Tommy O

The Butte School District is teaming with teachers and students to create, from scratch if you'll pardon the pun, a "School District Cookbook", a collection of recipes and artwork contributed by Butte students and also a visual history of the Butte School District and its role throughout Butte's History. Proceeds from the cookbook will be deposited in the district's "Angel Fund" which is an account that helps pay for breakfast and lunch for students who have outstanding balances.

This year, almost 18 years since that horrible day, Mariah's Challenge is not only going strong but is growing in the number of scholarships given annually. This year's group of graduation seniors, which includes students from all over Montana, will push the total number of scholarships awarded since 2007 to over 500 kids. That is over a half million dollars given out to students who took Mariah's Challenge. The number of lives changed, and the number of potential tragedies avoided, though, is something that simply cannot be counted.

This Saturday from 11am to 1pm the great kids from our local 4-H will be manning the grill and serving the masses lunch for only a quarter at Murdoch's, 3939 Harrison Avenue, and they will also be the beneficiaries of this tremendous fundraiser. The kids will also be holding a bake sale on site, so you won't have to worry about dessert either.

You are invited to join friends and family of Grace Underwood this Saturday at the Butte Depot for a fun afternoon of music, games, food and laughter as the Mining City once again comes together to raise money for a vibrant, young Butte High School sophomore who has been courageously battling Ewing Sarcoma.

Easter Sunday is a great time for breakfast with the family and is one of the busiest mornings of the year for Butte restaurants. Looking to take part? Here are some places you'll find ready to serve you brunch in and around Butte this Easter Sunday.

Bill Melvin of the Butte Civic Center confirmed to NBC's Josh Margolis that the Mining City and the Butte Civic Center will be hosting the next two Frontier Conference Men's and Women's postseason championship tournaments starting in the spring of 2026. The conference could not have made a better choice.

The 2025 Montana Folk Festival will be coming back to Uptown Butte July 11th through the 13th and the first 7 headlining acts were announced today. Here's the first taste of who you will be seeing on the big stage at the Original Mineyard this year.

Monday night, the University of Houston Cougars, under the tutelage of Coach Kelvin Sampson, will meet the University of Florida Gators for the NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship. As you have probably heard several times by now, Coach Sampson is also the former head coach of the Montana Tech Orediggers, a school he led to then-unseen success and a school where he left a lasting legacy. Coach Kelvin is a member of the Digger Athletics Hall of Fame. Sampson is a mentor to current Oredigger Head Coach Adam Hiatt. Hiatt's present-day Orediggers proudly play on Kelvin Sampson Court. But even as Sampson has moved on, you can tell there is a lot of Butte left in him.

The Butte Central Maroons will return to the baseball diamond for their third season and will open the 2025 campaign Thursday at Three Legends Stadium against the East Helena Vigilantes. The varsity game is set for 3pm with the JV game to follow at approximately 5pm.

Officers with the Butte-Silver Bow Police Department are investigating an incident that took place shortly after noon on Monday at a local credit union on Elizabeth Warren Avenue and as of press time are asking for the public's help in locating a suspect, who is described as a white male with dark, curly hair and a beard, possibly wearing a green shirt. The agency also is looking for a possible escape vehicle.