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Fran Johnson's has been closed for many years now but it's building, the Socialist Hall, is finding new life as remodeling is underway. It is a unique building in a city with an incredible history.

U.S. Senator Steve Daines announced today after years of advocating for Montana to serve as the home to one of the military’s newest aircraft, the 120th Airlift Wing in Great Falls will be one of the preferred locations for the new C-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft.

Even for a guy who has a "Late Show with David Letterman" appearance and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top in his contacts list, this one is pretty cool. Butte, America's own Tim Montana has taken his latest song, "Devil You Know" into the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

The 10th ranked Montana Tech Oredigger volleyball team is gearing up for the start of conference play next week and are eager to defend their conference title. They will get a look at their conference foes at the Frontier Conference Preseason Tournament getting underway Thursday on the campus of the University of Montana-Western in Dillon.

After last week's convincing win over Central Washington University, Oredigger fans are chomping the bit to get their beloved team back in town and back to work this Saturday. The Orediggers will open conference play against Eastern Oregon at 1pm at Bob Green Field at Alumni Coliseum and Metals Sports Bar and Grill on the corner of Park and Main is back with their first "Kegs and Eggs" party of the young season.

The Frontier Conference announced their Football Players of the Week awards on Monday, and the Special Teams award went to Montana Tech punter Andrew Almos.

Wow. You've gotta see these pictures as a double rainbow appeared over New York City early Monday evening on the 22nd anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

The Butte High Bulldogs and Butte Central Maroons have posted their activities schedules for the upcoming week. Let's see what our local teams and programs have on tap.

If anything, Matt Boyle likes to dream big. Many of us do. What sets Matt apart, however, is that he chases his dreams. Relentlessly. And he usually catches them. Matt's latest big event was the Butte Food Truck Festival and Block Party held last Saturday on East Galena between Main and Arizona. The festival filled two full blocks with food trucks and vendors on either side of the street with an incredible stage bordering Main Street. And it fed and entertained the masses.

Bozeman Montana is a popular place and attracts tens of thousands of folks each year, however, the rest of Montana isn't as fond of the city as you would think.