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One of the longest-serving and most respected officials in Montana sports history was honored before Saturday's Butte High/Butte Central boys city championship basketball game at the Butte Civic Center, surrounded by colleagues, friends and family. Butte's Mike Anderson received a standing ovation from an enthusiastic and receptive Butte crowd as he received a plaque commemorating his recent induction into the Montana Officials Hall of Fame.

The long-awaited return of United Airlines air service to Butte's Bert Mooney Airport will come Saturday morning with a ceremonial ribbon cutting followed by the maiden flight out of the Mining City shortly thereafter.

Driving safely in snow on Montana highways and interstates requires preparation, awareness, and adjustments to your driving habits. Are you heading over Homestake, MacDonald, Monida or anther of Montana's mountain passes? Is a weekend road trip in your itinerary? Here are some tips to stay safe.

We've been saying for months that 2024 has been absolutely huge for Tim Montana. It's been one thing after another, with each huge milestone seemingly topping the one before. There was that huge date with Creed in September in Bridgeport, Conneticut. You know, the week after he sang the National Anthem at a Pittsburgh Steelers game. He got the gig as the opener for Myles Kennedy's upcoming tour. He was considered for a Grammy Nomination. He was recognized by Billboard Magazine as one of the most-played rock artists of the year. We know, we know. You've heard this before. Hell, we've said this many times before. But Tim Montana has done it again.

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This Saturday, Butte's "Touchdown" Tommy Mellott will lead the MSU Bobcats into Bobcat Stadium for the final time and, as expected, it is deep in the FCS Playoffs. Very deep. If the Bobcats beat South Dakota. Montana State will return to the National Championship game, a place they have been to before. In fact, had it not been for an injury to Mellott early in their last championship appearance many (including myself) believe the Bobcats would have won the game. But that is not the point. The point is that Mellott has brought the Bobcats back.

Behind hits such as the title track and top-tens "Die Today" and "Devil You Know" and support by, again, relentless touring with bands such as Seether, Creed, Halestorm and Skillet and work with legends such as Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains, Tim has found himself in an incredible year-end Top 5.

The expansion of the Frontier Conference will take effect in 2025. The Frontier now stands at 14 members for football and as such will be split into 2 divisions. According to the Frontier Conference Website, the conference will be split into an East Division and a West Division, each with 7 members. The winner of each division will get an automatic bid into the NAIA national playoffs.

The Montana Tech Men's Basketball Team continues to make waves in the NAIA Men's Top 25 Coaches' Poll. Here is a look at this week's rankings which were released earlier today.

The Butte Elks Lodge is not wasting any time at all showing off their new digs after the completion of a phase of their remodeling and renovation project, which they proudly unveiled at last weekend's open house. This weekend, get ready to laugh, sing and maybe even dance a little as the Shake Rattle & Roll Dueling Pianos Show comes to town with a 7pm showtime set for this Saturday.