Butte products shine in Sonny Holland Classic

BOZEMAN — On a day named for a Bobcat legend from Butte, two players from there shone in Montana State’s annual Sonny Holland Classic spring scrimmage in Bobcat Stadium on Saturday.

The Montana Legislature tried, and failed, to define sex

In 2023, the Montana State Legislature passed a bill, signed into law by the governor, that defined sex and sexuality as being either, and only, male or female.

Missoula district court hear arguments on case defining sex

Defining “sex” makes some people think back on the President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal — so said lawyer Kyle Gray on Tuesday in Missoula County District Court.

Judge strikes down Montana law defining sex as only male or female for procedural reasons

MISSOULA (AP) — A judge on Tuesday struck down a Montana law that defined "sex" in state law as only male or female, finding that it was unconstitutional.

Lockwood holds off Browning in A semifinal

BILLINGS — The burst belonged to the Lockwood Lions Friday.

Transgender bathroom restrictions take effect as Montana governor signs law

HELENA (AP) — Transgender people in Montana can no longer use bathrooms in public buildings that do not align with their sex assigned at birth after Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed new restrictions into law Thursday.

Andrew Nickolas Schrade, 21

Andrew Nickolas Schrade was born in Kalispell on Sept. 30, 2002. He attended Trinity Lutheran School and graduated from Glacier High School. On Thursday morning, Aug. 22, Andrew, age 21, beloved son of Duane Schrade and Denise Weller was called to heaven.

Convicted sex offender facing revocation of suspended sentences

Prosecutors on Friday filed a petition for revocation in Flathead County District Court for David Berlin Trent, 47, of Kalispell, at the behest of his probation and parole officer.

Letters to the editor Aug. 12

Letters to the editor Aug. 12

Judge blocks Biden's Title IX rule in four states, dealing a blow to protections for LGBTQ+ students

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration's new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students has been temporarily blocked in four states after a federal judge in Louisiana found that it overstepped the Education Department's authority.

Man linked to Arizona teen Alicia Navarro sentenced to prison for child sexual abuse images

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man who had been living with a teenager who disappeared from her home in Arizona years earlier was sentenced to decades in a prison for possession of child sex abuse material, authorities said Tuesday.

Bathroom bill clears GOP-led Legislature, poised to become law

A bill that would require public and some private facilities to enforce sex-segregated spaces for multiuser bathrooms, dormitories and locker rooms cleared its final vote hurdle in the Montana Legislature on Tuesday.

Conservative states challenge federal rule on treatment of transgender students

At least five Republican state attorneys general are challenging a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation's schools by banning blanket policies that bar transgender students from school bathrooms aligning with their gender, among other provisions.

Whitefish rally takes aim at Biden’s Title IX revisions

Former NCAA All-American swimmer Riley Gaines headlined a rally in Whitefish on Monday blasting looming changes to federal regulations that prohibit sex-based discrimination at public schools.

Experimental student testing model slated for statewide rollout

This spring marked a departure from the usual end-of-year testing regime at Missoula’s Hellgate Elementary School District. Gone were the back-to-back weeks of summative assessments students and teachers had grown accustomed to. Instead, the nine months leading up to this week’s final hours of instruction had been sprinkled with scaled-down tests designed to incrementally gauge students’ competence in math and reading.

Births

Births

Glacier High School senior directs ‘One Stoplight Town,’ an uplifting drama about change

Step into the heart of Americana with Wolfpack Theatre Company’s uplifting production of "One Stoplight Town," May 15 and 16.

Senate to debate bill restricting transgender access to women’s sports

State lawmakers have reengaged over the past few weeks in an intense, multi-session debate involving the rights of transgender female athletes, advancing a proposal that would restrict access to women’s locker rooms, bathrooms and sports teams in Montana’s K-12 public schools to cisgender women.

Column: Samson hits send, lands big fish

It was March of this year that Kyle Samson, seeking a home football game for his Montana Tech Orediggers, did something drastic.

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