Helena, Montana
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 q
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 e...
Jun 10
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 te...
Jun 7
Helena High School graduated more than 200 students Saturday at Valley Bank Field at Nelson Stadium on the Carroll College campus, closing out a schoo...
Jun 7
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 po...
Jun 6
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, it...
Jun 6
Sophia Guerrero-Gobert did something no Browning High School student had ever done before: she won a QuestBridge National College Match Scholarship, e...
Jun 4
The family and friends of a 13-year-old Billings girl who died by suicide last October are pressing for expanded mental health and counseling resource...
Jun 2
Adella Harris of Helena was crowned Miss Montana 2026 on Saturday at the Mother Lode Theatre in Butte, taking the title that will send her to compete ...
Jun 2
Warmer temperatures are pushing more snakes onto Montana's trails just as families, dogs, and hikers are heading back outside — and local experts say ...
May 30
The East Helena Public Schools Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a separation agreement with teacher Erik Pritchard, whose employment wil...
May 29
Helena's urban deer population reached a record density this year, according to data collected by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the City of Hel...
May 16
Carroll College celebrated its 116th commencement ceremony Saturday at Nelson Stadium, with 381 members of the Class of 2026 turning their tassels and...
May 12
Tuesday's levy results landed with a thud in Helena: local voters rejected a public school funding measure, putting the city in the same column as Bil...
May 8
Aspyn Schnetter has spent years perfecting her balance on a four-inch-wide beam. Now the Billings athlete is taking her skills to the national Special...
May 7
For a patient in a small Montana community, a referral to a specialist can mean a four-hour round trip to Great Falls — and that's on a good day with ...
May 5
The Helena Halos have been named Special Olympics Montana's 2026 Local Program of the Year, recognition that reflects what participants and coaches de...
May 2
The Montana Supreme Court has made significant changes to student eligibility rules governing high school athletics, a decision rooted in part in the ...
May 2
The Canyon Creek Stock 4-H club has raised nearly $19,000 to build a new, larger wash rack at the Lewis and Clark County fairgrounds, a project the cl...
May 1
Helena Public Schools is reinstating its School Age Child Care program for summer 2026, offering structured daytime supervision and activities for stu...
Apr 30
Carroll College nursing students participated in a mock mass casualty simulation Tuesday, practicing emergency response to a scenario involving a terr...
Apr 29
Congressional Democrats and higher education advocates gathered outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to push back against the Trump administration's ...
Apr 29
The Helena Symphony will present Symphony Kids — a free education concert designed for children ages 5 through 10 — on Saturday, March 13, at St. Paul...
Apr 28
The Helena Public Schools Board of Trustees held a full board meeting on April 14, 2026. Meeting materials were posted to the district's website the f...
Apr 25
Helena Public Schools has published a frequently asked questions document on its website related to the district's 2026 election. The FAQ was posted A...
Apr 25
The Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest reports that openings remain available for young people interested in joining the Youth Forest Monitoring P...
Apr 25