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August was a another record month for recreational marijuana sales in Montana.  in August,  $19,807,451 was sold statewide and that breaks the old record set in July at $19,172,146. Voters legalized the sale of marijuana on the 2020 ballot and it went into effect in January of this year.  And thr...

Both were arrested in Billings area.   Authorities out of Yellowstone County say a prisoner with ties to Cascade County is on the loose today after escaping the county jail last night.  31-year-old Cody Flesch, seen in our featured picture in this story, was able to escape through a window that had been dislodged.  Also es...

Mayor testifies before congress on cancer. The mayor is a cancer survivor.

The small town of Conrad, Montana is reeling after a wind-swept fire ripped through the northern part of the town.  The fire broke out around 3:45pm Wednesday and was not contained until 7:30p.  One report said the fire swept through at least eight miles from just north of Conrad to eight miles east as it jumped I-15. One h...

Here is this weeks Midweek Mug Shots segment.  This week we feature six guys and one woman who was caught at the border and charged with trafficking persons. Remember all are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. These are just seven mug shots of the 410 that are sitting in the Cascade County Jail at this posting. ...

The town of Choteau continues to deal with at least one Grizzly bear.  A grizzly was spotted Saturday chewing on a dead deer carcass near the rodeo grounds.  Mayor Chris Hindoien says a grizzly was spotted again Yesterday morning on the south end of town.  Workers...

A Cascade County Sheriff's Deputy has been cleared in the shooting death of a man in Great Falls last March.  Deputy Brandt Olsen was cleared after a three-hour Coroner's Inquest by a 7-0 jury vote. Deputy Olsen  pulled over 34-year-old Travis Sipes on March 21, 2022.  Sipes w...

Father gets 100-years without parole for murdering his son in

"A River Runs Through It" launched a fly fishing craze all over the world. Making Missoula the Mecca of fly fishing for anyone who knew how to tie a knot on a bead head nymph.

With one week to go it appears  the homeless living on a downtown Great Falls Church Property are in no hurry to leave.  It was announced last week that United Methodist Church was dropping efforts to allow the homeless to stay on church property and instead would for all to leave the property by August first.  Picture...