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Read was the architect of Montana’s first national championship in 1995 and led the Grizzlies to a pair of semifinal appearances and conference titles en route to becoming Montana’s all-time winningest coach during his 10-year career.

Former Montana Lady Griz standout Katie (Baker) Faulkner is the new head women's basketball coach at Pepperdine University, the school announced Friday.

Housing, homelessness, infrastructure and education topped the list of issues on Monday during the annual State of the Community address.

A huge construction project is set to begin at the University of Montana in August of this year: a new $100-million, 600-bed residence hall to replace three existing dorms: Elrod, Craig and Duniway.

William Munoz writes, "These two, without the spectacle of the normal Beats Antique concert, were able to draw the crowd into the deeper intricacies of the music while still generating movement with the audience."

Montana posted highlights for both teams on both sides of the ball and plenty of minutes for every man on the roster, giving the sizeable crowd plenty to be excited about in the upcoming season.

While the population of Missoula County in 1975 was little more than 67,000 residents – the City of Missoula even less – it has since grown more than 80%, now housing more than 121,000 people.

Dear Savannah Guthrie, I’m sorry I fired you. It’s actually true. Your humble history columnist actually did fire (well, “laid off”) the one and only Savannah Guthrie, in what became known as “Black Friday” in Butte: October 30, 1993.

In the last year, residential property taxes jumped nearly $270 million in Montana while commercial property taxes rose $37 million. In comparison, corporate and mining taxes fell by $72 million.

He apparently was too deep into his childhood fantasy to “notice a bunch of urchins peeking out of a doorway across the street.”