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The beautiful coffee table book, "A History of Montana in 101 Objects" will be up for grabs tomorrow, Saturday morning at 7:30, on Puff Man Sports Trivia. This book from the Montana Historical Society Press in Helena, showcases the remarkable collection of artifacts preserved at our Montana Historical Society...

Our Marias Museum will be presenting "100 Years of Oil & Gas in Toole County" on Saturday (6/25) afternoon. All the historical FUN will get underway at 2, with an ice cream social along with musical entertainment by Terry Schwindt & friends. Here's...

The public's invited to attend a FREE "Tribute to Shep," presentation/program to commemorate Fort Benton's old Shep, one of the most famous dogs in the world, NEXT Thursday evening, 6/30, in the Cordingley Room down at the Great Falls Public Library, 301, 2nd Avenue North...

The first 3 days of this week is careening by like a blink of an eye as Shelby hosts the 45th Annual Range Days. As the final day draws to a close, the MRD Awards Ceremony is scheduled for this afternoon (Wednesday,) at 2, out at the Seewald barn on the fairgrounds...

The 45th Annual Montana Range Days, hosted by our Toole County Conservation District & the Natural Resources Conservation Service, will be loading up the buses tomorrow (Wednesday) morning & heading on out to visit & tour CHS, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Bar S Feedlot & Big Sky Wholesale Seeds here in Shelby. BTW, if you're...

46% of patients who receive  platelets NEED blood! In fact, every 2 seconds, someone in the United States NEEDS blood! The North Country's coming to the rescue...a Community Blood Drive has been scheduled for this afternoon (Tuesday) up in Sunburst, at the Methodist Church. Kee...

The 45th Annual Montana Range Days, hosted by the Toole County Conservation District & the Natural Resources Conversation Service, is going strong & running full tilt today (Monday) through Wednesday. Shelby High School Ag Educator, Thad White, reports, "We are excited to have hundreds of students & adults here in Shelby, & back out on the range, learning more about Montana's

This month, Fort William Henry Harrison down in Helena, is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the formation of the First Special Service. Back in 1942, the top-secret unit was a combined WW11 fighting force made up of hand-picked U.S. & Canadian soldiers who set the standard for today's Special Forces. Pr...

"Armchair traveling" over to the park...The book I'll have up for grabs tomorrow (Saturday) morning, on Puff Man Sports Trivia is, "The Best of Glacier National Park," a beautiful handy guide book with all the answers & 132 color photographs & 14 locator maps, put together by Montana seasoned naturalist & wilderness ranger, Alan Leftridge. You'll mak...

The Montana VA has scheduled a "virtual" women Veterans town hall for tonight, Friday, at 5 o'clock. MTVAHCS Executive Director, Dr. Judy Hayman, reports, "Women are the fasting growing demographic of Veterans within the VA, & Montana VA Health Care System (MTVAHCS) is honored to serve these American heroes. Mo...

"Wake me before you go-go, Norma., Montana broadcast icon, Norma Ashby (Norma Ashby Smith these days) will be joining me tomorrow, Wednesday afternoon, at 2:30, on the Puff Man Show to fill us in on NEXT Sunday's(6/26) Waking the Dead event out at Highland Cemetery, at 1 o'clock, & again at 3. By...

The 32nd Annual Lewis & Clark Festival's back & set to go full tilt this weekend in Great Falls. Friday evening's the "Intimate Dinner with Thomas Jefferson"  will commence at 6, at the historic Arvon Hotel. Opening ceremonies will begin with a BANG Saturday morning at 9:45. There'll be...