuss policy questions, budget matters, and operational issues in a less formal setting than regular board meetings, and typically do not include final votes on action items.
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Hawthorne Elementary's Future Uncertain as Helena School District Weighs Options
1 source · montana free press · 06:04
Hawthorne Elementary sits on a small hill in Helena's westside mansion district, where it has served the neighborhood for more than a century. Now, its future is uncertain — and for people like Jack Evans, who attended Hawthorne in the late 1990s after moving from California and still keeps in touch with friends he made there, the stakes are personal.
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Browning Senior Becomes First in School History to Win QuestBridge Scholarship, Heading to Northwestern
1 source · ktvh helena · 06:04
Sophia Guerrero-Gobert did something no Browning High School student had ever done before: she won a QuestBridge National College Match Scholarship, earning a full ride to Northwestern University worth more than $500,000 in tuition, room, board, and fees.