Up in the 406

Montana (9-4, 5-3 BSC) returns to the second round of the playoffs for the seventh time in the last decade on Saturday, extending the program’s record of 28 postseason appearances by another week.

It was the end of the inaugural year of classes at the University of Montana. The students were about to take their first summer break from college, and one of their professors had some advice.

Gov. Greg Gianforte made his way to Bozeman on Monday to help pick out a 40-foot tree.

Upon arrival, officers discovered a 37-year-old woman inside the vehicle, deceased with visible injuries to her face and no signs of life.

“DUFFY vs THE CATS” was the headline, describing the warring parties: Anaconda Prosecuting Attorney John H. Duffy versus a neighborhood covey of cats, a flock of felines, owned by Johnny Horn.

The first-round game will be broadcast to millions of television sets nationwide on ESPN2. It is the only first round game that will be broadcast on national TV.

Consider this response from a Bitterroot Valley editor to the 1894 presidential election: “I look upon the result of the election as a forerunner of Republican success in the future. I regard it as an endorsement by the people both of the declared policy of the Republican Party and in its ability to do some thing in the line of its policy when in power."

Last week, blues singer-songwriter ZZ Ward brought her original songs to the stage singing with her powerful but unique voice that melds the blues with many other styles, including hip hop, R&B and rock.

The Montana Grizzlies overcame a first half shut-out and a second-half power outage at Washington-Grizzly Stadium to come away with a 28-17 win over Portland State.

If you’ve been in Missoula for a very long time, you’ll may remember the store on North Higgins, next to Woolworth’s, before it went out of business in the 1950s. Back in 1912, the Barnhill brothers, Garnett and Hyatt, bought Joe Fitzgerald’s menswear store, closed briefly for remodeling, then opened “Barney’s” for business at 222 North Higgins on August 1 with “new stock.”