Up in the 406

The 18th annual River City Roots Festival drew a good crowd to downtown Missoula on a hot summer night. Were you there and, if so, do you remember?

By Jim Harmon Autumn is my favorite season, except . . . Except for what follows: WINTER! Wouldn’t it be splendid if fall lasted a full six months, then transitioned effortlessly into spring? The poets know of what I speak. ...

It was a tale of two halves in North Dakota on Saturday night as the Fighting Hawks used a big comeback in the second half to upset Montana 27-24.

The University of Montana Grizzlies heads east at 1-0 looking for redemption against the University of North Dakota for that 2018 loss, buoyed with confidence from a week-one win.

Several police officers and other school resource officers arrived at the school and detained the 17-year-old male suspected of carrying the firearm.

Montana out-shot IU Indy 31-2, with eight players taking multiple shots, the game-winner coming in the 16th minute.

In Bozeman, Mrs. S.M. Emery led the effort to create the Montana State Housekeepers Society in 1895, with the aim of “promoting better housekeeping throughout the state.”

Montana defeated Missouri State 29-24 to win their 13th consecutive home game.

William Munoz writes, "P!NK is known in part for the extravagance of her live shows. To see it in person is a beautiful visual overload."

The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana recently was awarded a $10 million grant to strengthen people-to-people ties between the U.S. and Southeast Asia.