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Piano Pat. The woman who would make you sing and make you smile anytime you dropped into the Sip 'n Dip Lounge in Great Falls. "A true Montana legend" has passed away.

You know his acting and screenwriting skills quite well. But this Hollywood star has been playing rock and roll since the 1970s. Music has always been an crucial part of his life.

If you live in or have driven through Great Falls recently, you may have seen this billboard. There are three of them in the city, but what do they mean?

"I'm super grateful and humbled by the opportunity, but I also don't want to overplay it. We have a bunch of amazing guys on our department who have done the same thing and been in the same place...they deserve just as much credit for being in the positions they are as I do."

A pregnant nurse in Great Falls says Benefis Health System should not be allowed to force their employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine. She's just one of hundreds of nurses who have been lobbying the Montana State Legislature to bar employers from forcing their employees to get the vaccine.

That's right for 364 days Sarge's wife Sue and her family were not able to hug their mom. It finally happened last week. Check out the full audio as Sarge described what that moment was like, and what the past year has been like

If you've haven't heard of the proposed Big Sky Country National Heritage Area, there is an effort underway to create a national designation for the area. Opposition has been mounting to the proposal, though, as ranchers, landowners, local officials, and others express concerns about the inclusion of private property in the boundaries of the NHA.

In case you're wondering what all the history buffs are whooping it up over...the great Montana historian Ken Robison is out with another book. I caught up with Ken Robison earlier this week during our live radio show from Great Falls. His latest book- Historic Tales of Whoop-Up Country: On the Trail from Montana's Fort Benton to Canada's Fort Macleod - is now available

Riverstone Health announced that they would now only be testing symptomatic individuals, instead of also allowing asymptomatic individuals to test. Yellowstone County isn't alone.

"Should we abandon all references to Lewis and Clark here in Great Falls because they were slave owners? How many statues depicting the Corps of Discovery are you willing to deface and tear down in your mission to erase history and cleanse it of it’s uncomfortable and even brutal realities."