Up in the 406

Montana head football coach Bobby Hauck and his staff added four new players to the 2024 roster – two from the high school ranks and two additional transfers – on National Signing Day Wednesday.

This winter I’ve been digitizing old family documents. I encourage everyone – if you haven’t already done it – to ask your parents and grandparents to share stories from their past because, as my father realized, the accuracy of those memories can diminish with time.

Race Director Trisha Drobeck said they are playing the situation by ear, since it's not yet clear if the county will repair the bridge or keep the span closed.

In December 1923, Waldemar Kaempffert, a “noted technical expert,” described the transition from the “the first timid experiments” with radio signals to the birth of the “broadcasting business.” That business created a whole new language and job descriptions. There were terms like “Broadcast Studio,” “Power Room” and “Master Clock,” and job titles like “Director of Broadcasting,” “Power Man” and “Announcer.”

Arthur Endsley writes, "A Neighborway is better (and much cheaper to build) than a sidewalk: it’s a model for carbon-free mobility and community place-making."

After leading the Montana Grizzlies to the FCS national championship game this past season, Hauck has agreed to a new three-year contract with UM, which was announced by the school on Thursday.

Montana ranked third-worst among states for suicide deaths in 2020, and 25% of all suicides in the state from 2017 through 2021 were among Native Americans, even though they represent only 6.5% of the state’s population.

Several members of the City Council on Monday night remembered Missoula Police Department Sgt. Jerry Odlin's dedication to the city, his job and family before his passing last week.

The search for Eva Masin Prather, a missing woman out of Missoula, continues with billboards going up statewide to get the word out. Masin Prather was last seen on Dec. 30.

Achoo! Achoo! Don’t stand too close to me. I have the curse, the scourge of human existence – the common cold! Since no contemporary elixir is helping, perhaps I should look to the past. One hundred years ago, panaceas abounded.